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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 31/07/2026

LAND PAINTING PROTEST CALLS FOR OVERSEAS AID TO BE RESTORED: A largescale land painting near Hebden Bridge by Sand in your Eye calls on Andy Burnham to urgently restore humanitarian aid, which dropped to its lowest levels in 25+ years under Keir Starmer. See the HebWeb: www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 16/07/2026

MURPHY'S LORE: George Murphy writes, 'In this episode, I look back to the birth of our first child in the blazingly hot summer of 1976. I remember a World Cup semifinal in 1966. There's reflections on the weather, books I'm reading and on a couple of songs. See the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 06/07/2026

LOTTERY GRANT FOR THE PICTURE HOUSE Hebden Bridge Picture House has received initial support from The National Lottery for its Heritage Fit for the Future project - developing plans to make our not-for-profit cinema more accessible, sustainable and fit for future generations. www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 29/06/2026

OPEN STUDIOS SHOP WINDOW ART: As part of Hebden Bridge Open Studios (3-5 July), artists are displaying their work in the windows of 70 local shops. The HebWeb has photographed a sample of the windows. See photos and more info at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 29/06/2026

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 05/06/2026

HB COUNCILLOR CHALLENGES CALDERDALE'S REFUSAL TO FLY PRIDE FLAGS: Cllr Sarah Courtney has told Dan Sutherland, Reform's Council Leader, and his Cabinet, that Pride flags help promote inclusion and act as a visible marker of safety, solidarity and support. More on HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 13/05/2026

THE HEBWEB INTERVIEW: JULIAN HARBER - In the latest HebWeb Interview, George Murphy discovers remarkable events in the life of Julian Harber of Foster Clough, a naturalist, student rebel, historian, teacher, caterer, anti-nuclear activist and botanical expert. See www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 24/04/2026

COMMUNITY PURCHASE OF THE HARE & HOUNDS NOW POSSIBLE: The Board of Wadsworth Area Community Assets (WACA) has formally resolved to proceed with investigating the community purchase of the Hare & Hounds, Old Town, for operation as a community freehouse pub. More on HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 10/02/2026

FLOOD ALLEVIATION SCHEME: COUNCILLORS ARE ADVISED TO ACCEPT - 6 years after Hebden Bridge suffered flooding during Storm Chiara, & 10 years after the great Boxing Day Flood, council officers are advising cllrs to give permission to the Flood Alleviation Scheme. See HebWeb: www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 21/01/2026

OLD TOWN FIGHTS TO SAVE ITS PUB: THE HARE AND HOUNDS: Campaigners are stepping up their fight to save The Hare and Hounds. As well as a Community consultation, they are inviting people to two public meetings this Friday, and to comment on Calderdale's planning page. See www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 26/12/2025

THE GREAT FLOOD, 10 YEARS ON: On Boxing Day, 2015, Hebden Bridge experienced its worst flood in recent years. See the HebWeb home page from 10 years ago. See also, the HebWeb feature, Boxing Day Floods 2015. And the HebWeb Gallery of photos from that day. All at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 11/12/2025

THE HEBWEB INTERVIEW: George Murphy says, "After 45 Interviews, I've finally persuaded HebWeb Editor, Chris Ratcliffe to answer my questions, including about his newly published book, No Direction Home, snapshots from his life in the 60s, moving to Hebden Bridge, & much more. www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 30/11/2025

HEBDEN BRIDGE CONFERENCE CALLS FOR MORE COUNTRYSIDE ACCESS: The anniversary this weekend of the 2000 Countryside & Rights of Way Act was marked with a national conference in Hebden Bridge which called for further government legislation on access to countryside. See HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 20/11/2025

RIOT WOMEN TO RETURN WITH A SECOND SERIES: Set and filmed in Hebden Bridge, the series has "resonated with millions of BBC viewers". The 2nd series will show what comes next for the Riot Women following the dramatic turn of events in series one's final episode. See the HebWeb: www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 16/11/2025

CALDER VALLEY MP HAS 'LOST HIS WAY' ON HOW TO PROTECT WALSHAW MOOR, claim environmental groups. They're asking MP Josh Fenton-Glynn to explain his vote against two crucial House of Lords' amendments to the contentious Planning & Infrastructure Bill on Thursday. Read more at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 30/10/2025

