Time is running out to apply for secondary school places
Parents with children who are due to transfer to secondary school in September 2015 are being reminded to complete their applications online by Friday October 31, 2014.Failure to submit an online...
View ArticleIncredible Edible Todmorden column: Half a ton of produce, and out livestock...
It has been a brilliant summer at Incredible Farm, our fourth growing season.Masses of black grapes fought for space with squashes, Bolivian Coriander, ice plant and Tomatilloes in the pollytunnels....
View ArticleGrand Central and passengers look to brighter future
Grand Central Rail has been speaking to commuters in Halifax about their future plans.The company has been hosting a series of stakeholder roadshows in the towns and cities.Following their announcement...
View ArticleRemedial work round here is never completed
I read, with interest your article “Canal project has un-lock-ed its potential” (October 9).I was also pleased the read the accolade for the work done along the 33 miles between Manchester and Sowerby...
View ArticleIncredible Edible Todmorden column: Apprentice Jed is off to the Aqua Garden
Jed Forward the first Incredible Edible apprentice finished his training at the farm, with his talent as a grower, his sustained deep interest in plants and food, and his skill as a communicator and...
View ArticleProperty of the week: Riverdene’s a dream
An immaculate, spacious stone residence with beautifully landscaped gardens leading down to a beautiful clear stream - Riverdene, at Smith Lane, Colden, Heptonstall, certainly lives up to its...
View ArticleIncredible Edible Todmorden column: Getting to grips with some gardening
This month we got to grips with several jobs around town We helped some of the residents of Harley Bank with their community garden it was hard work and we destroyed three garden forks with our...
View ArticleA very vegan night out
Todmorden’s 3 Valley Vegans are inviting people to celebrate World Vegan Day with them on a ‘Vegan Night Out’ on November 1. The event is open to all and the group are hoping to reconnect with those...
View ArticleIt started in a front garden and has taken root all over world
A new book telling the amazing story of Incredible Edible Todmorden is something to settle down with now the nights are drawing inWritten by Incredible Edible co-founder Pam Warhurst and writer Joanna...
View ArticleTake it slowly over Ferney Lee
Undoubtedly both Todmorden High School and Ferney Lee School need working doing to them.Calderdale Council has allocated funding for this and I’m expecting that that is what will be happening. It’s...
View ArticlePrize-winning Icelandic poet heads top bill at the Crown
Arc Publications, the UK’s leading publisher of international poetry in translation, began the Hebden Bridge leg of its third annual UK tour of some of the world’s greatest poets this month, and have...
View ArticleMeet the artist - and the artists...
In the world of art this week...Artist Gillian Lee Smith will be bringing her easel and brushes ready to create some new masterpieces in the Heart Gallery from 11am to 4pm today. The Heart Gallery,...
View ArticleCelebrating a special day
Birthday Club members who are celebrating their special day this week include the following.Saturday: Noah Jack Priestley (11), 48 Ferney Lee Road, Todmorden.Sunday: Poppy Kate Cheesbrough-Heath (6),...
View ArticleWhatever weather, head for wild woods
Whatever the weather, the show must go on - and that’s certainly the case with the promenade prouction of Into The Wild Woods. It is one of thousands of family friendly events which nationally make up...
View ArticleA taste of autumn
About 20 people turned up at Valley Organics Workers Coop shop in Market Street, Hebden Bridge, to celebrate national Apple Day on October 21.More than 20 varieties – all grown in Britain - were...
View ArticleHalloween fun for swimming funds
Todmorden Swimming Club hosts a fundraising Halloween disco on Friday, October 31.Tickets for the event at Todmorden High School, Ewood Lane, which runs from 7pm to 10.30pm, are £2 for adults and £3...
View ArticleHalloween night aid for greyhounds
Halloween Party Evening and Night at the Three Wise Monkeys, Water Street, Todmorden, will also act as a fundraiser for the greyhound welfare charity CAGED.At 4pm a children’s party will include...
View Articlepraise for gutsy borough
Ben Whitham grabbed the glory but all 18 players who made themselves available for Todmorden Borough last Saturday earned praise from boss Craig Milnes.Whitham scored twice in the space of 10 minutes...
View ArticleBen’s bold tactics pay off with county crown
Ben Mounsey took the individual honours and Karl Gray and Gavin Mulholland chased him home in third and fourth places at the Yorkshire Championship at Great Whernside.To complete an excellent day for...
View ArticleFire strike will push ‘contingency to limit’ - but union’s ‘hands were tied’
Fire Brigade Union (FBU) members are set to strike for 96 hours in the run up to Bonfire Night, November 5, over pay and pension reforms.And fire chiefs at West Yorkshire Fire Service have criticised...
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