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Air quality in Hebden Bridge - public meeting report. See also, extensive forum discussion - 12 March Both the Fustian Knife and Brown's site (the former Mytholm Mill - 58 "dwellings") were approved yesterday by Calderdale's planning committee - see Planning Watch for background. - 12 March Eaves bus suspended - more info - 11 March
Calder High closed - explosive chemical missing from laboratory - see news - 11 March St Pol election result - see news - 11 March. Junior Band feature in the Guardian Hebden Bridge MP urges Calderdale to bid for Extra Funding for Play Areas
"Where Hebden Bridge leads, the supermarkets follow" - Yorkshire Post credit our Bag Ladies for influencing M & S to charge for bags. Read article - 29th Feb Tremor wakes Hebden Bridge - see Forum
Missing Mytholmroyd gorilla - see forum Labour proposes a Calderdale Freedom Pass for over-60s combining access to sport and travel - More info - 19th Feb Land next to Victoria Road Children's Playground - third attempt by Mango for planning permission - see Planning Watch - for more information - updated 18th Feb Rail-users give thumbs up for increased parking, and more bike lockers at the station - More info - 13th Feb
Fustian Knife is now the Fustian Needle Fair wages for a Fair Trade Town - Hebden Bridge campaigners launch a ‘Fair Wage’ campaign to try to increase the wages of workers under twenty-two. more info - 3rd Feb
At last, some snow! All around Hebden Bridge, children, some who had hardly ever seen the white stuff before, were out in sledges or throwing snowballs. - 2nd Feb
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Message from Hebden Bridge's Ron Taylor, helping out in a village in the Palestinian West Bank
Glyn Hughes - award winning Calder Valley writer has updated his website which now includes a blog (latest entry about his friendship with Ted Hughes) and audio samples of his readings. - 4 March Mytholmroyd Swimming Pool - Calderdale made available details of plans for this small pool today, giving just three days for people to make representations - Tues, 19th Feb
No Justice for Eric Williams - suspended sentence for road death - updated 7th Feb
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FLOODED More photos from the Hebweb, local photographers and a special report from 8 year old Rhiannon - 21st January |
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Flood warning goes at 9.05 am
Environment Agency has flood warning listed for our area. We understand that Burnley Road is closed and people are being turned round at the Turning Circle. Rain still pouring - 21st January, updated 10 am Mayor praises "bold and far-sighted" Town Council budget - more info - 17th January Labour calls for imaginative Calderdale Budget - more info - 11th January SECONDARY SCHOOL RESULTS Hebden Bridge businesses offered help to fight energy bills - more info - 8th January
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Lord Dales closes - one of the few remaining "real" shops, according to our forum correspondents. HB now has no electircal shop. See History for info about the recently added Prehistoric section of the HB Local History Society ACCOMMODATION - bed and breakfast choices as well as offbeat "Hebden Bridge" options, eg, self catering for groups on the tops, moorland bunkhouse at 1100 feet and futons in bohemian family house Hebden Bridge Partnership news - same chairman but new name, new members and new purpose - 6th January For latest news about transferring the Council offices building to community management see the Bridge Centre website - 4th January Fundraising event for Palestinian Village Chris McCafferty MP for Calder Valley has told the Hebden Bridge Web that she is both shocked and saddened by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. See news in brief - 27 Dec
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Mytholmroyd Station Mosaic
Lumb Falls plaque to remember
Local group initiate plans to make the Town Hall once more the heart of the local community - more info - 1 Nov DAILY TELEGRAPH FEATURE on Hebden Bridge, home to Britain's worst industrial disaster, by Mark Piggott. A Cape Asbestos company spokesman is reported as saying 'an apology from today's management would be an empty and meaningless gesture'. Read the 3500 word article now reproduced on the Hebden Bridge Web - 6 Oc Berringden Brow audio: Stories of Love and Misunderstanding - nine alsations, two hearings and a star witness. Go to the Hebweb radio section to listen to the latest excerpt or subscribe to the Berringden Brow podcast |
It was estimated that over one thousand people came down to the centre of Hebden Bridge for Carols in the Square this Christmas Eve - See previous years
Steam comes to Hebden Bridge
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