ARTS FESTIVAL LAUNCH - a great day of sunshine and street events in the square - see gallery of photos

Clothes Swap Party on 4th July - more info

Police and Communities Together - meeting report: CCTV failure, anti social behaviour and drug taking around Nutclough, Street Angels' first days - 24 June

Festival stop press: Perrier award winning Aussie comedy star Adam Hills will appear at the Picture House on Wednesday following Mark Steel's recent pull-out - "an unexpected treat" - more info

Arts Festival: Owter Zeds 25th anniversary
And other events at the Trades this week

Pen Fayre - residents raise money to help with application to have land recognised as a Village Green

Central Street breakthrough! - the Hebden Bridge Web has learned that the Calderdale Cabinet has this evening provisionally given its support to the improvement scheme. More info - 22 June

What a town! Another stunning handmade parade came through the streets of Hebden Bridge on Saturday, 20 June in all its wonderful colour, creativity and glory. See photos and background to the big day.

Dodnaze is blooming, along with the rest of the town as summer hanging baskets and planters go up.

Small Ads currently includeRoom Wanted, Nissan Micra for sale, loft conversion to rent, yurt for hire, Indian cooking, building, childminding, rubbish clearance and houses and flat to rent and share.

Central Street - the saga continues. After Calderdale announced yesterday it was reconsidering the scheme it rejected, today Hebden Royd Council predict it will be rejected again. Read more - 16 June

With sadness, we report the death of Roger Bogg. Roger was the projectionist at the Hebden Bridge Picture House for many years. See Lives Remembered page for larger photo and more info

Calderdale offers new grants for small businesses to boost local economy. More info - 15 June

Food campaigner Geoff Tansey kept an audio diary relating his experience of prostate cancer and his quest to discover the effects of diet. Click here to listen

Stop press: Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy to replace Ruth Padel who has withdrawn from the HB Arts Festival for personal reasons. More info

FORUM - current threads include good, informed discussion about the election, BNP and the future for Labour.

St Michael's Square, Mytholmroyd - public consultation is being sought on three sculpture design proposals - more info - 11 June

Remembering Fustianopolis - a demonstration of fustian cutting on Saturday, 20th June

EUROPEAN ELECTIONS
- results for Calderdale and Yorkshire.

More threats to local archives - 11 June

Latest Festival News - see three new news articles - specially brewed Arts Festival Ale, Box Office about to open, and Curtain up! More info - 8 June

MISS RUSTY - the Hebden Bridge Web has learned that, in spite of the large community campaign, demonstrations and nearly 1000 members of the Facebook group, Calder High Governors have made the decision to sack this popular teacher - see "Don't Read This" for background to the story.

GARDEN STREET PLANS rejected by the Planning Appeal Tribunal - too large! More info and background to this controversial local issue. - 28 May

Calderdale Writers’ Roadshows kick off at Hebden Bridge Library with Jill Liddington - see news

The Third International Cider Festival at the Stubbing Wharf

Brass Band Weekend: Hebden Bridge welcomed bands from all over the country for the Brass Band's second Heritage Weekend. See Media Page for 4 min video sample

Summer school of rock - Calder Rocks - 16 June

Hebden Bridge solicitor Paul Glanville (above left) gears up for 1200 mile UK cycle tour to unmask the asbestos killer - more info - 17 June

Scores of people attending this year’s Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade on 20th June have already created their colourful costumes - more info

Don't Bulldoze Central Library

Refuse/recycle collections "improving" - 4 June

The Secret Garden Videos - three short videos on the Secret Garden have been brought to the attention of the Hebweb - 2 June

Bryan Williamson: Life Remembered - more info and photos - updated 17 June

Pilot project to increase insulation in ‘hard to treat’ homes similar to many in Hebden Bridge - see News in Brief

Often first with the news - many of the news items appeared here on the Hebweb days before other local news outlets.

