Hair models are picture perfect
The team at Stone Hair Art are celebrating after their work was published in a top national hair magazine.Talented Jenny Baldwin and Tom Mallinson, who both studied hairdressing at Calderdale College...
View ArticleJacob getting in swing Down Under
Jacob Orley, a promising golfer at West End and Bradley Hall, has been quick to make his mark in Australia.The 15-year-old, who emigrated with his family to Perth in Western Australia last October, now...
View ArticleFine recovery gives Elland points
Elland came away from Wigan St Judes with a much-needed two points in Division One of the National Conference League yesterday.Karl Fairbank’s side scrambled through 26-24 after trailing 18-0. Fullback...
View ArticlePriestley landmark in Tod defeat
Todmorden’s Stuart Priestley passed 10,000 Lancashire League runs yesterday but was unable to inspire the Centre Vale men to victory.The 49-year-old Priestley, who has played at the club since 1981,...
View ArticleBrighouse hit back for a point
Brighouse Town showed fine battling qualities to hit back for a 2-2 draw away to Trafford FC in their opening Northern Premier League match of the season yesterday.Things looked gloomy when Town...
View ArticleFOSTER’S HALIFAX LEAGUE SCORES
Premier DivisionJer Lane v TriangleJer Lane won by 7 wkts. Jer Lane 11 pts, Triangle 3 pts.TRIANGLE 259 for eightN Madden c & b Hustler 31 D Wilson c & b Lister 0 G Rodger c Lister b Chowdrey 8...
View ArticleAli aids Queensbury fight for survival
Queensbury won yesterday’s basement battle in the Premier Division of the Foster’s Halifax League with the help of a fine all-round performance from Amjad Ali.He took six for 43 with his spin bowling...
View ArticleThumping win for Irish
Calderdale pair Halifax Irish and Ovenden WR had contrasting fortunes when they kicked off their West Riding County Amateur League seasons on Saturday.Irish surged to a 5-0 win at Lower Hopton with...
View ArticleFirefighters rescue man from smoke logged property after a pan boils over
Firefighters rescued an elderly man from his smoke logged house last night (Sunday) after he fell and was unable to take a pan off the boil.Crews from Todmorden were called to sheltered accomodation at...
View ArticleManager “gutted” by Stump’s demise
Manager Tony Kniveton said today he was ”gutted” that Halifax AFL champions Stump Cross had folded.A shortage of players is the reason that one of the areas’s most historic and successful clubs has...
View ArticleName of Thrones: It’s out with the new and in with the old as baby names hark...
Characters from Game Of Thrones and the popularity of Prince George are influencing the top names for babies born in England and Wales last year.Oliver and Amelia kept their place as the overall top...
View ArticleHow many British workers think their jobs are meaningless?
A survey has found that more than a third of British workers say their job is making no meaningful contribution to the world.Earlier this year workers in London were greeted on their morning commute by...
View ArticleBrighouse sunk by late goal
It all went wrong for Brighouse Town in the closing moments of last night’s first home Northern Premier League match of the season.Visitors Ossett Town grabbed a winning goal one minute into added time...
View ArticleWarley recover superbly to retain Shield
Odds-on favourites and holders Warley duly completed a Crossley Shield double at Stones CC on Sunday.Opponents Southowram gave them several palpitations along the way in the Halifax Carpets-sponsored...
View ArticleRams are first up for FA Cup holders
Halifax FA Saturday Cup holders Ovenden West Riding have been drawn at home to Halifax AFL Premier side Northowram in the first round of this season’s competition.Brighouse Town, whose development side...
View ArticleWins for Ovenden and Irish
Ovenden West Riding got their home programme off to a winning start with a hard fought 2-1 victory over Lower Hopton in the Premier Division of the West Riding CA last night.George Bamford gave them an...
View ArticleSussex v Yorkshire: Hodd confident Yorkshire can get the job done
ANDREW HODD admits it is effectively Yorkshire’s County Championship to lose as he prepares to face Sussex in a four-day match for the first time since leaving the club to join Yorkshire in 2012.Hodd,...
View ArticleSuperfast roll-out ‘snail’s paced’ fury
Frustrated business owners have hit out at the damaging impact of the lack of superfast broadband in Todmorden. The town is earmarked as an area which will benefit from fibre broadband as part of BT’s...
View ArticleHow the job’s done - and lots of fun!
Plenty of Todmorden people took the chance to find out how the job is done, and also had plenty of fun, at Todmorden Fire Station’s annual open day last Saturday.Attractions include fire and rescue...
View ArticlePoignant trip uncovers piece of the past
A man has returned from a special journey to the German town where his mother’s first love died in World War Two.Joyce Mary Barlow and Jack Vernon Finney, both from Todmorden, had been married for just...
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