CAMERA CLUB - 2025 WINNERS: Launch For Hire by Graham Barnes won. Over 1000 visitors to the Hebden Bridge Camera Club exhibition at the Town Hall, end of August had an opportunity to vote for their favourite images. More info & photos, winners from previous years, see HebWeb: www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 13/10/2025

LINDSAY RIMER MURDER: MAN ARRESTED - A press release from West Yorkshire Police this morning reports, "We have today arrested a man on suspicion of the murder of 13-year-old Lindsay Rimer in Hebden Bridge in 1994." Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 16/09/2025

HEBDEN BRIDGE'S HERITAGE SIGNAL BOX IS SAVED for the community. The grade II listed signal box, empty and unloved for the past eight years, is to have a new lease of life under community control. Read more on the HebWeb, and more news from the Calder Valley Land Trust at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 15/08/2025

PALESTINE PROTESTOR ARRESTED IN GEORGE'S SQUARE in Hebden Bridge. Chris Drake has been protesting about Palestine in George's Square for many years. Today, she was arrested. Updates will be posted on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 15/07/2025

HAPPY VALLEY PRIDE Ten day queer carnival comes to Hebden Bridge. 18-27 July. A trailblazing lesbian author, an outrageous celebration of musical theatre & stars from RuPaul's Drag Race are among the delights in store for visitors to Happy Valley Pride. More on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 07/07/2025

WAINSGATE FOLK & ACOUSTIC WEEKEND Wainsgate Chapel has a weekend of folk & acoustic music from 18 July to 20 July. There's a superb line-up with artists of national and international repute, and also showcasing the talent of musicians from Yorkshire. See the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 07/07/2025

SECOND CINEMA OF SANCTUARY AWARD: Hebden Bridge Picture House has received a second award for its services in welcoming and assisting asylum seekers, refugees and those seeking sanctuary. Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 02/07/2025

LATEST ON HEBWEB Fox and Goose Co-ops Festival, MP votes with Government, National Meadows Day, Lives Remembered, What’s on soon, discussion and all the latest Small Ads - at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 22/06/2025

SEE PHOTOS of today’s wonderful Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 30/05/2025

THE HEBDEN BRIDGE HANDMADE PARADE IS BACK on 22 June! For the first parade since 2022, and just the second one of the 2020s, you are invited on a ramble through water, woods, and wilderness, the Calderdale Way. Read more and see photos & info from previous Handmade Parades at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 12/05/2025

POD EXPANDS CAR SHARE SCHEME WITH REDUCED RATES - POD has nearly 50 users already and 4 hybrid vehicles with another arriving soon. Now they have cut their rates, and the geese are watching out for their cars.

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 15/04/2025

THE FLOOD: A MUSICAL: A Love Letter to a Town that refused to sink. On Boxing Day 2015, our town was devastated by the worst floods in a century. Homes and businesses were submerged. Lives were turned upside down. Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 15/04/2025

MORE MURPHY'S LORE: how many cars are too many for our small town, what do polite British phrases really mean, Short Film Festival, compares Trouser Town and Trump, shares readers' thoughts on comics and politeness and ponders what the future holds in the lyrics of a song - at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 10/04/2025

GROUND FLOOR TO RE-OPEN: Northern Powerhouse Boxing Academy have raised over £380,000. So, 100 years after the Trades Club first opened, its Ground Floor is to be transformed into a community resource, promoting health, wellbeing and 'enriching local lives'. See the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 07/03/2025

HEBDEN BRIDGE FLOOD PREVENTION PLANS: Hebden Bridge has been hit by a series of devastating floods over the past 15 years. The Environment Agency is now drafting plans to help reduce the impact of heavy rainfall in the future. Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 04/03/2025

WRITING CENTRE LAUNCHES CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN - Arvon, the leading creative writing charity, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise the final £75K needed to complete the transformation of Lumb Bank, a historic literary house situated above Hebden Bridge. See HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 02/03/2025

MURPHY'S LORE IS BACK! Season 5 starts with George Murphy reflecting on grey skies & indoor exercise, a mini break, a freezing gig about hot weather, a poem partly about deep snow, strangers on a train, a kindly deed. It ends with a prophetic warning & a terrible betrayal. See www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 26/02/2025

TRADES CLUB WINS MUSIC AWARD - The Trades Club in Hebden Bridge has won a prestigious music industry award. The Northern Music Awards committee have voted the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge the Best Venue Under 2000 capacity. Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 26/02/2025

