- 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.
Local
Residents say no to doorstep traders
MAJOR sales companies will be fined if they attempt to knock on doors on Whinney Hill Park estate, Brighouse.
Children ‘making good progress’
A PRE-SCHOOL has improved its Ofsted rating from satisfactory to good.
‘Frog’ takes a giant leap
AN education technology supplier which has won the Malaysian Ministry of Education’s contract to install its learning platform technology will be led by a Brighouse woman.
Band is crowned ‘simply the best’
BRIGHOUSE and Rastrick Band has capped a memorable 12 months by being voted the ‘Band of the Year’.
Freed from a ‘crashed car’
YOUNGSTERS experienced at first hand what it was like to be freed from a car by the emergency services.
Regional
Future sports stars find new home
A Doncaster-based charity and educator has teamed up with an internationally renowned football academy to give budding sport stars a place to call home.
Tanker strike suspended for talks
A planned strike by fuel tanker drivers in Yorkshire has been postponed to allow fresh talks in a bid to resolve a dispute over pay and conditions.
United stars turn teacher for a day
South Yorkshire school pupils learned lessons with a difference after Sheffield United players and coaches attended classes to raise awareness of job opportunities in sport - and encourage respect for others.
Pair murdered 'over love affair'
Two men were murdered and then dumped in a quiet Yorkshire country lane because one of them was having an affair with a married woman, a court has heard.
A 'weld' done for girl power
Two female Rotherham college students have shown true girl power in the world of welding by securing full-time jobs after their apprenticeships.
National
Towns regeneration contest launched
The Government has launched a competition to find 12 areas to share £1 million under a drive to regenerate town centres.
Lottery couple defend benefit claim
A couple who scooped a £10.2 million lottery jackpot have defended their right to claim benefits more than six years later.
House price confidence 'improves'
Optimism in the housing market has grown in recent months, with more Britons predicting prices will rise this year than those forecasting a fall, a study has found.
Navy 'sends submarine to Falklands'
The Royal Navy is sending a nuclear submarine to the Falkland Islands amid heightened tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed islands, it has been reported.
1,000 people expected in marches
More than 1,000 protesters are expected to take part in marches by two opposing campaign groups.
Jobs
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.
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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
