Brough confident Borough can turn season around
Todmorden Borough chairman Kevin Brough is confident that the club can turn their season around despite beeing foirced to accepot the res9ignations of manager Steven Hook and long-serving official John...
View ArticleHills alive with Jenni’s jazzy take on Bach
The hills will be alive with the sound of superb music when double bassist Jenni Molloy brings her extraordinary classical/jazz fusion project Bach ReLoaded to Wainsgate Chapel on Sunday September 28...
View ArticleTrue grit as the blues bows out in Hebden
To celebrate the end of four years as the most critically acclaimed British Blues festival of modern times, the Hebden Bridge Blues Festival, in conjuction with the “Pretty Gritty” campaign, is running...
View ArticleWoman in critical condition after Bradford accident
Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision in Bradford today (Saturday) in which a 19-year-old woman was seriously injured.At 4.18am this morning the female pedestrian was...
View ArticleDancehall days led to 60 years of wedded bliss
Dancehall days led to 60 diamond years of marriage for one Hebden Bridge couple.Frank and Marion Turner were married on September 25, 1954, at Todmorden Parish Church.They have one daughter, Susan, as...
View Article£40,000 brand has grit, say council chiefs
Council chiefs have been defending the spending of £40,000 of taxpayers’ money on a branding exercise for the area.Calderdale’s new brand Pretty Gritty was developed by “place branding” consultants...
View ArticleTeenager in Huddersfield street robbery
Police in Huddersfield are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was robbed on Chapel Hill on Tuesday September 23.The incident happened at 8.05pm when the male was stood at a bus stop between the...
View ArticleHalifax ceramics industry manufacturer to host international event
One OF Calderdale’s best-known manufacturers is to host the next networking event in Leeds City Region’s We are International campaign next month.Export issues, including offshore sourcing will be...
View ArticleDrug farmer admits guilt
A 35-year-old man will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to the production of Class B drugs. Bradford Crown Court heard how Neil Highley of Linhurst Mount, Todmorden, grew 27 cannabis...
View ArticleMasked gang in attempted Bradford shop robbery
Police are appealing for information following an attempted robbery in Bradford.At about 8.40pm on Wednesday, September 24, three men entered a convenience store on Manchester Road and made demands for...
View ArticleSiddal woman found after appeal
A Siddal woman who was reported missing has been found.Sixty nine year old Angela Rice had been missing from Siddal, Halifax since Saturday September 27, 2014.However, she has been found.Police would...
View ArticleBreaking records, making ceramics
With still six weeks to go before Calder Valley Youth Theatre’s production of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Starlight Express takes to the stage, ticket sales look set to break records.The show is being staged...
View ArticleMayor joins the cast
This year’s Mayor of Todmorden, Michael Gill, was talking to James Claxton, the director of Night Must Fall at the Hippodrome Jobs Day in September.James had the great idea that as The Hippodrome...
View ArticleFire service to help older people age safely
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) is backing the first Ageing Safely Week, which runs from September 29 to October 5.Ageing Safely Week, which is being led by the Chief Fire Officers...
View ArticleHigh school hosts national fell running championships
Calder High School in Mythomroyd has been hosting the English Schools National Fell Running Championships. It is the first time the event has been held in Yorkshire and been hosted by a comprehensive...
View ArticleCalderdale schools get the Sex Factor
Calderdale Council is helping local secondary schools to educate pupils aged 13-15 years old about relationships, staying safe and safe sex.Ten out of 14 secondary schools have signed up for the new...
View ArticleTV’s ‘Monet’ winner at Heart
Following on from the success of the talk with prioprietor, Alison Bartram, Gillian Lee Smith is launching her first solo show at the Heart Gallery, Market Street, Hebden Bridge.Gillian choose the...
View ArticleDon’t get the blues over phrase, it’s a great idea
The visual style of branding has already been adopted by organisations including the ROKT climbing centre and the Hebden Bridge Blues Festival, which bowed out with a third successive British Blues...
View ArticleProperty of the week: A garden paradise
If you would like your home to have superb gardens from which there are some stunning views, then look no further.Great House, Clough Barn, Cross Stone, Todmorden, is a period country residence that...
View ArticleLet’s hear ideas for The Rock
Todmorden Town Council has a pice of land at Cornholme - and is inviting townspeople to make suggestions as to how they would like to see it used.The land, called The Rock, is just off Burnley Road at...
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