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Hebden Bridge all set for a weekend of blues
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Flood scheme firm wins major award
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Jayne will go the extra mile as new Mayor
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New beginning for Old Library
The Old Library on Parkside Road, a community hub for residents and groups in Cornholme and Portsmouth, will be officially opened on Sunday.
Creative art sessions ease dementia’s grip on elderly
Dementia and memory problems can leave older people and their carers in need of support and new ways to enrich their lives.
Trades in running again for NME Small Venue award
For the second year running the Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, has made the shortlist for the NME Small Venue of the Year award.
Richard’s making great strides
In the first five days of his Pennine Way walk, Richard Crossland has been clocking up the miles to raise money for cancer charities.
A hive of activity
Todmorden’s community beekeeping group – the Bee Friendly Collective – is offering another weekend introduction to the world of beekeeping.
Record contract is up for grabs
Promoters are encouraging singers from the upper Calder Valley to enter a talent competition which will see the winners receive a recording contract.
Sport
Spectacular run goes on for Centre
Todmorden Sports Centre Under 14s retained the Calderdale League Cup on Sunday, making it successive league and cup doubles.
Jess takes German event by storm with two golds
Todmorden girl Jess Leyden won two gold medals for Great Britain at the Munich Junior International Regatta at the Olympic rowing venue.
Bridgeholme upset hopes alive but Foot bow out
Hopes of a Luddenden Foot giantkilling act in last Sunday’s Parish Cup first round were shattered but Bridgeholme’s dreams live on.
Cricket: Todmorden skipper relishing double test
Todmorden will try to put last weekend’s frustrations behind them with what skipper Andrew Sutcliffe describes as “two really good games to look forward to” on Saturday and Sunday.
jake and joe give champs a boost
Walsden head into an important weekend of league and cup action with their spirits raised thanks to fine performances from two of their teenagers last Saturday.
Brannigan 10th in big field for trail race
The Bluebell Trail Race on Sunday was the third of Todmorden Harriers Trail Championship fixtures and attracted a good turnout from the club.
Lifestyle
Michael’s aiming to be picture perfect
Local artist Michael Peace is holding his next exhibition of paintings, entitled Down the Valley Sides, in Hebden Bridge Town Hall.
Hebden Bridge all set for a weekend of blues
Hebden Bridge will be singing the blues this Bank Holiday Weekend when an award-winning festival returns.
Golden girl Hannah Cockroft picks up MBE from the Queen
Double gold-medal winning paralympian Hannah Cockroft is pictured today with her MBE outside Buckingham Palace.
Pepperjam prepare for launch party at Trades Club
Soulful dub band Pepperjam launch their second album at the New Beehive, Bradford on Saturday (May 18) with their main launch party at The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge on Sunday, May 26.
Tha Gallipoli Oak: ‘Oh, the shells did fairly scream and bang’
There is an old saying that “cometh the hour, cometh the man”, and the Todmorden contingent of the East Lancashire Territorial Army was quick to be tested at Gallipoli in 1915.
Community
Michael’s aiming to be picture perfect
Local artist Michael Peace is holding his next exhibition of paintings, entitled Down the Valley Sides, in Hebden Bridge Town Hall.
Trimming change which will cause problems for elderly or disabled tenants
Well, Pennine Housing has done it again, especially to pensioners and disabled people.
Tha Gallipoli Oak: ‘Oh, the shells did fairly scream and bang’
There is an old saying that “cometh the hour, cometh the man”, and the Todmorden contingent of the East Lancashire Territorial Army was quick to be tested at Gallipoli in 1915.
More on the floating nightclub...
A reader contacted us with more information about the “floating nightclub”, a photograph of which we ran some weeks ago.
Trip’s a cruise for Let’s Go group
Fifty three members of Todmorden U3A’s Let’s Go group are pictured enjoying a sunny trip to the Ellesmere Port Canal museum.
Political defector really has a nerve
Nader Fekri really takes the biscuit by criticising the decision of the Calder Valley Labour Party (May 2).
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