- Quest for love costs singles £3.4bn
- Crowds celebrate Chinese New Year
- Government may face fresh strikes
- Mone in threat to leave Scotland
- Ex-Army chief in Falklands warning
- 'Fewer and better' immigrants plan
- Poisoning fears over hip implants
- Bill actor Colin Tarrant dies at 59
- Snow predicted for western areas
- MP urges easing of smacking laws
- Man charged with motorist's murder
- Call for action over executive pay
- Fan quizzed over 'racist' gesture
- Action urged on political funding
- Man charged with toddler's murder
- Shot Gurkha 'born leader of men'
- Team handshakes axed amid race row
- Frank Skinner to be a father at 55
- Man charged with toddler's murder
- Man charged with motorist's murder
News
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.
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.
Sport
Steve set to search round here for the next Wayne Rooney
A RASTRICK man is heading the search to find the next Wayne Rooney.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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 has to keep on running
RUNNING is more than a way of life for Brighouse businessman Martin Haigh - it is his life.
Community
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’s rise and fall
ONE of the most successful companies in Hipperholme was one everyone simply referred to as ‘The Dominion’.
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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Sunday 29 January 2012
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