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Fashion retailer Peacocks shuts shops in Halifax and Brighouse

TWENTY shop staff in Calderdale have lost their jobs following the sale of fashion retailer Peacocks.

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Halifax Plaza opening is just around the corner

A 24-hour gymnasium looks set to become a key feature of Halifax’s Broad Street Plaza.

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Tory plan to axe Calderdale councillors

Conservatives want to save £160,000 a year by reducing the number of Calderdale councillors from 51 to 36.

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Street traders will need a licence

THE council has agreed to begin licensing street traders in and around Brighouse town centre.

Calderdale councillors wave goodbye to their pay rise

COUNCILLORS have unanimously agreed to forego any increase in their allowances in 2012/13.

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New ways to get rid of Calderdale’s refuse

THE new incinerator and processing plant designed to get rid of Calderdale household waste should create 80 permanent jobs when it opens in 2016.

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Halifax becoming a suburb of Huddersfield, claims MP

HALIFAX is in danger of becoming a suburb of Huddersfield, according to MP Linda Riordan.

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Calderdale jobless toll rises again

THE number of people in Calderdale who are out of work and claiming benefits went up again last month by 280 to 6,838.

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Apprenticeships are future for youngsters

Businesses across Calderdale have been celebrating new starters as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2012.

Budget gets a final tweak to stave off a council tax increase

CALDERDALE Council remains on course to avoid any increase in council tax bills this year.

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Plan to join forces with Kirklees could mark Calderdale’s demise

Calderdale Council risks losing jobs and its unique identity if the Conservative’s so called “Huddersfax” plan goes ahead, according to critics.

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Calderdale should ‘join forces’ with Kirklees - Tory plan

RADICAL plans are being drawn up by Conservative councillors to merge services in Calderdale and Kirklees.

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More money for flood prevention schemes

THE Environment Agency will be spending another £4.6 million on flood defence work in Todmorden.

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Council tax decision time

SOME of the service cuts which councillors are planning would not be necessary if the Government made up its mind on whether to continue providing a grant towards the cost of freezing council tax bills.

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Calderdale’s first citizens are ready to sample Turkish delight

THE Mayor and Mayoress are quitting Calderdale for a new life in Turkey.

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Cutting carbon is one way of creating jobs

THE council is ready to endorse an ambitious £366 million scheme to create 450 jobs, slash energy costs and help save the planet.

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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.

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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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Warning that schools’ budgets could be cut

CALDERDALE schools were warned today they might all have to have to trim their budgets to help pay for new academies.

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We need more stores with big names, says new retail survey

SMART new shops at Northgate and Horton Street could be the key to helping Halifax expand.

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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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All nurseries will now face council scrutiny

THE council has withdrawn a detailed list of potential nursery closures.

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New service shake-up signals loss of 21 jobs

THE council expects to save £755,000 a year by reorganising school-improvement services and getting rid of 21 members of staff.

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£145,000 for six voluntary groups

SIX voluntary organisations could share £145,000 so they can prepare for their grants being totally axed during the next 18 months.

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Services for elderly and disabled feel the pinch

A CARE centre for up to 45 disabled people is facing the axe.

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