Shackleton dives to rescue for Walsden
Walsden C & FC were grateful to ‘keeper Jamie Shackleton for a last-minute penalty save as they drew 1-1 against White Lion in the Rochdale Online Alliance.Shackleton dived to his left to stop a...
View ArticleBuilding great walls for economic gain
Delegates from the Chinese province of Jiangxi visited Calderdale developing links to support tourism and economic development.Six Chinese delegates visited Halifax Town Hall where they met the Mayor...
View ArticleDream time - when Uwe put the winner in at Highbury’s Clock End
Burnley have a long way to gaze up the table until they find Saturday’s opponents Arsenal nestled in fifth place.It’s not a game supporters will have expected to get much from when the fixtures were...
View ArticleTwin successes for golden girl Megan in France
Todmorden teenager Megan Shackleton collected two gold medals as part of the GB Para table tennis team at the first Cote d’Azur International in Hyères les Palmiers.The fifteen-year-old won the women’s...
View ArticleAthletic hunt down Wolves
A hat-trick from Euan Logue crowned a 10-2 away victory for Todmorden Athletic under eights against a Hebden Bridge Saints Wolves side who were a lot pluckier than the scoreline suggests.Todmorden...
View ArticleTodmorde Antiquarian Society: The rise and fall of chapel life - and those...
Amy Binns, a former Todmorden News reporter now lecturing at Central Lancashire University, visited Todmorden Antiquarians to recount her exploration towards compiling her book “Valley of 100 Chapels”....
View ArticleAutumn full of musical highlights
Hebden Bridge was alive with the sound of brass music at Holme Street Centre with members of the town’s junior band playing to packed audiences at their Autumn Fair.Making their public debuts were the...
View ArticleSeeking support for a climate change festival right here
Some years ago, a group of people in the distant Basque country of the South of France had a spine-tingling brain-storm and in October 2013 they organised a big festival called “Alternatiba Baiona”,...
View ArticleZeds head for the hills at Wadsworth show
The Calder Valley’s ska and reggae rootsters Owter Zeds made a welcome return to Wadsworth Community Centre on Saturday, November 1. Owter Zeds need no introduction to Calder Valley folks. Twenty-seven...
View ArticleTodmorden burglar warned he will receive a lengthy prison sentence
A Todmorden man will receive a substantial prison sentence next month after he admitted a spate of break-ins at homes in the area.Philip Brindley, 39, of Bobbin Mill Close, Cornholme, appeared in...
View ArticleDelines set to deliver at Trades date
New-country/soul group The Delines arrive at Hebden Bridge Trades Club on Wednesday, November 5.Led by songwriter/novelist Willy Vlautin and fronted by vocalist Amy Boone, they are heading back out on...
View ArticleTodmorden High rebuild - ‘the cash is there’
Funding for a new £5 million building at Todmorden High School IS secure, it was confirmed as the school broke up for the half-term holiday.Doubt had been cast on whether the transformation - to...
View ArticleAlistair himself will introduce ‘Big Rock’
Calder Valley Search and Rescue team welcome a very special guest to Hebden Bridge Picture House on Thursday, November 6, when they host the Brit Rock Film Tour.It is none other than multi...
View ArticleHelp us keep Boys Brigade going
Calling all boys aged five years and older who live in the upper valley - the 3rd Halifax (Luddenden Foot) Boys Brigade Company needs you to come along on Monday evenings from 6.45pm to 8pm to join in...
View ArticleA Tory victory would sound death knell for our Welfare State
The deficit - what is its significance?To begin with, this so-called Coalition government is in reality a very right-wing Conservative government, kept in power for five long years with the connivance...
View ArticleLend us your voice, invites valley choir
If you love to belt out a Christmas carol in a crowd or just find you sing to yourself round the house and would like to join in with some others, you should think about joining the community choir in...
View ArticleDrivers face five weeks of delays
Drivers face up to five weeks of traffic delays on the A646 at Luddenden Foot while Yorkshire Water undertakes main water pipe replacement work from November 10, to help reduce disruption caused to...
View ArticleCould you match your tunes to these steps?
Could you help a team of clog dancers step up their beat?A small group of five clog dancers that practice at 10am each Monday morning in a room hired from Dawn Chapman’s school of Dance at Victoria...
View ArticleNHS workers announce strike action
GMB members in the NHS in England and Northern Ireland will take part in further industrial action, alongside ten other NHS unions.Strikes will take place in the week commencing November 24 in a...
View ArticleRunners relish moorland test
Walsden’s Jack Cryer had the task of organising ‘UCCA Team Jack Day’ - a race over the moors from Mankinholes to conquer Stoodley Pike using map reading.Members of Pendle Forest Orienteers were joined...
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