Evening Courier (Halifax, England) back issues from March 2007:
Easter fund-raiser for hospice.
Mar 01, 2007 ... EASTER eggs will be raffled in pubs across Calderdale to support Overgate Hospice, Elland. Fifty eggs were given to the hospice by the Halifax factory of Nestle and are the focal point of hampers being distributed around the district. Hospice fund-raiser Faye Haigh said cuddly ...
Gay diversity conference.(Conference notes)
Mar 01, 2007 ... A CONFERENCE to encourage diversity and highlight the needs of the gay, lesbian and bisexual community in Calderdale was held at Square Chapel, Halifax. The event was organised by public, private and voluntary sector organisations including the Brunswick Centre, Calderdale ...
Dancers take to stage for baby-care unit.
Mar 01, 2007 ... YOUNG dancers have been helping to raise money for the special care baby unit at Calderdale Royal Hospital. Pupils at the Abigail Warburton Stage School, at Stones Methodist Church, Ripponden, recently performed Musical Night Fever for an audience of family and friends. A raffle ...
Pub worker attacks boss.
Mar 01, 2007 ... A DISGRUNTLED employee took matters into his own hands when he was not paid. James Chapel, 22, admitted theft and assault when he appeared at Calderdale Magistrates' Court. Jane Farrar, prosecuting, told the court Chapel had worked at the Junction Inn, King Cross, ...
Yvonne's station survey success.
Mar 01, 2007 ... A MYTHOLMROYD resident has launched a one-woman campaign to give local people a say on the development of the town's train station. Yvonne Allen, of Rose Villas, Cragg Road, sent out 200 questionnaires asking residents and businesses to put forward suggestions about how to use ...
Council's climate-change pledge.
Mar 01, 2007 ... CALDERDALE Council has pledged its commitment to fight climate change. Leader Ann McAllister and chief executive Paul Sheehan signed the Nottingham Declar-ation, a voluntary pledge signed by over 200 local authorities, committing them to tackling climate change at a local ...
Flats plan for mill is turned down.
Mar 01, 2007 ... PROTESTERS were jubilant after plans to convert a mill into apartments were turned down. Calderdale Council received 66 letters objecting to the plans by Hovedale Developments to turn Wainstalls Old Mill, Wainstalls Road, Halifax, into 14 apartments with 20 parking spaces. ...
We're sending our kids to the top of the class.
Mar 01, 2007 ... SCHOOL test results show that 14-year-olds in Cald-erdale are still the best in West Yorkshire and better than the national average. The average points score per pupil in Calderdale went up by 0.6 to 35.3 last year - compared to the national average of 35. For ...
Homes and school flooded after water main burst.
Mar 01, 2007 ... A WATER main burst just before 7am today, flooding homes and a school in the Elland area. Police, the fire service ...
Secondary school D-Day for 2,500 kids.
Mar 01, 2007 ... MORE than 2,500 pupils across Calderdale were finding out today which secondary school they will be going to in September. Calderdale Council said that more than 80 per cent of youngsters now in year six at primary school had been allocated their first choice school - which ...
Hearing will decidewhat happens to bar.
Mar 01, 2007 ... A DATE has been set for a hearing which will decide the future of a town-centre bar. Councillors will hear evidence about Fagins Bar Up in Princess Street on March 22 and 23 at Halifax Town Hall. Police have asked for a review of the bar's licence. It is believed ...
Queen of the silver screen pulls in a full house at Rex.
Mar 01, 2007 ... FRESH from Oscar success at the weekend, The Queen has been a big hit in Elland. Cinema-goers were turned away from the Rex last night as a full house piled in to watch Helen Mirren's performance. She won the Best Actress Oscar on Sunday for her portrayal of the ...
Man who took car cleared of house burglary.
Mar 01, 2007 ... A MAN who drove off in a couple's car has been acquitted of burgling their house. Billy North, 21, of Oldham Road, Rishworth, admitted taking a car without consent and driving while disqualified. But he denied the burglary and was found not guilty following a two-day trial. ...
