Sporting success for high school students
The year ten boys athletics team competed superbly in the annual Calderdale schools athletics competition.The event was held at the Spring Hall Athletics track in Halifax and the boys did themselves...
View ArticleMeet a reporter at drop-in session
There will be a chance to talk to one of our reporters during a drop-in session on Friday.Todmorden News reporter John Greenwood will be at Kava cafe, Halifax Road, opposite Lidl, from 2-4pm. Call in...
View ArticleCelebrating a special day
Birthday Club members who are celebrating their special day this week include the following.Saturday: Thomas George Wolstenholme (9), 31 Tennyson Avenue, Todmorden.Wednesday: Kieran Crossley (11), 70...
View ArticleHoping Ing-erland’s Danny keeps it up!
Burnley head back into Championship action this weekend with another of the season’s acid tests.Little Billy’s Nottingham Forest are expecting to be one of the promotion challengers this year and...
View ArticleLions’ fun casino night postponed
A Todmorden Lions’ family fun casino night which had been arranged for this Saturday, November 23, to raise money to equip rising Great Britain wheelchair table tennis star Megan Shackleton with a...
View ArticleWater is providing the power for parts of our valley again
An innovative hydropower project based in the upper Calder Valley is celebrating the completion of its first installation – the only one of its kind in the country so far.Power from the Landscape, run...
View ArticleA great start, but we still need your help this Christmas
The 21st annual toy appeal run by Ground Floor Project, at Salem Community Resource Centre, and supported by the Hebden Bridge Times and Todmorden News, is now into its second week and already many...
View ArticleBorough keen to break duck
John Gilford’s Todmorden Borough side will embark on another of their long West Lancashire League Division Two games with renewed confidence following their 4-1 home thumping of Milnthorpe Corinthians...
View ArticleIce cool Ashworth sets sights on GB squad
Todmorden’s Harry Ashworth aims to skate his way into the Great Britain squad.Ashworth, 12, recently trained at the prestigious International Skate School in Madrid and he is now preparing for his...
View ArticleCheers for pub’s awards double
Staff at a Todmorden pub have double reason to celebrate after achieving top ratings for food hygiene and the standard of its toilets.The White Hart has been awarded a five star hygiene rating in...
View ArticleResearch your roots at new heritage group
A new family history group will be launched next week to give people the opportunity to research their roots.Family Heritage, which will hold its inaugural meeting at Todmorden Library on Wednesday,...
View ArticleFollow us along yellow brick road
The cast of this year’s Christmas show presented by the St Michael’s Players at Mytholmroyd are encouraging the audience to get into the swing of things by dressing for the occasion on the opening...
View ArticleTrends and traditional works at gallery
There was a genuine buzz in the air as artists rubbed shoulders with clients at the opening of the Winter Season Exhibition at Water Street Gallery, Todmorden. Fifty seven artists have contributed to...
View ArticleChance to win two World Cup tickets
The Calderdale Rugby League World Cup 2013 Consortium is offering fans a chance to win two tickets to the World Cup final. To enter, email info@rlwc2013calderdale.co.uk to say in no more than 100 words...
View ArticleNadia’s timely range of designs
Customers at Ang-Designs jewellery in Todmorden Market Hall have been drawn into time and space leading up to Dr Who’s 50th anniversary this weekend.Nadia Gul, who has designed Dr Who themed jewellery,...
View ArticleSportsTalk: England’s World Cup dream over, Dave Jones in trouble at...
England reached the end of the line in the Rugby League World Cup. Dave Craven gives his verdict. Download this Yorkshire Post podcast here or via iTunes.•...
View ArticleMichael lands two leading roles
The next Mayor of Todmorden has got another leading role - manager of a Calderdale cinema.Town councillor Michael Gill, who will become the town’s mayor in May 2014, has been appointed the new manager...
View ArticleLift incident highlights access issue at town hall
A wheelchair user has called on Calderdale Council to improve disabled access at Todmorden Town Hall after he was trapped in a lift for more than two hours.Jonathan Knowles went to the Grade I listed...
View ArticleChurch prepares for Christmas fair
There will be a festive atmosphere at St Mary’s Church, Todmorden, next week as parishioners hold their annual Christmas fair.The event, which will run on Saturday, November 30, from 11am, will feature...
View ArticleWhat theatre means to us
Les Miserables is in its final stages of rehearsal and is shaping up to be an amazing show, staged by Hippodrome Youth Theatre at the Halifax Road venue in Todmorden from Tuesday, December 3 to...
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