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News Highlights 2008

December 2008

31st: Gaza vigil
28th: 2008 news highlights
24th: Carols in the Square
23rd: Garden Street - appeal
22nd: Trades Club performers- Christmas hits
19th: Widgykeffat the Trades
14th: Transport Group urges improvement to rail network
12th: Local firm gives Kerbside a boost
10th: Reggae sunshine at Trades
9th: Talks break down: Sita reject Kerbside
9th: Home Workers Xmas Party
8th: Junior Band brings festive cheer
4th: Rachel Unthank and the Winterset play the Trades
3rd: Inspectors praise Calder High

November 2008

29th: Kerbside: the gloves are off
25th: Thingumajig Theatre at Square Chapel
22nd: Christmas lights turned on
21st: Fibre to the home meeting report
19th: Barack day at the Trades
19th: Small Business Centre proposal
18th: Film Society for Mytholmroyd
18th: Grot spots clean-up
13th: Skate Board YouTube Premier
11th: Trades Club pledges to Beat the Burglars
11th: Plans for superfast broadband
7th: Lindsay Rimer - 14 years on
3rd: HB firm recycling rubber
2nd: HB Bonfire 2008 photos

October 2008

30th: Picture House is booming
29th: Local journalist Geoff Tansey shortlisted for BBC food award
26th: Frieda Hughes presents poetry prize
23rd: R4 in HB: nuclear power?
22nd: Battle for Climate Change 5
17th: HB student for Youth Parliament
14th: Railway passenger survey
10th: Ted Hughes Festival
9th: HBOS Jobs - PM offers to meet our MP
8th: Partnership celebrates local groups

September 2008

29th: Garden Street plans thrown out
26th: Station car park work about to start
25th: Pack Horse Bridge - no parking!
24th: Garden Street planning meeting - free coach
23rd: Garden Street Planning Officers rebuked
19th: Time to mow the roof
18th: Rochdale Canal - linear park
17th: Calder Food Hub projects
12th: Slow Art Trail
12th: Councils unite on Kerbside
12th: Big Green Weekend Meeting
9th: Hebden Royd at the Movies
8th: New station car park
8th: Town Hall Team seek help
2nd: Area Forum in Hebden Bridge
1st: Heritage Day

August 2008

20th: Garden Street Action Group parking solutions
20th: BT phone boxes under threat
19th: Gap year student caught up in armed struggle
17th: A Pearl in the Sands
14th: Bhopal challenge ride
13th: Carlton Clock restarts
8th: World Beach Project
5th: HB station chosen for scheme
4th: Vintage lorry procession
3rd: Balsam bash
3rd: Supporting Tibet
1st: Hebden Royd vacancy

July 2008

31st: Hebden Royd bye election
31st: Kerbside Demonstration
30th: Garden Street - another exhibition
30th: Morris dancers mysteriously appear
27th: Alice Longstaff play reviewed
22nd: HB Coop Group seek secretary
22nd: Free Radicals at the Trades
21st: World on Doorstep news report
20th: World on Doorstep Festival photos
19th: HB Handmade Parade photos
17th: Heritage Days Weekend
16th: Festival's fabulous fortnight
16th: Battle for a tough Climate Change Bill (4)
15th: Crackdown on underage drinking
14th: Thumbs up for Town Hall plans
14th: World on Doorstop Festival
12th: Mytholmroyd Gala 2008
10th: From Darfur to the Calder Valley
10th: HB Handmade Parade Needs You!
8th: Town Centre Trees to be removed
8th: School Sculpture Trail
7th: Power Cut
6th: Festival Singing in the Streets
4th: Garden Street - replies to ten questions
3rd: New Plans for Garden Street
1st: Calder Holmes Playground Opening
1st: Volunteers give Calder Holmes a coat of paint

June 2008

29th: Brass Band Contest
29th: Climate Change Bill (3)
28th: Festival street events
27th: Taste of Mongolia
23rd: Race for Life
23rd: Fringe Festival
23rd: Local Councillor offers support to ethical businesses
20th: Controversial knife sculpture installed
17th: Solstice with cider
17th: High visibility police patrols
16th: Artists needed
14th: Climate Change Bill - MP gives support
14th: Fustian Knife
7th: Salem Fields Fun Day photos
5th: Fire Horses by Mark Piggott
3rd: Green belt future

May 2008

31st: Strawbale Building workshops
30th: Transition Town?
29th: Salem Fields Fun Day
27th: Rail changes
26th: Handmade Parade info
24th: Big Green Market photos
22nd: Town Council Cut Festival Grant
21st: Chris McCafferty speaks in abortion debate
20th: World On Your Doorstep preparation
20th: Big Green Weekend highlights preparation
19th: World On Your Doorstep volunteers needed
11th: Twin town visits - and the naming of the squares
2nd: May election results

April 2008

30th: Policing Hebden Bridge - public meeting report
28th: Arts Festival launch - Celebrating Linda Smith
19th: The PEOPLES MILLIONS
Winning Play Design
19th: Garden Street: ten questions for Calderdale Council
18th: MP demands meeting with First Bus
17th: Public meeting on local policing
17th: Candidates - in their own words
9th: Changes at the HB Co-op
8th: Candidates for May 2008 elections
5th: Sound off about Climate Change
4th: Dog owners - scoop it!
4th: Aspire still has vacancies
2nd: Friends of Hebden Bridge station
2nd: FOE campaign for stronger Climate Change Bill

March 2008

29th: Channel 4 documentary on Hebden Bridge
26th: Big Green Weekend
18th: Easter in the Park
17th: New firm seeks eco trades people
12th: Air Quality in Hebden Bridge - report of public meeting
11th: Eaves bus suspended
10th: Calder Holmes wildflower planting
5th: Book Launch - Backbone of England by Andrew Bibby
3rd: MP urges funding for play areas
1st: Linda Smith celebration - tickets now online

February 2008

26th: People's Millions play trip
26th: Pace Egg Play
19th: Calderdale Freedom Pass
16th: Jesters' Moot
16th: Co-operative Members' Group
11th: Parking: survey of rail users
11th: Celebrating Linda Smith
6th: No Justice for Eric
3rd: Fair wages for a Fair Trade Town

January 2008

29th: Garden Street public meeting report
24th: Calling all cyclists
23rd: Big turn-out for Palestinian film
21st: Floods
17th: Mayor praises town budget
12th: Wheelie bins for Hebden Bridge?
11th: Labour calls for imaginative Calderdale Budget
10th: Secondary school results
8th: Fighting energy bill hikes
6th: Hebden Bridge Partnership
3rd: Fundraising event for Palestinian Village

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