- PM accepts White House invitation
- PM picks up shopping on way home
- British passenger 'fell from liner'
- I feel fantastic, says Robin Gibb
- Paedophile jailed over porn seizure
- Three die in Legionnaires' outbreak
- Met and FBI call 'taped by hackers'
- New cancer cases 'up 30% by 2030'
- Widespread snow looms for weekend
- John Terry loses England captaincy
- Redknapp has 'back to the wall'
- No pub assault charge for Downing
- Ex-PCSO jailed for rape of girl, 12
- Facebook stalker guilty of murder
- 21 years for street killer husband
- BT in 'ultra-fast' broadband pledge
- Disruption as freight train derails
- Royal college blasts health reforms
- Dale Farm clearance costing £7m
- Jobs fear as glass-maker cuts back
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Don’t miss your copy of this weekend’s Courier for these big stories and more:
Job tragedy of the 5,200 - number of unemployed who want to work has doubled in three years
THE number of people in Halifax who would work if only they could find a job has doubled to more than 5,200 since 2008.
46 commentsWakefield Cathedral verger not guilty of sex attack
A WAKEFIELD Cathedral verger who was accused of “groping” a woman before a service has been found not guilty by a jury.
Villagers successful in rural road repairs drive
VILLAGERS are celebrating after a 30 year campaign for a road in a rural part of Calderdale to be maintained at public expense was successful.
Cancer-fight bravery of Ethan wins him a star
A BRAVE youngster who went through months of intense chemotherapy has been honoured for his fight against cancer.
Sport
TOWN GAME OFF
Halifax Town’s home game with fellow promotion play-off hopefuls Nuneaton tomorrow has become an early casualty of the icy snap.
11 commentsShelf trip is sure to be a huge test of Ryburn’s title credentials
Ryburn United’s Haslem-Sheppard Halifax & District AFL title bid gathered more pace with their win over Elland United last Saturday.
Rivals pose real threat to Town
Town hope to return to league action against Nuneaton at the Shay tomorrow looking to extend their unbeaten Blue Square Bet North run to nine matches.
17 commentsVictory a must against rock bottom students
OLD Crossleyans are hoping the North One East table will look considerably better from their point of view by tomorrow night.
Revenge bid for Brodleians
OLD Brodleians banked five points in their North One East safety bid last Saturday and coach Ian Armitage would dearly like another success at home to Malton and Norton tomorrow.
Video
Calderdale Talking Newspaper edition 1194 video
Click play on the console above to listen to edition 1194 of the Calderdale Talking Newspaper, recorded on Wednesday February 1, 2012.
Lifestyle
Now’s the time to have your say on council sell-off
A PUBLIC meeting to discuss the planned sale of Heath Training Centre, in Free School, Lane, Halifax, will be held at the centre at 7pm tonight.
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Todmorden’s Rebecca Taylor is ‘our girl in Brussels’
A CALDERDALE woman has become a Member of the European Parliament.
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Obituary: Lord Somerleyton: Carpet empire descendant
LORD Somerleyton, Savile Crossley, whose family was among Halifax’s important benefactors, has died. He was 83.
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Cathedral invite to golden couples
I am writing on behalf of Ripon Cathedral to request your help with our hugely popular Golden Wedding Service.
Can we get updates on police appeals?
WELL done to the Courier for helping to catch the rapist by showing a picture of him a few years ago, but why don’t you do a follow up regular series of the pictures you show regularly on “do you know these people” wanted in connection with theft, etc, to see if any of them have been arrested due to the Courier photos.
Priority is given to arts over elderly and disabled
I AM writing to express my concerns that Calderdale DART may lose their funding. I was quite surprised to read in the Courier that our council considers the arts a higher priority than services for the elderly, disabled and carers.
Ignoring decline of High Street
Don’t the people advocating building new shops on Northgate read the papers or listen to the news? Shops are closing at alarming rate every week.
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Weather for Halifax
Saturday 04 February 2012
Today
Heavy snow
Temperature: -3 C to -0 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 0 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 14 mph
Wind direction: West
