Evening Courier (Halifax, England) back issues from July 2006:
Armed robbers raid village shop.
Jul 01, 2006 ... MASKED robbers terrified shop workers and stole hundreds of pounds in cash and cigarettes. Three raiders armed with chisels and hammers burst into the One Stop shop, Oldham Road, Ripponden, as staff cashed up on Thursday night. Frightened workers were forced into a ...
How did they do that?
Jul 01, 2006 ... IT took two nights and three days to fill it. But finally Pam and Chris Waterhouse had their 15-ft swimming pool ready for the heatwave weekend. But when they opened their curtains next day the couple were stunned to see their back garden was a soggy mess - and the huge ...
Fax could be twice as good.
Jul 01, 2006 ... MARTIN Hall has claimed Halifax are running at just 50 per cent of their full potential. And with only nine National League One games remaining, he has urged his players to kick-start the second-half of their season at second-placed Leigh tomorrow. "Overall, we are ...
Copley on hot form in the sun.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Towergate Halifax League: ON A steamy, sultry afternoon, Copley well and truly turned up the heat in the Premier Division title race by travelling to struggling King Cross and chalking up a stunning win. The visitors slammed a daunting 229 for four, and then dismissed ...
Halifax miss out in Hilton Park thriller.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Leigh 38 Halifax 36 MARTIN Hall must be wondering what he has to do. For the second time in eight days, Halifax's new coach watched his side fall agonisingly short of victory after a hectic, high scoring epic in the sweltering Lancashire sunshine. ...
Taylor trains with Town.
Jul 03, 2006 ... CENTRE back Michael Taylor was expected to link up with Halifax Town when they returned to training after the summer break today. And the 23-year-old is believed to have been offered a 12-month deal as manager Chris Wilder looks for cover for Greg Young and Peter Atherton as ...
Fingers crossed for award.
Jul 03, 2006 ... CHAMPAGNE is on ice for two Halifax companies shortlisted for a trophy at the British Insurance Awards. Commercial brokers Wilby Limited, and its sister company Caravan Guard, will go head to head with top names in the insurance industry at the finalists ceremony at The Royal ...
Two hurt near pub.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A DRIVER was arrested and bailed following an accident at Cain Lane, Southowram. His car collided with two pedestrians and crashed into a wall near the Pack Horse pub at 7.50pm on Saturday. The male driver was arrested on suspicion of ...
Seized: a murderous arsenal of weapons.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A VICIOUS arsenal of axes, knives, clubs and machetes has been handed to police. More than 160 weapons were given up during a five-week knife amnesty at Halifax and Todmorden police stations. And Inspector Andy Tempest-Mitchell said he was relieved the weapons were ...
drama IN the flash floods.
Jul 03, 2006 ... FREAK storms brought flooding chaos across Calderdale last night. Hundreds of homes in Todmorden, Walsden and Hebden Bridge were under water after torrential rain, hail and lightning lashed the district. Lightning strikes on electricity sub-stations blacked out large ...
Two hurt near pub.
Jul 04, 2006 ... A DRIVER was arrested and bailed following an accident at Cain Lane, Southowram. His car collided with two pedestrians and crashed into a wall near the Pack Horse pub at 7.50pm on Saturday. The male driver was arrested on suspicion of ...
Knife attack in Tesco's.
Jul 04, 2006 ... POLICE were today investigating two knifings in Halifax town centre - one of them inside a supermarket. Yesterday, a knife-wielding attacker and the victim fled from Tesco in Market Street at 4.15pm. The victim's injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. ...
Horrific moment as car ran into crowd.
Jul 04, 2006 ... A YOUNG woman has told how a pleasant summer evening turned into a nightmare. A black Renault Megane ploughed into a crowd outside the Pack Horse pub, Cain Lane, Southowram, at 7.50pm on Saturday and left a 50-year-old man with serious injuries. Steve Hainsworth, of ...
zero! Not one death in a fire since.
