Free pet checks at valley vets
pet owners are invited to bring their cats and dogs into a local vets’ surgeries to receive a free oral care check up. West Mount Vets in Todmorden and Mytholmroyd are offering the appointments...
View ArticleSuite closed for burst pipe repairs
THE Premier Suite at Todmorden Sports Centre will close temporarily while urgent repairs are carried out on a burst pipe. The sauna, steam room and spa pool will be closed to customers for a week. All...
View ArticleMagician and TV star at open day
CHILDREN and their families enjoyed a range of attractions at a school’s foundation stage open day. There was a magician, bouncy castle and a surprise visit from Iggle Piggle, of TV show “In the Night...
View ArticleJack’s Big Smash tickets on sale
TICKETS will go on sale on Thursday for a charity cricket match in memory of soldier Jack Stanley. Jack’s Big Smash will take place at Todmorden Cricket Club on Friday June 22, with stumps pitched at...
View ArticleShannon hopes to make the final cut at national awards
A YOUNG hairdresser is hoping to blow away the competition at an awards ceremony this week. Shannon Saville, who works at Stone Hair Art in Todmorden, has been nominated in the young apprentice of the...
View ArticleThanks for help with Mica appeal
A CHARITY has thanked everybody who contributed towards an appeal to pay for a life-changing operation for an animal in its care. Pennine Animal Welfare (PAWS) has managed to raise the £1,500 needed to...
View ArticleSpicy reward for market customers
A STALL holder has launched a loyalty card to celebrate national “Love your local market” fortnight. Jeff Thomson, who runs Curried Away on Todmorden market, has decided to introduce the card to reward...
View ArticleGetting together again after 30 years
A GROUP of former schoolmates are to reunite for the first time in more than a quarter of a century in Todmorden this summer.Todmorden High School’s Class of 1982 are set to meet up at the Todmorden...
View ArticleOBE for search and rescue’s Peter
A STALWART of Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team, Mr Peter Smith has been awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.Peter received his ward for his 40 years’ service to the mountain search...
View ArticleEnchanting parade is coming back to town
HEBDEN Bridge is set to show its creative and colourful best this weekend when a popular event returns.More than 700 people will be taking part in what organisers hope will be the biggest and best-ever...
View ArticleCrucial step is to restore confidence
CALDERDALE Council must put out the message that the Calder Valley is open for business following the floods in June and July.Members of the public attending a meeting of the council’s economy and...
View ArticleFour attacked in town centre
Police are appealing for witnesses after four people in their 20’s were assaulted in Todmorden.The incident happened in the Butterworth Street shortly before 3am on Sunday.Police are appealing for...
View Article‘Prosecute over roundabout signs’
SIGNS placed at Birdcage Walk roundabout in Todmorden town centre are a “considerable” distraction to drivers, say safety campaigners.Members of Todmorden Accident Prevention Council are demanding...
View ArticleForward over reverse concern
SAFETY campaigners will try again to get their concerns over a bus manoeuvre adressed.For some time Todmorden Accident Prevention Council members have been concerned about school buses accessing...
View ArticleSummer fair to boost the kitty!
The Upper Calder Valley and District branch of the Cats Protection League is organising a summer fair on Saturday, August 18 from 10am to 2pm at the Methodist Chapel in Bramsche Square,...
View ArticleFlash flooding hits Todmorden again
FLASH flooding hit Todmorden again early on Sunday evening when water cascading down the hillsides flooded roads in the valley bottom.Homes and businesses in Rochdale Road and Burnley Road were among...
View ArticleIn what way did the flooding affect you?
SEVERAL streets and roads in Todmorden had to be closed by police amid the flooding which hit Todmorden early on Sunday evening.Bacup Road was closed to traffic for three hours from 7pm to 10pm while...
View ArticleMonthly surgery is back again
RESIDENTS will be able to raise their concerns about local issues at a monthly surgery.Coun Janet Battye, Liberal Democrat councillor for Calder Ward and deputy leader of Calderdale Council, will hold...
View ArticleFlood water drivers causing heartbreak
FLOODING of homes during and after Sunday’s thunderstorm could have been avoided if motorists had not driven through flood water.Neighbours in several areas of Todmorden say some drivers, though by no...
View ArticleAlton Towers bus chooses Tod as Express town
Todmorden has been selected as the third town to be visited by Alton Towers Resort’s Fantastical Express bus on Saturday, August 11.Throughout the summer, Alton Towers resort is inviting people to...
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