- Towns regeneration contest launched
- Lottery couple defend benefit claim
- House price confidence 'improves'
- Navy 'sends submarine to Falklands'
- 1,000 people expected in marches
- Search on for 'cruise-fall' Briton
- New cancer cases 'up 30% by 2030'
- Britain braced for widespread snow
- Five held in Syria embassy protest
- Court martial for WikiLeaks soldier
- Rhyming plea over library closures
- Widespread snow looms for weekend
- PM picks up shopping on way home
- Met and FBI call 'taped by hackers'
- PM accepts White House invitation
- I feel fantastic, says Robin Gibb
- Paedophile jailed over porn seizure
- Three die in Legionnaires' outbreak
- John Terry loses England captaincy
- Redknapp has 'back to the wall'
News
New round for village postie
A MUCH-LOVED post woman who has been serving a village for 19 years has bid a sad farewell to the community.
Family’s delight as Kaisha gets all clear
A YOUNG girl who was reliant on an oxygen ventilator to keep her alive is celebrating after being given the all clear by doctors.
Little Star Ethan enjoying life to the full after battle
A BRAVE youngster who went through months of intense chemotherapy has been honoured for his fight against cancer.
Brighouse Echo Business Awards 2012: Celebrating your achievements
THE deadline for nominations for this year’s Brighouse Echo business awards has been extended for an extra week.
There’s snow stopping us
SNOW showers were not enough to stop almost a hundred people attending the first ever Eastfield School reunion.
Sport
A struggle, but Old Boys run goes to 10
ABERFORD, from the lower end of the league, posed more problems than expected for high fliers Brighouse Old Boys but the form book was eventually proved correct.
Delight for Town after deserved away win
TOWN made the journey back from south Nottingham in buoyant mood with a well deserved three points from a hard working, professional performance.
Victory in the mud
WITH only one recognised half back in Stuart Proctor, who was only 80 per cent fit, this was always going to be an hard game.
Crucial game in promotion chase
BRIGHOUSE Old Boys face another tough game as they push for promotion.
Skipper Luke makes it four
BRODS finally picked up some reward from a trip up the A1 as they eased their relegation fears with a welcome North One East victory.
Lifestyle
Toughest test awaits action man Jeremy . . .
ACTION man Jeremy Webster is not one to shirk a challenge - but this summer he is facing his toughest test of all.
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.
Community
That’ll do nicely!
Kendall’s Ice Cream at Hipperholme has come a long way since it was taken over by Jimmy Kendall.
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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Weather for Halifax
Saturday 04 February 2012
Today
Light snow
Temperature: 0 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 28 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 1 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: West