Jul 04, 2006 ... CALDERDALE people who may have perished are alive today - thanks to a Courier campaign. There have been no fire deaths in Calderdale in the past year thanks to our Safe and Sound crusade, run in conjunction with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority. Launched at ...
Roberts helps Blackley upset the leaders.
Jul 04, 2006 ... Towergate Halifax League seconds MARCUS Roberts inspired Blackley to the shock of the day in the Premier Division. Roberts hit nine fours and five sixes in a knock of 93 to help his side to a four-wicket win at home to leaders Mytholmroyd. The visitors ...
We must stay on boil, says new arrival John.
Jul 04, 2006 ... HALIFAX loan star John Clough will be looking for an 80 minute performance from his new teammates when high flying Hull KR visit the Shay on Sunday. While Fax were slipping to an agonising 38-36 loss at Leigh at the weekend, Justin Morgan's Challenge Cup semi-finalists were ...
Death of Shay stalwart.
Jul 04, 2006 ... HALIFAX Town fitness conditioner Tommy Gildert has died after a long battle with illness. The 62-year-old spent 10 years at the club, after being brought to the Shay by John Carroll during the first spell in the Conference. He worked under 10 different managers and ...
taylor-mADE FOR SHAYMEN.
Jul 04, 2006 ... TOWN have signed centre back Michael Taylor on a 12-month contract after he was released by Cheltenham. And boss Chris Wilder is convinced that the 23-year-old will fit in well with the rest of the squad. Taylor linked up with his new teammates when they returned for ...
Looking at inheritance tax savings.
Jul 04, 2006 ... A HALIFAX seminar will discuss the implications of inheritence tax and how payments to the taxman can be reduced. Yorkshire Building Society is holding seminars following changes announced in the last Budget which has increased concern about the tax liability. The ...
Big coaching shake-up at Halifax.
Jul 05, 2006 ... HALIFAX RUFC's desire to adopt a more professional approach both on and off the pitch has culminated in a major shake-up of the club's coaching structure. Kevin McCallion continues in the role of Director of Rugby but two of his right hand men have stepped down while Rhys Morgan ...
Jake's on the Wright track.
Jul 05, 2006 ... JAKE Wright could only watch on as Town battled Hereford United in the play-off final at the Walkers Stadium at the end of May. Five weeks on, he has started his bid to play a major role in another assault on promotion from the Conference. The 20-year-old made 14 ...
Gibson could face Robins.
Jul 05, 2006 ... HALIFAX full-back Damian Gibson is back in contention for a first team place against table-topping Hull KR on Sunday. The Australian has not played since breaking his hand for the second time this season in the 30-22 defeat by the Robins at the end of April. But new ...
Offering high quality PR.
Jul 05, 2006 ... A DIRECTOR of the Shay Stadium Trust and former councillor has created a new public relations company in Calderdale. Keith Butterick, along with business journalist Sheryl Moore, has formed Butterick Moore. Mr Butterick, who served as a Labour councillor for ...
Business networks for women.
Jul 05, 2006 ... BUSINESS Link is offering advice on self-employment and networks for women. Is Self-Employment Right for You? is free and aimed at people thinking of starting a business. It is being held tomorrow from 6pm to 9pm at Business Link Suite, Croft Myl, West Parade, Halifax. ...
Police escort for freed Wilding.
Jul 05, 2006 ... MAGISTRATES have freed a woman accused of turning a sleepy village into a 'hamlet from hell.' But Jeanne Wilding has been banned from going back home to Wilden Hall, South Bottomley Farm, Walsden, Todmorden, without a police escort. Calderdale magistrates agreed to ...
How to cope in searing heat.
Jul 05, 2006 ... HEALTH bosses in Calderdale are urging people to take care as temperatures soar. The Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust issued a health warning after the Met office declared a level three heatwave alert and UK temperatures expected to reach 33C this week. Accident ...
HALIFAX WINS a [pounds sterling]5m SUPER RACE.
