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Volunteer soldier from Halifax honoured at medal ceremony attended by royalty

A BRAVE volunteer soldier from Halifax was among those honoured at a medals ceremony attended by royalty today.

Mayor’s bank siege drama ends peacefully - after staff return his cashpoint card

A HAPPY Mayor of Calderdale is reunited with his bank card after an afternoon of drama at the Nat West.

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Janet Battye and Tim Swift outside Halifax Town Hall

A third time round for Lib-Lab pact

CALDERDALE Council’s Lib-Lab pact is set to carry on for a third year.

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Daniel Waddington

Man from Rastrick jailed for seven years for raping a woman in her home

A MAN from Rastrick has been jailed for seven years after a jury found him guilty of raping a woman in her home.

Fancy some fast-paced roller derby action in Halifax on Saturday?

A BLAZE of fast and furious roller-action will strike Halifax on Saturday.

Sport rss

Rules maybe rules, but Brown makes more sense

HUDDERSFIELD coach Nathan Brown cut through the rules, technicalities and red tape surrounding international selections in a refreshingly straight-forward way was this week.

Thackeray: Fax attack on the up

HALIFAX half back Anthony Thackeray believes the Co-operative Championship leaders’ attacking game is finally clicking into gear ahead of Sunday’s crucial league date at second-placed Batley.

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Haley playing a waiting game

HALIFAX’S club captain James Haley will take another step on the road to a first team return tonight - but admits he may need to be patient as he waits for an opening in Karl Harrison’s table-topping line up.

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Ambler a realist over Rhinos place

HALIFAX’S dual-registered Leeds prop Luke Ambler jumped at the chance to sign up with his hometown club until the end of 2012 - but he admits it could impact on his future with the Super League champions.

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A long way to go, insists boss

HALIFAX boss Karl Harrison watched his side open up a three-point lead at the top of the Co-operative Championship, before insisting it could be another two months before the league table finally begins to take shape.

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VIDEO: Featherstone 12 Halifax 60 - see all 10 Fax tries video

Halifax blitzed Co-operative Championship rivals Featherstone as they ran in 10 tries to take the outright lead at the top of the table.

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Hostages: from left, Alistair Cheetham, Simon Reece and Derek Smith

Inspired cast holds audience captive with enthralling play

Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me: Halifax Thespians

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Review: X-Dream Rocker gaming chair

Game and gaming products are becoming more diverse and popular than ever before, especially the GAMING CHAIR.

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Review: Top Gun: Hardlock

It`s the 1980`s again. Wide shoulder pads, big hair, loads of makeup and that’s just the men!

Arty pupils get creative for Olympics

ARTISTIC children are being given the chance to draw inspiration from world’s greatest sporting event as the London 2012 torch relay heads to Calderdale next month.

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Review: Battleship

BATTLESHIP by ACTIVISION, HASBRO and DOUBLE HELIX GAMES (Xbox/ps3), MAGIC POCKETS (Wii/3DS/DS) is a first person shooter (FPS) with a bit of a twist.

Community rss

Battle for liberalism must continue – despite the disastrous coalition

The Liberal Prime Minister Herbert Asquith once remarked that the only way in which liberalism would be killed would be by suicide.

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Not in real world: David Cameron

We need strong policies, not jobs for ‘old chums’

Now that David Cameron has received a right kicking in the local elections, will he now realise what being a true Tory leader is all about?

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Look to reasons for voter apathy

Having looked on the Council’s website for all the local results I was somewhat surprised to see that there were four candidates (Conservative/Lib Dem/Independent and Labour) standing in my local ward.

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Democracy takes a hit – but we can change the cycle

Given the low turnout of these elections I must conclude the real loser is democracy.

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Thanks for your support

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the 884 people who voted for me in the Queensbury council elections. This was a tremendous result where 1 in 4 people put their trust in me. After the final count I was only 189 votes from becoming the local councillor.

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