Motorist issued with ticket for parking on pavement
Police have taken positive action to prevent people from parking on the pavement.Officers from the Upper Valley neighbourhood policing team issued a ticket to the vehicle after it was parked fully on...
View ArticleNext month, the birds will be nesting
On the subject of birds’ nests, now is the time to quickly finish off any drastic hedge reshaping you may have to do.There won’t be any active bird’s nests until March. I was doing it the other day and...
View ArticleBig savings if you subscribe to the Todmorden News
If you take out a subscription to the Todmorden News you can make big savings over the course of a year.We are making a great new subscription offer available - 25 per cent off your weekly purchase...
View ArticleCouncil consulting on whether to remove parking permits in Todmorden
Calderdale Council could be about to make a U-turn over the introduction of parking permits on residential streets in TodmordenLast August, the council’s cabinet approved proposals to charge residents...
View ArticleRoll up, roll up for the hottest tickets in town
Excitement is building for the inaugural Hebden Bridge Piano Festival, and music fans will soon be able to get their tickets. The three-day festival, which will take place from April 19-21, will be the...
View ArticleCash collected from market stalls help Nottingham’s Hayward House
FRIENDS stepped in to offer their support when Geoff Stanfield fell ill and went the extra mile to raise money for Hayward House.Hayward House is a specialist palliative care cancer unit in the grounds...
View ArticleWalk or bus to see Pace Egg Play
Anyone going to Heptonstall to watch the traditional Pace Egg Play in Weaver’s Square on Good Friday is asked to walk up to the village or go by bus, but leave their cars at home.Ongoing repair work on...
View ArticleTuesday game brings problems for United
Woodhouse United are due to be in action next on Tuesday away to FC Players (6.15).It is a key match for two sides battling to preserve their first division status in the Rochdale Sunday League and the...
View ArticleLocal Enterprise Organisation announce new support sessions for Mansfield and...
The Local Enterprise Organisation (LEO) has announced a new five-month calendar of free business start-up support sessions to be held in Mansfield and Ashfield,.In the wake of news that LEO’s funding...
View ArticleHarriers defy weather at Oldham and Wilmslow
Many Todmorden Harriers were left at a loose end last weekend with most races cancelled, including the English Championship fell race at Edale.However, a pair of Harriers stretched their legs at the...
View Articlefoster back at centre vale
Experienced bowler Gideon Foster has rejoined Todmorden, who are counting down to their first match of the season in just 16 days’ time.Seam bowler Foster played for the Centre Vale Park club in the...
View ArticleCommissioner to attend council
Councillors will have a chance to put their questions to West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner in the summer. Mark Burns-Williamson has accepted an invitation from Todmorden Town Council. He...
View ArticleHats off to Lee who dazzles in the Trilby Tour sunshine
The annual Trilby Tour, organised by Todmorden Golf Club treasurer Richard Lupton,took place earlier this month in Spain.Twenty enthusiastic golfers, 16 of them full playing members at Todmorden,...
View ArticleLeah putting on dance shoes for her big debut
A young ballerina is putting on her dancing shoes to take part in a major new production after being selected by the English Youth Ballet (EYB). Leah Dixon, 11, will be appearing in the cast of an...
View ArticleHairdresser aims to make film’s final cut
A teenage hairdresser is hoping she makes the final cut after impressing movie makers.Shannon Saville, of Stone Hair Art, Burnley Road, Todmorden, filmed some scenes for an upcoming production when an...
View ArticleEar To The Ground with Steve Blacksmith: Spring’s late this year but soon...
My big potted, bonsai-ed Cherry-plum (Prunus cerasifera) is struggling to open its first few small white blossoms as I write on March 21.It usually gives its brilliant massed white show in February....
View ArticleEar To The Ground with Steve Blacksmith: Nature showing signs of stirring
We were amazed to learn of toads breeding at Widdop Reservoir a few years back, always assuming the moors were the domain only of frogs.The females lay their eggs in long strings of black-studded clear...
View ArticleBe wary of sheep in Rochdale Road at Warland, Walsden
Twitter reports suggest drivers need to be wary in Rochdale Road at Warland, Walsden, this morning (Wednesday, April 3).The reports suggest a large number of sheep are wandering across the road and...
View ArticleHucknall Fire Service in 1940s
This brigade of smart-looking gentlemen are from Hucknall Fire Service during the Second World War. Mrs Joan Wass, nee Brown, of Florence Street, Hucknall, brought it in to us at the Dispatch. Her...
View ArticleHelp us spruce up for summer
People in the community in Walsden are being asked to go along and help get one of the village’s assets spic and span for the summer.This Saturday morning, April 6, sees the club become part of the...
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