Jul 05, 2006 ... HALIFAX has won the race to become the home of a futuristic new technology industry and a European centre of excellence. A deal has been agreed to set up the [pounds sterling]5 million hi-tech hub in a former textile mill, which will go live later this year and give Halifax ...
Barcode boom 'will benefit every one of us'.
Jul 06, 2006 ... MAKING Halifax the barcode capital of the UK could have spin-off benefits for every man, woman and child in Calderdale, according to experts. "The project is extremely important to Halifax and especially exciting for young people who choose to stay in the town and become ...
Nine stone lighter, just look at Keith now.
Jul 06, 2006 ... SUPER slimmer Keith Jackson is up for a national award after losing an amazing nine stone. Keith, of Moor Grove, Shelf, has dropped from 24 stone to 15. He is now in the finals of Slimming World's Man of the Year competition. And his weight-watching ...
Boss Is slain in Bucharest.
Jul 06, 2006 ... A CALDERDALE businessman has been stabbed to death in Romania. The Italian business partner of Neil MacAlistair King has been arrested over the attack on the 55-year-old former restaurant owner. He was in custody today as police in Bucharest continued their murder ...
Taylor is happy to join 'a good team'.
Jul 06, 2006 ... MATTHEW Taylor believes he has joined a club on the up after signing a 12-month contract with Halifax Town. He watched the Shaymen's success in reaching the play-off finals last season from the other end of the table on loan at Forest Green. But just a few days after ...
MIGHTY MAC FACES NEW OP.
Jul 06, 2006 ... HALIFAX prop Ryan MacDonald is facing a battle to save his 2006 season after being told he requires surgery on his arm. The 28-year-old, who was forced from the action in the second half of last weekend's 38-36 loss at Leigh, is facing an eight week lay-off. ...
Redfearn quits after his assistant is given boot.
Jul 07, 2006 ... FORMER Halifax Town caretaker boss Neil Redfearn has quit as manager of Scarborough. The 41-year-old, who was unable to save the Seasiders from relegation to Conference North at the end of last season, walked out after the club brought in Mark Patterson as a coach. ...
Quartet back for huge test.
Jul 07, 2006 ... HALIFAX have added Damian Gibson, Joe Hirst, Joe Simpson and Byron Smith to their squad for Sunday's National League One clash with unbeaten Hull KR (2.0). Gibson is available for selection for the first time since he suffered a broken hand in the 30-22 defeat at New Craven Park ...
Singalong with your Evening Courier.
Jul 07, 2006 ... PUPILS got strumming to headlines from the Courier for a school project. Year 12 students from Ryburn Valley High School, Sowerby, penned music inspired by news stories for an arts awards. Drama teacher Gary Baxendale said the idea was inspired by Bob Dylan. ...
'No' to a second lapdance nightclub.
Jul 07, 2006 ... THE owners of one of Halifax's biggest clubs have dropped plans to turn it into the town's second lap-dancing nightspot because of police fears about disorder. But they have been given a new premises licence for Club Platinum at Ward's End, to be run as a conventional nightclub, ...
Jail for cheat with the personalised plates.
Jul 07, 2006 ... A [pounds sterling]41,000 benefits cheat was in jail today at the start of a year-long sentence. Father-of-four Trevor Bayles (43), of Silver Birch Close, Wyke, fraudulently claimed income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit for five years. Robert ...
Hanged:ex-cop in gun terror.
Jul 07, 2006 ... Maniac dead in jail cell A GUN-WIELDING ex-policeman in prison after threatening to kill two men because they were Muslims has hanged himself. Paul Clarkson, 48, of Brunel Court, Boothtown, Halifax, was found dead in his cell at Armley Prison, Leeds. He ...
The big heat... but no water.
Jul 08, 2006 ... No supply for 32 hours after water company's reconnection blunder A COUPLE were left desperate for a drink of water in soaring temperatures because of a blunder by Yorkshire Water. Chris and Maxine Wright, of Crosshills Mount, Greetland, were left sweltering in their ...
Bus 'free for all'.
