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Mark Keenan at Mark's Fry-Day, Lightcliffe Road, Brighouse.

Mark’s got that winning Fry-Day feeling

IT has only been open for nine months, but Mark’s Fry-Days is in the running for a national award.

Verdict on heart unit put on hold

DECISION makers have delayed their verdict on whether to end surgery at the children’s heart unit at Leeds General Infirmary.

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Speeding ‘a major concern’

CALLS for action have followed the release of speed test results along a narrow country lane indicated a serious problem.

New jobs at Brighouse firm

BRIGHOUSE precision engineering company Halifax Rack & Screw is hoping to create up to 12 new jobs after receiving a grant of £200,000 from the Government’s flagship Regional Growth Fund.

Brian Robson, of Brighouse, being presented with his leaving certificate by West Yorkshire Chief Fire Officer Simon Pilling after 30 years in the fire service

Fire chief’s ‘last shout’

A BRIGHOUSE fire officer has retired after 30 years’ service.

Sport rss

Steve Calligan, Everton's new scout

Steve set to search round here for the next Wayne Rooney

A RASTRICK man is heading the search to find the next Wayne Rooney.

Actions from the game Brighouse Town v Selby football at St Giles Road
Pictured for Brighouse is Nathan Kamara

Town hammer in six of the best

BRIGHOUSE Town put six goals past visiting Selby and created many more chances.

Rangers aim for repeat success

PENNINE ARL Division Two League leaders Brighouse Rangers are back at Odsal Sedbergh (2pm) for the second week running but in league action after last week’s cup success.

Old Brods U12s forwards (from the left) Josh Clegg, Elliott Adams, Ben Stringer, Cillian Neal, Sam Allen and Henry Wade

Hat-trick helps winning streak

BRODS, hoping to keep their winning streak, received the ball and attacked well with a quick try resulting from Harry Dunne.

Sun rise to task in second half

AFTER a mammoth spell of inactivity the Bridge Balti Halifax Sunday League finally kicked into life, with some understandably sluggish starts writes Andy Dawson.

Lifestyle rss

Hipperholme Grammar School's new head teacher Jack Williams.

New head enjoys a sporting life . . .

ALL work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, the old saying goes - and it’s a trap the new head master at Hipperholme Grammar School is determined not to fall into.

Peter Brook awards at Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse. Pictured is artist Matthew Evans, Molly Brooks (peter's widow) Councillor Christine Beal (back), Briony Dowson from Rastrick High receiving the school prize, Mayor of Calderdale, Nader Fekri, Jackie Harrowsmith teacher at Rastrick, Councillor Howard Blagbrough and Emily Goldthorpe from Brooksbank School, Elland

Aspiring artists impress in ‘Brook’

THE talent of young artists from the Brighouse area was celebrated when the fourth Peter Brook Art Prize was awarded at the Smith Art Gallery.

Janet Austin Tappers with Janet Austin and daughter Felicity (front)

Dancers strictly on target for Tapathon

ORGANISERS of this year’s Tapathon have set themselves an ambitious target - to reach £200,000 raised for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation since the event started 15 years ago.

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Band and choir in harmony for the hospice

THE experience of Yorkshire and National Champion brass band Brighouse and Rastrick will combine with the youth of Halifax Young Singers in a concert to raise funds for the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice.

Martin Haigh with some of his marathon medals

Martin has to keep on running

RUNNING is more than a way of life for Brighouse businessman Martin Haigh - it is his life.

Community rss

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In it to win it on sports day

SCHOOL sports day was always a bit special.

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Charity began on the doorstep

OVER the years there have been a number of local organisations and charities which have worked for the benefit of our community.

Dominion, Hipperholme

Dominion’s rise and fall

ONE of the most successful companies in Hipperholme was one everyone simply referred to as ‘The Dominion’.

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Testing time for ‘Easy Riders’

BACK in the 1970s the must-have accessory for most young lads was the Raleigh Chopper bike.

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