CAB to host info sessions
Cornholme Old Library, Parkside Road, is hosting Citizens Advice Bureau information sharing sessions.These are on Wednesday, from June 17, and run from at 10am to 3pm. These are free to anyone but...
View ArticleRare primitive breeds new to sheep section
Todmorden Agricultural Society is busy preparing for the forthcoming 2015 show which takes place on Centre Vale Park on Saturday, June 20.The sheep section is seeing a year on year increase in entries...
View ArticleWe cleared 60 bags of rubbish from just one stretch of our village’s river
When Owen Gilroy appealed for help in spring cleaning a sizeable chunk of the River Calder as it flowed through the Portsmouth section of Cornholme village, he might not have been able to envisage just...
View ArticleSpringing to life at the farm
Hundreds of people flocked to Ramsden Farm, Walsden, from schools over Calderdale and families from Halifax, Rochdale and Burnley to see the new lambs.The visitors helped with feeding and caring for...
View ArticleSchools are facing challenge over key subjects
PLANS TO require all teenagers to take traditional academic subjects at GCSE will be a “significant challenge” for some schools, Nick Gibb is to say.The move is intended to prepare pupils for the...
View ArticlePolice search for missing Halifax man believed to be in Scarborough
Police are searching for a man who went missing from his home in Halifax.Christopher Brown, 63, went missing from the Horley Green area of Halifax on Tuesday, June 9.Officers say Mr Brown may have...
View ArticleCalderdale woman awarded MBE
A Calderdale woman who has been awarded an MBE for services to the community thinks significant positive change can be “small and local”.Chairwoman of the National Association for Voluntary Community...
View ArticleThe Queen’s Birthday Honour List - all the Yorkshire recipients
Here are the all the honours from the Yorkshire area:Knights bachelorGary Keith Verity. Chief executive Welcome to Yorkshire. For services to Tourism and the Tour De France Grand Depart 2014. (North...
View ArticleHouse prices grow faster in Yorkshire than anywhere else
YORKSHIRE HAS witnessed the biggest increase in property prices outside of the South of England as asking prices have jumped to a new record across England and Wales.The average cost of a home in the...
View ArticleDewsbury suicide bomber: We must review counter-terror strategy, says crime tsar
West Yorkshire’s police commissioner has called for a review of the Government’s counter-radicalisation Prevent strategy after a teen from the county reportedly took part in a suicide bombing in...
View ArticlePolice urgently trying to find missing Halifax pensioner
Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing Halifax pensioner.Angela Rice, 69, went missing from her home yesterday (Tuesday) between 12.45pm and 1.45pm.She is described as white, 5ft...
View ArticleGlitch knocks out 600,000 RBS and NatWest payments
NatWest parent Royal Bank of Scotland admitted around 600,000 banking payments that have failed to go through may not apply to accounts until the weekend.Taxpayer-backed RBS said the issue with its...
View ArticleYorkshire ambulances fail to reach 6,000 of most serious 999 calls in target...
More than 6,000 of the most serious emergency 999 calls to Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) were not reached within the target of eight minutes last year.The figures come after it emerged...
View ArticleVIDEO: Aftermath of Greetland blaze which melted cars and caravans
The clean up is now underway after a major blaze melted cars and caravans in Greetland.Crews from Halifax, Illingworth and Rastrick were called to the land behind Sunside Service Station, Saddleworth...
View ArticleMayor’s diary for the week ahead
Here is the schedule for the upcoming week for the new Mayor of Calderdale, Coun Lisa Lambert.The Mayor’s role includes chairing meetings of the council, ceremonial duties and raising money for her...
View Article‘Soaring childcare costs are creating poverty’
Thousands of children are being pushed into poverty as working parents struggle to pay soaring childcare costs, charities have warned today.The Government is being urged to make good on election...
View ArticleBusiness leader calls for GCSEs to be abolished
Industry leaders are to call for GCSEs to be scrapped and new vocational A-levels to be introduced to ensure the education system can “deliver for all.”The CBI’s director-general John Cridland will...
View ArticleShow promises packed day of fun
A day packed with entertainment is in store at the 85th Todmorden Agricultural Show on Saturday, June 20.It is held at Centre Vale Park, Burnley Road, Todmorden, from early morning to early...
View ArticleGet your ticket for a super day full of entertainment
Get your ticket for a ringside seat at one of the best one-day agricultural shows in the north - it’s a perfect day out for all the family.Todmorden Agricultural Show, which is staged this Saturday,...
View ArticleThrills, spills and especially skills for you to watch out for
That’s entertainment - that’s Todmorden Agricultural Show!From the moment the goats are milked in the morning to the last horse class of the day, the event provides a packed day’s entertainment.Some of...
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