Jul 08, 2006 ... MP hits out over 'free-for-all' way of organising routes, services THE free-for-all system for organising bus routes and services is failing the people of Calderdale, according to Halifax Labour MP Linda Riordan. "I receive countless letters and calls from ...
Ghost firm boss jailed.
Jul 08, 2006 ... [pounds sterling]500,000 con by man with 12 identities A MASTER fraudster who used 12 different identities in a scam that netted [pounds sterling]547,000 was behind bars today. The man headed a gang of conmen who set up a string of "ghost" companies at addresses in ...
Focus on - Greetland - Future looks bright for club with glorious past.
Jul 08, 2006 ... The 11th in a Saturday series on Calderdale cricket clubs by Dr Peter Davies of the Cricket Heritage Project at Huddersfield University Local cricket historian Andrew Hardcastle has uncovered matches featuring a number of Greetland teams during the mid-nineteenth century, with ...
WHite Rose update - Byas delight at Gillespie's contribution.
Jul 08, 2006 ... Jason has not been a failure - coach WHEN a top overseas name pitches up at any county, there is always a weight of expectation and a big onus to succeed. And in some ways, that pressure was even more acute for Jason Gillespie when he arrived at Headingley. ...
Match preview - Halifax v Hull KR.
Jul 08, 2006 ... A chance of glory HULL KR are great, aren't they? Top of the table, scoring points for fun, Challenge Cup semi-finalists and seemingly certain to be promoted at the end of the year. And for his next trick, coach Justin Morgan will walk barefoot across the balmy ...
Robins can be rocked - Gibbo.
Jul 08, 2006 ... HALIFAX full-back Damian Gibson has insisted Hull KR are not unbeatable - but he has reminded his teammates just what the Robins are capable of if given room to move. Gibson is pencilled in to play his first game for more than two months when table-topping Rovers visit the Shay ...
Robins rock on at the Shay.
Jul 10, 2006 ... Fast start just too much FOR a third successive week, coach Martin Hall was forced to watch his Halifax side throw away their chances of victory with a 20 minute horror show. In a game that kicked off 15 minutes late because one of the match officials had not ...
It's over too soon as Rovers storm home.
Jul 10, 2006 ... First-half blitz keeps pressure off unbeaten league leaders Halifax 14 Hull KR 38 TWENTY three blistering opening minutes. Twenty six points. Game over. Can we all go home now, please? Admittedly, it's not much of a match report, but it ...
Woman saved from blaze.
Jul 10, 2006 ... A WOMAN was rescued from a house fire last night by a quick-thinking neighbour. The blaze, in Illingworth Road, Illingworth, Halifax, started after a 26-year-old woman put on a pan of noodles and fell asleep. When her dad called at the house to drop off the woman's ...
Gun terror in raid on club.
Jul 10, 2006 ... Hooded gang yell at staff: Open the safe MASKED robbers held staff at gunpoint in an armed raid on a Halifax social club. Three attackers - one carrying a gun and another armed with a hammer - threatened two workers at Belgrave Social Club, Claremount Road, last ...
Snarl-up as lorry blazes.
Jul 11, 2006 ... A LORRY fire caused rush-hour chaos in Shelf today. The wagon caught fire near Stone Chair roundabout at the junction of Brighouse and Denholme Gate Road and Halifax Road during the morning rush hour. The truck pulled into a layby near the former Decosol Mill in ...
Three pools to shut in summer holidays.
Jul 11, 2006 ... THREE of Calderdale's five public swimming pools will be closed for part of the school holidays. Work needs to be carried out on Todmorden pool's moveable floor, which adjusts the depth of the water. Sowerby Bridge pool needs essential maintenance work and Brighouse ...
What a hero! Mayor gets his skis on.
Jul 11, 2006 ... THE Mayor of Calderdale is to make a splash - water-ski-ing in a nurse's uniform. The daredevil stunt by Colin Stout is to raise money for his nominated charity, the Calderdale Special Care Baby Unit. Councillor Stout will take to the water on Sunday at an open day at ...
