Their policies created eyesores
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw Liberal Democrat Councillors posing in the Todmorden News in front of the now derelict but once beautiful Abraham Ormerod Centre.Everyone in Tod knows that the Lib...
View ArticleEU help to get over final hurdle
We both regularly visit lots of small and medium sized businesses around the region.On these visits many business owners raise with us that one of the biggest hurdles they have to overcome is access to...
View ArticleBest selling author at signing session
Bestselling and televised author Alexander McCall Smith arrives in the Calder Valley on Monday - a real treat for readers and possibly the first in a line of them.Hebden Bridge bookseller The Book...
View ArticleRinging in a very busy year
It’s expected 2014 will be a ding dong year for the Unitarian Church at Honey Hole, Todmorden!From the return of its bells - which have been away for restoration - and other initiatives, they are...
View ArticleIt’s hypocrisy, Greenpeace
Fancy Greenpeace complaining about fracking companies offering money to councils.They conveniently forget about wind turbine companies offering financial incentives to cash-strapped farmers to put...
View ArticleTourTalk: Josh Edmondson launches our new show counting down to the Tour de...
Welcome to our new podcast TourTalk which every month will bring you the latest news, stories and interviews counting down to the greatest bike race on the planet starting right here in Yorkshire....
View ArticleRaising ‘Red Route’ threat
We attended an open meeting of the Hebden Bridge Partnership at the Town Hall, simply as inquisitive local residents.We were impressed by the range and depth of the matters under consideration and...
View ArticleThe LGC should push off and let us decide
Further to my complaint in my recent letter about sexist shortlists for Calderdale candidatures being imposed from down our valley upon Todmorden Labour Party, I grieve that one is now being pushed on...
View ArticleWeather warning as wind speeds reach 60mph
The Met office has issued a yellow warning with winds reaching up to 60mph in the Yorkshire and Humber region.The office has said winds will continue to increase on Saturday, with gusts widely to 50 to...
View ArticleRight note hit as trade’s brisk
Hebden Bridge Piano Festival’s 2014 programme launch party last Saturday turned out to be a memorable and successful evening.The Town Hall’s café was filled to capacity with well-wishers, sponsors,...
View ArticleState of these sites lies at Labour’s door
It may have escaped the Chair of Todmorden Labour Party (letters, January 16) that his party has been running the Calderdale Council Cabinet by themselves since May 2013.That means that the Labour...
View ArticleMobile cancer advice service
Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile service is stopping off in Calderdale on Wednesday, February 5.It will be at the Woolshops Shopping Centre, Halifax, from 10am to 4pm. A team of information and...
View ArticleParents say renovate it, don’t demolish it
Parents and children reacting to the news last week that demolition of the current Ferney Lee school is the preferred option, have come together to begin a campaign for renovation instead.Signatures...
View ArticleWomen’s role in the Great War must not be forgotten
I would like to request that organisations planning activities will also consider placing women’s roles and experiences alongside those of their menfolk.Reading about women in that war I feel ashamed...
View ArticleBeauty hamper boosted total
During the Todmorden Cancer Research UK fundraising committee Christmas Evening a hamper containing Estee Lauder beauty products worth over £200, was donated to the committee by Kendals of Manchester....
View ArticleSportsTalk: The chaos at Leeds United, plus Winter Olympics countdown
The madness at Leeds United reverberated through football at the weekend - we assess what happened and what’s next for the Elland Road club. Download this Yorkshire Post podcast here or via iTunes.•...
View ArticleCome along to workshops and help shape your district’s future
It’s time for local residents in Calderdale to help shape plans for development in the district over the next 15 years.Calderdale Council is now starting work on the Land Allocations and Designations...
View ArticleStraw techniques at gardeners’ talk
Calder Valley Organic Gardeners’ monthly meeting takes place at the Good Shepherd Centre, Royal Fold, Mytholmroyd, on Thursday, February 6, at 7.30pm.Barbara Jones of Straw Works will talk on “How...
View ArticleHealth with Dr Wen of Physio & Therapies: The body in harmony with the universe
About Dr WenDr Wen trained for six years at the Heilonyang University in China studying Traditional Chinese Medicine. After qualifying and gaining his degree he worked in the Universities teaching...
View ArticleTop bar hives in focus
Calder Food Hub are delivering a series of workshops over the next few months.February’s will focus on Top Bar Bee Hives, a natural method of beekeeping. Keith Wilson will talk through the theory and...
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