Canine Beautician gets green light
Councillors have given the go-ahead for conversion of retail premises to create a dog grooming salon.Members of Calderdale Council’s planning committee approved the application by Michelle Duxbury to...
View ArticleCoffee pot’s on for Overgate
Volunteers from Upper Calder Charities Assist (UCCA) are running a coffee morning next Saturday, September 14, to raise money for Overgate Hospice.It will run from 10am to around noon at the Community...
View ArticleClock ticking as Tour De Tod moves up a gear
Todmorden’s preparations for the Tour De France’s arrival in the upper Calder Valley next year have moved up a gear with the launch of a website.Designed by Shaun Murray, of Todmorden based Aegis...
View ArticleMy Calder Valley by Dave Boardman: ‘Can-do’ spirit of the people make this a...
When I first visited Hebden Bridge and the Calder Valley I instantly recognised this as the kind of terrain I knew from my childhood.We moved here not long after.Being born and brought up in Liverpool,...
View ArticlePicture this, and you may just win prize and see work shown
If you enjoy taking photographs, your hobby could win you a prize and a year’s free membership at a local group.Todmorden Photographic Society is running its free-to-enter competition and winning...
View ArticleRecycling help for Living Well
Physio & Therapies practice, Halifax Road, Todmorden, has found a company that will pay for used printer cartridges and old mobile phones and allow staff to donate that money to the charity of...
View ArticleTwo new jobs as brewery is set to expand
Little Valley Brewery in Cragg Vale is to create two new full-time jobs this autumn as part of its ongoing expansion plan in order to meet demands from customers in the UK and overseas.Earlier this...
View ArticleSend us your pictures
Gareth Juliff, of Dover Street, Todmorden, captured this image of a robin sitting on a branch in the woods behind Centre Vale Park. If you’ve taken a great photo in the upper Calder Valley, send it to...
View Article21 months in jail for ‘callous’ thief
A judge has jailed a thief for 21 months after a jury found him guilty of theft and fraud offences involving some committed against a vulnerable pensioner.Darren Toner, 28, who now lives in Burnley,...
View ArticleLook around historic churches
Two historic upper Calder Valley churches will also be open for viewing at the Heritage Open Days weekend. Todmorden Unitarian Church, on Honey Hole Road, will be offering guided tours, displays, films...
View ArticleChance to view historic buildings
Several upper Calder Valley attractions will be opening their doors to the public this weekend as part of Heritage Open Days 2013. Todmorden Town Hall will be open for viewing on Sunday from 12-3pm....
View ArticleFreedom group meets next week
Freedom from Torture’s Calderdale Supporters’ Group, founded in the Calder Valley, is set to hold its next meeting on Tuesday, September 17.The event will take place from 7.30pm at the Maurice Jagger...
View ArticleCollege open day to outline courses
Places are still available on a new BTEC Level 1 Creative Media course which is due to start at Todmorden Community College.Learners aged 16 to 18 will study logo design, photography, film, graphics,...
View ArticleChance to view historic buildings
Several upper Calder Valley attractions will be opening their doors to the public this weekend as part of Heritage Open Days 2013. Todmorden Town Hall will be open for viewing on Sunday from 12-3pm....
View ArticleLook around historic churches
Two historic upper Calder Valley churches will also be open for viewing at the Heritage Open Days weekend. Todmorden Unitarian Church, on Honey Hole Road, will be offering guided tours, displays, films...
View ArticleAppetites whetted for Sky’s lunchtime dish
Derby day dawns on Saturday in a match which has once again become a regular fixture in Burnley’s calendar.As Burnley and Blackburn Rovers spent most of the 1980s and 1990s at opposite ends of the...
View ArticleUpper valley waste services will swing into action from tomorrow
A garden waste collection service is set to swing into action tomorrow, while work is onging to re-order Eastwood Waste Household Waste Recycling Centre.The council is urging people to continue...
View ArticleCan you suggest a name for Carl’s creation?
A brewery and a cheese-maker have teamed up to produce a new product - and they want you to suggest a name for the tasty treat. Carl Warburton and the team at Pextenement Cheese Company have created a...
View ArticleNew singing group launched
A new singing group for people living with dementia will be launched in Hebden Bridge on Monday at the town hall.Singing for the Brain is a programme developed by the Alzheimer’s Society for people...
View ArticleSummer school helps to ease the transition
More than thirty pupils who have started at Todmorden High in the new term had a taste of secondary school life when they attended its summer school. The theme of the fortnight was “Breaking down...
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