Council plan to shut our advice centres.
Mar 01, 2007 ... DRASTIC plans to close Citizens' Advice Bureaux have been drawn up in the face of the council cutting costs. The Calderdale bureau will lose [pounds sterling]20,000 of its [pounds sterling]400,000 council grant this year with a further reduction a year later. But, in ...
Gardens awash as water cascades in.
Mar 01, 2007 ... A burst water main in Elland flooded a school playground today and left gardens awash. A torrent of water cascaded down South Parade from 6.45am until supplies were cut off around 9am. The road surface was lifted by the force of the leak and rubble was carried down ...
Ridings 'the worst in Yorkshire'.
Mar 01, 2007 ... THE Ridings has the worst results in Yorkshire, according to today's results for national tests for 14-year-olds. And the failing school at Ovenden, Halifax, recorded the 10th worst results in the country in last year's Key Stage 3 tests. The figures come just days ...
Sunday parking charges dropped.
Mar 01, 2007 ... By Michael Peel and Suzanne Rutter PLANS to impose Sunday parking charges are set to be scrapped. Tory leader Ann McAllister is to announce the U-turn on the controversial proposals at Calderdale Council's budget meeting tonight. She said today: "We have ...
Hawkins in Eurovision bid.
Mar 01, 2007 ... FORMER Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins is hoping to represent Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest. The eccentric singer, who used to live in Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge, is one of six acts competing to take to the stage at the 52nd annual competition in Helskinki, Finland. ...
Warm welcome for Princess Royal in Halifax.
Mar 01, 2007 ... PRINCESS Anne delighted schoolchildren on Wednesday who gave her a true Royal welcome. The Queen's only daughter spent the day in Calderdale and called in first at racing firm Timeform where employees were celebrating its 60th anniversary. The Princess Royal enjoyed ...
Waites is well in front.
Mar 01, 2007 ... A CLASSY run by Calder Valley fell runner Jo Waites saw her tame a quality field in Sunday's Ilkley Moor fell race. The 35-year-old Blackshawhead PE teacher beat the next woman by well over a minute in the five mile race which visits White Wells Spa bath-house and the famous Cow ...
Brave Old Town go out fighting.
Mar 01, 2007 ... A BRAVE showing by Old Town C was not quite enough to prise victory from Halifax Central in the outstanding quarter final of the Halifax and District Table Tennis Association winter league's Handicap Cup. Old Town had the advantage of a 207 points start which meant they had to ...
Injured Adam's contract cheer.
Mar 01, 2007 ... CENTRE back Adam Quinn has signed a new contract that will keep him at Halifax Town until the end of next season. The 24-year-old was one of Chris Wilder's first signings when he was appointed manager in the summer of 2002 following the club's relegation from the Football ...
Craig steps out of spotlight.
Mar 01, 2007 ... CRAIG Aikman is expected to return to National Two action with Halifax on Saturday having made a brief debut for England Counties in their 20-17 defeat by Ireland last weekend. Aikman came on for the last five minutes at Donnybrook - too late to alter the outcome but fired with ...
Star half-back Watson ready to return.
Mar 01, 2007 ... CROCKED half-back Ian Watson has told Halifax coach Martin Hall he expects to be fit for Sunday's clash with Keighley - just a fortnight after breaking a bone in his hand. Fax badly missed the guile of the Wales international as they struggled to a 22-6 win at Gateshead last ...
Ex Shay favourite loses Millers job.
Mar 01, 2007 ... League One Rotherham United have sacked manager Alan Knill. The former Halifax Town defender was appointed Millmoor manager for the second time in December 2005. They began the season with a 10-point deduction for going into administration and got off to a flying ...
Elliott race charge date announced.
Mar 01, 2007 ... FOOTBALL Association disciplinary chiefs will hear the racial abuse case against Northwich skipper Stuart Elliott on March 15. Elliott was charged with using racially aggravated and abusive language towards Tyrone Thompson during the ...
