Marsh’s title defence over
Defending champion Nick Marsh crashed out of the English amateur at Alwoodley Golf Club yesterday, losing 6/5 to Pavan Sagoo in the first round.Sagoo, who represented England at boys’ level and is now...
View ArticleThis is the Maxwell everyone wants to turn up for Yorkshire
GOING to watch Glenn Maxwell play cricket is a bit like going on a blind date.You never know what you are going to get.If that is the thrill of it, it is also the terror from a Yorkshire fan’s...
View Article‘More than 50 priests defrocked for sexual abuse’
MORE than 50 priests in England and Wales have been defrocked for clerical sex abuse since 2001, new figures show.There have been 55 laicisations since 2001 - meaning they have been evicted from the...
View ArticlePost Office sorting depot closure fears
There are fears Todmorden residents may have to travel 10 miles to collect undelivered parcels and letters if the town’s delivery office closes.Royal Mail are currently undertaking a feasibility study...
View ArticleAnger as wall blocking access appears again
Angry residents of a Mytholmroyd housing development have hit out at the construction of a wall which they say blocks their access to the main road.The wall, at Longfellow Court, now restricts...
View ArticleA television date for Todmorden family
A Todmorden family will hit the small screen next week when they make their first appearance on a new travel series.The Brearley family were selected to take part in ITV’s Travel Guides, which sends...
View ArticleAndrew Gale: The 50-over format suits Maxwell down to the ground
FOR US to get a score of 345 in the Royal London One-Day Cup at Worcester was a fantastic effort and Glenn Maxwell showed what he is all about.Glenn has shown good form in this competition. It has been...
View ArticlePupils lobby for school funding
Pupils from Todmorden High School issued a desperate plea to the government to rebuild their school.Towards the end of the school year, every pupil at the school took the time to write a letter to...
View ArticleJoy after theft for Amelia,5
There was a happy ending for a young girl left devastated by the theft of her tablet when a kind-hearted stranger stepped in to replace the stolen device.Amelia Higgings, five, was inconsolable when...
View ArticleVisitors flock to Hebden Bridge for first day of vintage weekend
Scores of visitors have arrived in Hebden Bridge to mark one of the biggest events in the town’s calendar.Around 9,000 people are expected to pay a visit to the town’s charity vintage weekend at Calder...
View ArticleHow have you been celebrating Yorkshire Day?
People throughout Yorkshire used today (Saturday) to celebrate the best of God’s Own Country.More and more villages, towns and cities get involved with local festivities on Yorkshire Day, August 1,...
View ArticleFax coach relishing ‘seven cup finals’
Despite their red-hot form, Halifax know First Utility Super League’s sides will be gunning for them from the off in The Qualifiers.Richard Marshall’s side, who have won nine straight games in the...
View ArticleElland let down by handling
Elland were beaten 14-6 at home by Ince Rose Bridge in Division One of the Conference yesterday, poor handling costing them in the damp conditions.Karl Fairbank’s side were solid in defence, keeping...
View ArticleDerby victory for Ovenden
Ovenden took the spoils at Four Fields yesterday with a 26-16 victory over neighbours Illingworth in the Yorkshire Men’s Premier derby clash.In a match littered with handling errors in persistent rain,...
View ArticleBooth slash Jer Lane’s lead
Booth and Sowerby St Peter’s were the big winners in a rain-ravaged Foster’s Halifax League programme on Saturday.It is ‘game on’ in the Premier Division title race after Booth beat visitors Queensbury...
View ArticleDangerous driver caught going the wrong way down M621
A driver who decided he had no time for motorway queues by driving the WRONG way down the M621 yesterday.The image of the incident, in which the driver of the silver Vauxhall Insignia was reported for...
View ArticleRecord 12th cup win for Triangle
Triangle became the most successful club in Parish Cup history with a convincing six-wicket success over Mytholmroyd at Sowerby Bridge today.A third-wicket stand of 117 between Gary Rodger and...
View ArticlePainful defeat for title hopefuls
Halifax-Huddersfield’s hopes of winning the Yorkshire Inter-District Union title received a potentially shattering blow yesterday.Dave Pullen’s side were crushed 30-6 by powerful Sheffield in the...
View ArticleYorkshire ease to win over limited opponents
THE Robson brothers like batting at Leeds.Last year, Sam Robson scored his solitary Test century against Sri Lanka at Headingley.Yesterday, Angus Robson, three years his junior, made his career-best...
View ArticleHalifax League statement on cricket pyramid
Clubs in the Foster’s Halifax Cricket League will make the final decision as to whether it should be part of the YCB pyramid structure.The league’s executive, in a statement released today, said four...
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