95 per cent are recycling? That figure is simply wrong, says Kerbside's "incensed" Paul Brannigan - see Forum thread - 29 May

THE BIG GREEN WEEKEND was a major success - thanks to the sunshine but especially thanks to Jason Elliott and his great team. The "Secret Garden Party" was revealed to be in The Old Fire Station - transformed by the Transition Town group. - selection of photos from the weekend

Above: Alice Hull welcomes Chris McCafferty MP and Mayor John Beacroft-Mitchell (pictured with organiser Jason Elliott) who opened the Big Green Weekend. See selection of Big Green photos

Big Green Weekend Question Time debate report
see also Forum discussion

Cllr John Beacroft-Mitchell's first speech as Hebden Royd Mayor - see You Tube video on the Hebweb media page - 21 May

Art classes are being organised to help learn the tricks of the trade ahead of Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade on June 20th. More info - 21 May

Chess in The Secret Garden

No World on Doorstep Festival this year - see Forum

Peter Kay rocks the Trades Club - read more - 27 April

Labour Selection Saga: former Halifax MP Alice Mahon gives the "despicable" treatment of Hebden Bridge's Janet Oosthuysen as one of her reasons for leaving the Labour Party. Now there's a row over postal voting following the latest selection process. See also: forum thread

Hebden Royd Mayor Susan Press has lost her bid to become the Calder Valley Labour candidate - defeated by postal votes. The Labour candidate for the next general election will be Stephenie Booth, Cherie Booth and Tony Blair's mother in law - 10 April

Town Hall Project to receive £15000 grant from Adventure Capital Fund

May Fair at Wainsgate - Photos and info - updated

Report of community meeting with local police - crime still low and action being taken to address anti-social activity. - 19 May

LABOUR SELECTION SAGA continues
Former Calder Valley candidate David Chaytor is suspended from Parliamentary Labour Party. Labour's National Executive have now backed Steph Booth following the dirty tricks allegations made in the Yorkshire Post - Steph Booth is now suing the paper. More info. Local Labour Party members voice their concern - see Forum

Garden Street Planning Appeal closes - brief report and more info about the Action Group's opening and closing statements. Decision expected in July - 14 May

Duck Race: Easter Monday - 2000 ducks will be dropped into the Hebden Water at approx 3.15pm

Acre Mill site - plans rejected. See background to this issue - 2nd April

Town Hall group seeks "Friends" - appeal for local community support launched today . Read more - 2 April

Report of community meeting with local police

FRIENDS OF RUSTY AND STEVE
Public meeting report - anger over local press allegations of adults "stoking the fire of discontent" - "Aren't Hebden Bridge kids known for having their own minds!"

Teacher suspension features in the Guardian: "Pupils rally behind teacher suspended for writing school novel". And Radio Leeds. Background and links - 24th March

Fast broadband to be trialled in Mytholmroyd - see Forum thread - 23rd March

Town Hall Project: see Nick Wilding's video (11 minutes) on the history and plans for our fine Town Hall building

500 words - Contributions wanted of 500 words about Hebden Bridge as part of the 500th anniversary of the bridge.

Nicholas Hughes, the son of poets Sylvia Plath (buried at Heptonstall) and Ted Hughes from Mytholmroyd, has taken his own life at the age of 47, after a period of depression. See BBC article 23rd Mar

Primary School results - see SATS tables for local schools for 2008 and going back to 1999 - ten years of results as reported on the Hebweb - 1st April

KERBSIDE SERVICE SUSPENDED
from 10th April unless more funding is found. More info and comments from Paul Brannigan.

n for some homes. Aerial survey of heat loss. Hebweb asked Calderdale about HB terraced houses. Energy monitor display units are now available to borrow from the ATC.- updated 19 March

Above: Police called as students walk out of lessons to demonstrate outside Calder High School this morning in support of the two suspended teachers - see below - 11 March

SECOND TEACHER SUSPENDED
A second highly respected and popular teacher, Steve Cann, has been suspended from the Calder High School. When the Hebden Bridge Web contacted Calder High, they refused to give us any information about their reasons. It is widely believed to be connected with the furore around the earlier suspension of Ms Rustamova or "Rusty" as she is affectionately known. See discussion on Hebweb Forum and the Facebook group Save Miss Rusty's Job- 10 March

Thanks to Anthony Bowler for sending this stunning photo which we are using to illustrate our feature on Gibson Mill. To see more Hebden Bridge Web features click here

2010 will mark the 500th anniversary of the Packhorse Bridge. Click here to see projects planned or already underway

Central Street - Tory Cabinet member explains why funds were refused. Read Forum thread 20 Jan

Calder Valley's choice as Labour Candidate, Janet Oosthuysen, has been rejected by Labour's National Executive - see Yorkshire Post article and forum - 20 Jan

Calder High Teacher Suspension - one of the characters featured in the offending book has written to the HebWeb Forum about the "ill-treatment of a loved teacher". Read more and see FaceBook group Save Miss Rusty's Job which now has over 600 members.

New on the Hebden Bridge Web:
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