MASSIVE RISE IN HOUSES QUEUE.
Jul 11, 2006 ... THE number of people asking to join the council housing waiting list has soared by a staggering 51 per cent. At least 7,488 families are now looking for a home through Calderdale Council and applications show no sign of slowing. Rising home prices are the main reason, ...
Chivers back to stake his claim.
Jul 11, 2006 ... HALIFAX RUFC have re-signed hooker Mark Chivers from Orrell. Chivers left Ovenden Park two seasons ago after failing to dislodge skipper Carl Mortimer from his position in the middle of the front row. However, he has now returned to Halifax with the intention of ...
Astin's Hoylake hopes hang by a thread.
Jul 11, 2006 ... A fighting 74 from Hebden Bridge pro David Astin at Formby yesterday gave him an outside chance of keeping his Open qualification dream alive. Astin, competing with 95 others at the west coast venue for just three places at Hoylake next week, was lying two over par, seven shots ...
Fax in talks with potential backer.
Jul 11, 2006 ... HALIFAX director Michael Steele has revealed the existence of a potential investor in the club. Steele, one of four board members left after the resignations of football director Paul Dixon and chairman Howard Posner earlier this year, confirmed the club was in ongoing talks ...
STICKING TOGETHER.
Jul 11, 2006 ... WAYNE Jacobs has signed a new two-year contract as assistant to Halifax Town boss Chris Wilder. And coach Lee Butler has also agreed to extend his stay at the Shay by penning an extension to his current deal. Jacobs arrived last summer from Bradford City, replacing ...
Astin just misses out on Open.
Jul 12, 2006 ... A BRAVE bid for Open qualification by Hebden Bridge golf professional David Astin ended in narrow failure in the final qualifying competition at Formby yesterday. Astin was still in the running going into the final round of the 36 hole event after a first round 74, and though he ...
Fax duo on the road to recovery.
Jul 12, 2006 ... NEW Fax boss Martin Hall is set for a major boost in his quest for a maiden victory with the news that both Andy Hobson and Simeon Hoyle are on the verge of a return to full fitness and should be back in the squad for next week's all important trip to York. The long serving ...
It's no go for Danny.
Jul 12, 2006 ... TOWN appear unlikely to follow up their initial interest in midfielder Danny Williams. The midfielder, who has Conference experience with Hereford United and Stevenage Borough, joined the Halifax squad at the start of pre-season. But boss Chris Wilder said today that ...
Shock over train blasts.
Jul 12, 2006 ... COMMUNITY leaders in Calderdale today spoke of their shock and sadness following the Mumbai commuter train bombings in India. Gian Gabbi, secretary of the Calderdale Indian Cultural and Welfare Association, said: "The whole Indian community is very sad about this shocking news. ...
Meet the world bog snorkelling champ.
Jul 12, 2006 ... A HALIFAX man has been crowned world champion of a most unusual sport. Richard Holmes, of Barkisland, became the World Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling Champion at the ninth year of the event. It was held in a bog on the outskirts of Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales. A ...
Tragedy...now wife has baby.
Jul 12, 2006 ... A NEWBORN baby girl has brought joy into the lives of a family struck by tragedy. Stevie Michelle Grady bounced into the world weighing 7lb 3oz and is the spitting image of her late father, Stephen. He lost his life earlier this year in the Persian Gulf pleasure boat ...
Days out from school for pupils hit by the floods.
Jul 13, 2006 ... PUPILS at a flooded school have been shipped out to tourist attractions while their wrecked classrooms are cleaned up. The ground floor at Hebden Royd Primary School, Hebden Bridge, was buried under mud, silt and debris after last week's torrential rains. Youngsters ...
Horror of baby's body at mansion.
Jul 13, 2006 ... Corpse found at former home of TV soap star THE body of a baby has been found by builders renovating a house in Barkisland. The infant corpse was discovered by workmen in the grounds of an isolated 17th-century mansion, once owned by Emmerdale actor Richard Thorpe. ...