Brighouse bid to get backinto action.
Mar 02, 2007 ... West Riding County Amateur League Brighouse Town have not played a league game since January due to postponements and cup commitments yet still lead the Premier Division by two points from neighbours Ovenden West Riding. And they will be hoping that they can at least ...
Big Match Preview: Woking v Halifax Town.
Mar 02, 2007 ... Is Town's fourth away win on the Cards? How does a team short on numbers and on the back of successive defeats turn it round for a tough away day at Woking? That will be the poser Town boss Chris Wilder is contemplating as he prepares his side for tomorrow's trip to ...
Last chance for Holmfield's hopes.
Mar 02, 2007 ... Halifax Ziggy's Spice House League Holmfield face possibly their last throw of the dice in their bid to take the Premier title. Those hopes already look a long shot, but defeat tomorrow at leaders and hot title favourites Stainland United would end their dream. ...
Local backing for road tolls.
Mar 02, 2007 ... CALDERDALE businesses would back road tolls so long as the cash raised was reinvested in the motorway network. Business leaders from the area and wider Yorkshire lobbied Halifax MP, Linda Riordan, in Westminster recently and told her they were fed up with sub-standard roads that ...
Bring the boss to work.
Mar 02, 2007 ... IT was back to school as apprentices studying at Calderdale College building department took part in a Bring a Boss To Work day. It was part of the Health and Safety Initiative in Calderdale week, and the students were out to prove how much they knew about safety and hazards ...
Manupenu in shock exit.
Mar 02, 2007 ... HALIFAX RUFC coach Kevin McCallion has lost another of his summer recruits after utility back Jervis Manupenu left this week to take up a job in London. Leading points scorer Manupenu's departure follows just a week after Aussie centre Greg Robson returned home for family ...
Brods looking at survival plan.
Mar 02, 2007 ... TIME is running out for Old Brodleians to save their Yorkshire One skins and things don't get any easier tomorrow when they travel to face second-placed York. Although Brods lost by two points at home to new leaders Pontefract last week, they took great encouragement from their ...
Returning Penkywicz will make cup register.
Mar 02, 2007 ... BANNED hooker Sean Penkywicz will be free to make his Halifax comeback in next weekend's third round Challenge Cup meeting with Conference amateurs Eccles. The Leigh based number nine's two year doping ban - incurred after he tested positive for the banned steroid stanozolol ...
Jake is Wright man for the job.
Mar 02, 2007 ... JAKE Wright will play alongside Ryan Cresswell in the heart of the Town defence when Chris Wilder's men face Woking at the Kingfield Stadium tomorrow. But the Halifax boss has made it clear that the former Bradford City defender's switch from full-back, where he started against ...
Ovenden all out for the last four.
Mar 02, 2007 ... OVENDEN boss Steve Taylor has decided to "go all out" for victory in tomorrow's National Cup quarter final against Blackbrook - even if it means jeopardising his side's league campaign. Despite sitting in mid table of Division One of the National Conference, Taylor's side are ...
Elliott hearing date fixed.
Mar 02, 2007 ... STUART Elliott will face a Football Association disciplinary hearing on Thursday, March 15 over charges of using racially aggravated abusive language towards Tyrone Thompson. The hearing will bring to an end a long running saga which began when the Town midfielder made the ...
Siddal in better heart for derby.
Mar 02, 2007 ... Rugby league: Siddal A and Elland meet at Chevinedge in a big Premier Division derby tomorrow. The already-relegated hosts picked up their first league point of the campaign in last week's draw with Keighley Town, and the rebuilding process should be helped by the many promising ...
Halifax on brink of place in the Premier.
Mar 02, 2007 ... HALIFAX Roller Hockey Club can stake a strong claim for promotion to the sport's top flight when they host their home four match tournament at North Bridge Leisure Centre on Sunday. Halifax are top of National Division One going into this weekend's set of matches, which see ...
Double blow prior to relegation scrap.
