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Todmorden’s community beekeeping group – the Bee Friendly Collective – is offering another weekend introduction to the world of beekeeping.

Record contract is up for grabs

Promoters are encouraging singers from the upper Calder Valley to enter a talent competition which will see the winners receive a recording contract.

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Man, 66, assaulted at railway station

Police have released these images after a 66-year-old man from Hebden Bridge was assaulted.

Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, signing autographs for pupils at his old school, Old Town Primary School, Wadsworth, above Hebden Bridge, with headteacher Janette Batty.  20 May 2013.  Picture Bruce Rollinson

Bank chief helps pupils with their sums

Pupils at a village school had a surprise substitute teacher on Monday when the Governor of the Bank of England paid a visit.

Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, signing autographs for pupils at his old school, Old Town Primary School, Wadsworth, above Hebden Bridge, with headteacher Janette Batty.  20 May 2013.  Picture Bruce Rollinson

Punk poet to headline arts festival

People queued into the street to buy tickets for punk poet John Cooper Clarke and folk musician June Tabor as Hebden Bridge Festival announced its 20th programme.

Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, signing autographs for pupils at his old school, Old Town Primary School, Wadsworth, above Hebden Bridge, with headteacher Janette Batty.  20 May 2013.  Picture Bruce Rollinson

Hammer raiders rob town jewellery store

Armed robbers escaped with jewels after a hammer attack on a shop in Hebden Bridge.

Sport rss

Spectacular run goes on for Centre

Todmorden Sports Centre Under 14s retained the Calderdale League Cup on Sunday, making it successive league and cup doubles.

Triangle v Booth. Andrew Truscott.

Bridgeholme upset hopes alive but Foot bow out

Hopes of a Luddenden Foot giantkilling act in last Sunday’s Parish Cup first round were shattered but Bridgeholme’s dreams live on.

Out with the old, in with the new? Outgoing Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson could be replaced by David Moyes

David Moyes odds on favourite to replace retiring Alex Ferguson as Man United boss

Everton manager David Moyes is the odds on bookies’ favourite to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United after it emerged the 71-year-old will retire next week.

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Hebden Bridge Saints under 10s pictured after their Blackpool success

Super Saints pick up the pace to gain seaside success

Hebden Bridge Saints Under-10s competed in the Blackpool Youth Tournament alongside teams from across the north of England last weekend.

can calder complete treble?

Midgley United boss Craig Gee has urged Calder ‘76 to crown an excellent season for Valley sides by adding to the haul of silverware next week.

Karl Gray (vest 89) in the leading pack

Valley’s Karl scales the peaks in a record time

Calder Valley Fell Runners’ Karl Gray finished a superb third in Saturday’s Three Peaks Race, setting a record time for a 40-plus runner.

Lifestyle rss

Leicester City's Anthony Knockaert (right) is tackled by Watford's Marco Cassetti (left), resulting in a penalty kick during the npower Championship, Play-Off Semi Final, Second Leg match at Vicarage Road, London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday May 12, 2013. See PA story SOCCER Watford. Photo credit should read: Nick Potts/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Editorial use only. Maximum 45 images during a match. No video emulation or promotion as 'live'. No use in games, competitions, merchandise, betting or single club/player services. No use with unofficial audio, video, data, fixtures or club/league logos.

Sport just ain’t the same

Whatever the reason, we know that school sport in this area is not like it was in our day. We played for school teams at different age levels and different sports, willingly giving up our Saturday mornings.

I knew one day I’d unearth a gem...

Hebden Bridge is, for me, an alphabet: small but with infinite possibilities. A creative environment that is personal, intimate and open.

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Arts centre hosts weekend events

Holme Street Arts Centre is hosting a handmade arts and craft fair on Saturday, May 18.

Hannah Cockroft outside Buckingham Palace with her MBE

Golden girl Hannah Cockroft picks up MBE from the Queen

Double gold-medal winning paralympian Hannah Cockroft is pictured today with her MBE outside Buckingham Palace.

Hebden Bridge band Pepperjam, who released their Taxi To Whitby in March 2011

Pepperjam prepare for launch party at Trades Club

Soulful dub band Pepperjam launch their second album at the New Beehive, Bradford on Saturday (May 18) with their main launch party at The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge on Sunday, May 26.

Samba, part of Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade

Don’t ‘myth’ your chance to join parade fun

Here’s your chance to let your imagination run riot by creating carnival costumes and making music for one of Hebden Bridge’s most colourful spectacles.

Community rss

Trimming change which will cause problems for elderly or disabled tenants

Well, Pennine Housing has done it again, especially to pensioners and disabled people.

Todmorden U3A Let's Go group on their outing to Ellesmere Port Canal Museum

Trip’s a cruise for Let’s Go group

Fifty three members of Todmorden U3A’s Let’s Go group are pictured enjoying a sunny trip to the Ellesmere Port Canal museum.

Sun room part of conversion bid

Plans to construct a parking area and convert a garage to an office and extension to form a sun room (revised scheme) at 2 Victoria Place, Warley Wood Lane, Luddenden Foot, have been submitted t0 Calderdale Council planners.

Political defector really has a nerve

Nader Fekri really takes the biscuit by criticising the decision of the Calder Valley Labour Party (May 2).

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Proposal to create a pond at site

A pond and associated 
works will be developed at land south of Automobilia at Billy Lane, Old Town, if planning permission is granted.

Remembering our loved ones at a ‘Celebration of Life’

A special service for people to remember loved ones who have passed away is being held in Hebden Bridge next week.

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