POD CAR SHARE IS UP AND RUNNING - Car sharing has returned to the Upper Calder Valley with three cars in Hebden Bridge and two in Todmorden. People are signing up and already using the cars with the POD app. Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 18/02/2025

FIVE YEARS ON FROM STORM CIARA On 9 February 2020, Storm Ciara caused 10 miles of damage across Calderdale. As the 4th major flood event in the area within 8 years, Storm Ciara caused flooding in around 1,200 houses and business properties. Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 13/02/2025

GRUBHUB FEEDBACK FEBRUARY Calder Grubhub are always keen to know what our community wants. They continue to supply great meals every Wednesday, between 5pm and 7pm. Come along to GrubHub on a Wednesday to let us know. Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 11/02/2025

THE RETURN OF THE OTTER: A CONSERVATION SUCCESS - The Calderdale Otter Project is dedicated to monitoring, protecting and researching otters, advocating for cleaner rivers, and they have established that otters are present throughout Calderdale. Read article on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 04/02/2025

ELECTRIC BLOOM - A NEW MUSIC SCENE FOR 18s AND UNDER: Happy Valley Pride is presenting Electric Bloom - a new music scene for 18s and under, this Sat 8 Feb and it's free! Creating a safe, inclusive space for music lovers aged 11 to 18 at The Trades Club. See the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 30/01/2025

KEEPING OLD TOWN POST OFFICE FOR THE COMMUNITY In recent years the post office and cafe have become central to the community of Old Town. Now the owners wish to sell, a group has been formed to try and put the post office and cafe into community ownership. See the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 21/01/2025

PENNINE CROPSHARE RECEIVES £28,000 GRANT to create jobs and expand operations in Calderdale. The organisation is dedicated to supplying sustainable organic vegetables, fruit, eggs, and bread to collection points across the Calder Valley. Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 15/01/2025

ACT NOW ON CLIMATE CHANGE was one of the central themes of the passionate and illuminating talk by Prof Kevin Anderson to the packed, sold out meeting of the Lit & Sci at the Town Hall on Sat 11 Jan. Read report on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 30/12/2024

HEBDEN BRIDGE IN THE LATE 70S AND EARLY 80S "Slicing through the Valley" is a HebWeb feature where Matt Hilton remembers his time living here, working on farms and for the fire service, selling linocuts, and mixing with poets, writers, artists and photographers. Read feature: www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 26/12/2024

THE HANDMADE PARADE IS BACK in Hebden Bridge on 22 June. Now known as "The Summer Parade", funding is from the Arts Council and Calderdale Council. New big puppets, artist training, volunteer sessions, music, stiltwalking classes & loads more are coming in 2025. See HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 24/12/2024

LATEST NEWS FROM THE LAND TRUST The Land Trust has been working away at several really interesting projects in 2024 and finally, in December, a lot of these ventures are bearing fruit. Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 19/12/2024

2025 SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL The Hebden Bridge Film Festival has announced that the popular international shorts competition is at the Picture House on Sunday 6 April as part of a day long programme celebrating short film. Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 18/12/2024

A TALE OF TWO CARNIVALS: FILMS FROM YORKSHIRE FILM ARCHIVE Diana Monahan treated the Local History Society to a taste of celebrations 100 years ago. In 1924 & 1925, Carnivals held in Hebden Bridge were filmed, and the films shown at the Picture House. See report on the HebWeb: www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 10/12/2024

FREE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DAY DINNER: Enjoy festive fun, freshly prepared, 3 course vegan Christmas meal. With GRUBHUB, everyone is welcome. Hope Chapel. Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 02/12/2024

TODMORDEN TOWN HALL – 150 YEARS OLD: One of the most impressive buildings in the Calder Valley, Todmorden Town Hall is about to celebrate its 150th birthday, as Margareta Holmstedt told Hebden Bridge Local History Society. Read the report on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 30/11/2024

2025 BIRD CALENDAR: Roger O'Doherty has produced his fifth wildlife calendar featuring birds of the Calder Valley - praised by wildlife campaigner & TV personality, Chris Packham. His previous calendars have raised more than £10,000 for local foodbanks. More on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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HebWeb @handle.invalid · 29/11/2024

POD - CAR SHARE SCHEME LAUNCHED: Over 60 people came to hear about the new car share scheme. The share offer was launched and the audience heard from the Leader of Calderdale Council Jane Scullion, and Deputy Leader Scott Patient. Read more on the HebWeb at www.hebdenbridge.co.uk

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