Mar 02, 2007 ... RELEGATION-threatened Halifax men's hockey team go into a must-win Yorkshire Premier Division match away to Leeds seconds without two key players. Luke Greenwood has damaged ligaments in his foot, following a heavy collision in Sunday's defeat to Leeds University, although it is ...
Man is twice the drink limit.
Mar 02, 2007 ... A MOTORIST was found to be twice the drink-drive limit when he was stopped by police. Paul Robson, 36, of Newstead Grove, Halifax, pleaded guilty to drink-driving when he appeared at Calderdale Magistrates' Court. He was fined [pounds sterling]100 with [pounds ...
'Superb' Dorothy calls it a day after 50 years.
Mar 02, 2007 ... A FUND-raising pensioner who has made almost [pounds sterling]40,000 for charity through collecting and selling jumble is calling it a day. Dorothy Woodhead, 76, of Gibbet Street, Highroad Well, Halifax, has been taking second-hand wares to car-boot, table-top and church-hall ...
Residents object to offices on their doorstep.
Mar 02, 2007 ... AN office development in Elland could attract nearly 300 jobs but residents fear it would cause traffic problems and are fighting the proposals. Clayton Homes has submitted a planning application for the Lee Garden Restaurant site at Park Road. It wants to convert ...
Kids raise cash to help disaster areas.
Mar 02, 2007 ... CHILDREN at a Calderdale primary school are raising money this week to help survivors in disaster areas. Youngsters at Old Earth Primary School, Elland, are hoping to make [pounds sterling]1,000 to go towards buying two shelter boxes. The boxes - which include ...
Spooky tales from Monica.
Mar 02, 2007 ... A BUDDING author is celebrating her second publication - at the age of 10. Monica Walker's spooky ghost story, The Black Hole, has been printed in an anthology of young writing talent. The Ling Bob Primary School pupil was selected from thousands of entrants. And ...
William's first show...and he's only 17.
Mar 02, 2007 ... HI HO, hi ho - it was off to work for William Swift who, at the tender age of 17, produced his own version of the classic fairytale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. William, who has never studied drama, decided to put on the show because the church group he is part of missed the ...
Ex's phone and text harassment of girlfriend.
Mar 02, 2007 ... AN EX-BOYFRIEND harassed his former partner with text messages and calls after she stopped him contacting their daughter. Shahid Aziz, 33, of King George Avenue, Leeds, pleaded guilty to harassment and making threats to damage property belonging to Jill Edwards, of Halifax Road, ...
'Burglaries are forcing us out of business'.
Mar 02, 2007 ... A HALIFAX business owner is considering shutting up shop because he cannot keep it secure. Intruders broke into Letz Talk phone shop on Commercial Street on Wednesday and stole about 25 mobiles. The stolen goods and damage to the building has cost the business about ...
Second chance for rail line.
Mar 02, 2007 ... A STRETCH of disused railway line is expected to be opened again next month - but there will be no trains running. The Great Northern Trail, a route for walkers and leisure, is being extended and a new section of path will be available from Queensbury and Cockin' Lane, near ...
Council tax rise fixed at 4.8 per cent.
Mar 02, 2007 ... COUNCIL tax bills in Calderdale will go up by 4.8 per cent this year. Conservative councillors last night pushed through their spending plans with the support of Labour members after nearly five hours of discussions. Early on in the proceedings, Conservative leader ...
Horror of the chicken farm.
Mar 02, 2007 ... SAVAGE wild cats feasted on chicken carcasses at a filthy poultry farm, a court heard. Chickens had their throats slit with a knife without being stunned. And bags of blood and feathers were left lying around Sunnybank Farm, Royd Lane, Ripponden. ...
MP: I'm so glad you've taken up station fight.
Mar 02, 2007 ... HALIFAX MP Linda Riordan has pledged her support for the Courier Action Station campaign and is set to speak to rail bosses about the terrible state of the town's rail station. Yesterday we launched a campaign to transform Halifax's rundown railway station into a gateway fit for ...
