Video: Environment Minister Owen Paterson gives his views on CAP reform at...
Environment Minister Owen Paterson, speaking today (Wednesday) at the Great Yorkshire Show, explains why he is disappointed with the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. Click play to start...
View ArticleVideo: Jilly Cooper on the Great Yorkshire Show
Novelist Jilly Cooper was one of thousands of visitors to the Great Yorkshire Show yesterday (Tuesday).In this video, she tells us just why she is enjoying this year’s event.The show - England’s...
View ArticleNew date with commissioner
Councillors hope to meet the Police and Crime Commissioner later in the year after his appearance at last week’s committee meeting was postponed. Mark Burns-Williamson was scheduled to meet members of...
View ArticleBacking for rail group’s bid to fight changes
Calderdale Council shares Walsden rail users’ concerns that proposed rail service changes will affect them adversely if they are approved.Residents fear changes which would reduce services connecting...
View ArticleAir ambulance staff’s extra help
West Yorkshire Air Ambulance landed on Centre Vale Park, Todmorden at around 5pm on Monday when called to help transport a patient.Air ambulance staff assisted colleagues at an address close-by, but it...
View ArticleLandowner call while tree planting funds are in place
The call is out for landowners and more volunteers to join an ongoing ecological project to revitalise the geography of the upper Calder Valley.Partner groups in the SOURCE project are inviting...
View ArticleA top exhibit... no wind up
An exhibition of hand-crafted, self-operating machines is being held at the Alternative Technology Centre in Hebden Bridge.The exhibition of automata from Cabaret Mechanical runs until July 31 and...
View ArticleHundreds of works in gallery’s summer show
Water Street Gallery, Todmorden, is running through the summer months its own answer to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition by showcasing a changing selection of work with a wide breadth of appeal in...
View ArticleAndrew intends to be back at the helm for Tod’s important double-header
Todmorden skipper Andrew Sutcliffe hopes to return to action for a crucial two days of Lancashire League action.The Centre Vale Park side, fourth from bottom after a defeat and a win last weekend,...
View ArticleClare and Carola at poetry night
The next poetry night at The Book Case will be held on Thursday, July 18. The latest monthly instalment features special guests Clare Shaw and Carola Luther. Tickets for the event, at 7pm, are...
View ArticleShowcasing support for charity
Ferney Lee School produced its own musical showcase to support Macmillan Cancer Support’s “Dress up and dance” charity event. Children shared their musical talents with parents, staff and friends,...
View ArticleFive star rating for Jeff’s market stall
Market trader Jeff Thomson has received top marks for food hygiene. His Curried Away stall on Todmorden Outdoor Market has been awarded a five star rating under the Food Standards Agency’s scores on...
View ArticleFamily lend a hand at our school’s art and crafts week
Children at Walsden St Peter’s Primary School have been creating a new outdoor play area, and as part of this project they held an art and craft week.And it was an event which involved all of the...
View ArticleEvents got our sunny weekend off to a scorching start!
What superb weather we had for the weekend last week – and two Todmorden groups got the valley’s weekend off to a flying start from Friday afternoon.All weekend a steady stream of visitors made their...
View ArticleTodmorden schools Iron Man project: Inspired to create our new sculptures and...
Year 3 and 4 children at Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School have immersed themselves in the project supplied by Mid Pennine Arts.The school is already a firm believer in delivering writing...
View ArticleTodmorden High School: Great showing by athletics team
The year ten boys athletics team competed superbly in the annual Calderdale schools athletics competition on Wednesday, July 3. The event was held at the Spring Hall Athletics track in Halifax and the...
View ArticleRoad and leaking pipe repaired after safety issues aired
A water leak and a hole in the carriageway on a main road through Todmorden have been fixed after concerns were raised about potential damage to vehicles. The situation arose on Sunday, July 7, on...
View ArticleSolicitors scoop major award
Makin Dixon Solicitors have been named legal aid law firm of the year at a prestigious ceremony in London. Katharine Marshall, head of the Todmorden office on Halifax Road, said it was an honour to...
View ArticleUkrainian elder Walter Kecun, 86
The funeral of well-known adopted Todmordian Wolodymyr (Walter) Kecun will be held on Monday at St Joseph’s church in the town (10.30am).Mr Kecun, 86, of Pine Road, died peacefully at home earlier this...
View Article‘All sentencing options open’ for ASBO breaches
A woman subject to an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) imposed while she was living in Walsden has been found guilty of breaching the order in Leeds.Jeanne Wilding, 64, of Millwright Street, Mabgate,...
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