Drugs man must pay back [pounds sterling]40,000.
Mar 02, 2007 ... THE owner of a sheet metal company caught growing cannabis in his workshop has been ordered to hand over more than [pounds sterling]40,000. If Peter Jones, 44, fails to pay back the cash made through crime in the next 28 days he will be jailed for 18 months. When ...
Aysgarth Falls? No, it's our back steps.
Mar 02, 2007 ... WORKMEN spent yesterday pumping away water after a burst in Elland. The playground at Cross Lane Primary School was under several inches of water and gardens were flooded as the leak poured down South Parade. The road surface at South Parade broke-up under the ...
Wainhouse Tower heading for risk status.
Mar 02, 2007 ... A HALIFAX landmark is heading for a place on English Heritage's at-risk register. Wainhouse Tower, at King Cross, has been shut to the public for over a year and the repair bill could total [pounds sterling]350,000. The Courier revealed in November that safety ...
Drunken alcoholic stole mum's car.
Mar 02, 2007 ... AN alcoholic stole his mother's car while he was drunk, Calderdale magistrates heard. John Patrick McEvoy, 31, of Grove Drive, Halifax, admitted driving a vehicle without consent, drink driving, driving without a licence, no insurance, and two charges of failing to surrender to ...
Motorbike crash shatters a dream.
Mar 03, 2007 ... A MOTORBIKE fanatic may lose his dream business after an accident left him unable to walk. Patrick Kennedy, 45, was riding along Warley Road, Highroad Well, Halifax, when he collided with a car pulling out of West View. He was thrown from the bike during the accident ...
Great Wall mission.
Mar 03, 2007 ... A GROUP of women will trek along the Great Wall of China to raise money for Breast Cancer Care. The friends, all members of the same book club, decided to take on the challenge after two of them, Denise Gwizdak and Julia Day, survived the disease. Others involved are Jeanie ...
Thief took bottle from Sainsbury's.
Mar 03, 2007 ... A MAN who stole a bottle of Tia Maria was conditionally discharged for six months and ordered to pay [pounds sterling]60 costs. James Dempsey, 44, of no fixed address, admitted the theft when he ...
Guns: police to declare amnesty.
Mar 03, 2007 ... A GUN amnesty is starting in Calderdale. From Monday people will be able to hand in firearms at Halifax police station safe in the knowledge that no action will be taken against them. Inspector Andy Tempest-Mitchell, of Calderdale Police said people had until April 1 ...
Pupils lend a hand.
Mar 03, 2007 ... YOUNGSTERS got their hands dirty to help with the restoration of Shibden Park, Halifax. A team from Salterlee Prim-ary School, Shibden, worked with park rangers planting trees in what is the first stage of a [pounds sterling]4 million makeover. Exciting ...
Community pride chief is moving on.
Mar 03, 2007 ... A POLICE officer who has become a familiar face in Calderdale is leaving for pastures new. Chief Insp Steve Cotter, who grew up in Sowerby Bridge, has been promoted to superintendent and is moving to the police headquarters in Wakefield. He returned to Calderdale in ...
Why can't we have a station like this?
Mar 03, 2007 ... AS the Courier's campaign to refurbish Halifax's rundown train station gathers steam, a rail enthusiast has held up another Yorkshire town's development as a blueprint. Chairman of Halifax and District Rail Action Group, Stephen Waring, said Halifax deserves a modern replacement ...
Ridings braced for a rocket.
Mar 03, 2007 ... TEACHERS and pupils are bracing themselves for a hard-hitting report on The Ridings School that will see it placed in special measures. It is expected to praise head teacher Stuart Todd but criticise a small number of staff and the media when it is published on Monday. ...
Chance to aid Third World.
Mar 03, 2007 ... FARMERS in the Third World are being given a helping hand by the people of Halifax. The town is celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight with events to promote ethical businesses. More companies and coffee shops offer products with the Fairtrade logo - the badge that ...