Town ward Labour councillors are launching a campaign to save the planned Southowram Children's Centre. The campaign has been launched after the new Government told Calderdale Council to stop work on the new building, which was to be created at Withinfields School. There are already Children's Cent...

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The Council are carrying out a survey of people who use the swimming pools. This is to help plan for opening times and activities at the new pools in Brighouse and Sowerby Bridge, which are opening later in the year, but also to help think about future proposals for Halifax and other pools. You can...

Labour's Bob Metcalfe was re-elected as a councillor for Town ward in the elections on May 6th. Bob keeps his place as one of the ward's three councillors, alongside Cllrs Megan and Tim Swift. Result:- Bob Metcalfe (Labour) 1936 Conservative 1187 Lib Dem 875 BNP 678 Independent 243 A Labour m...

Town ward already has two excellent Sure Start Children's Centres, in Siddal and Boothtown. Now we're delighted to report that the next round of Children's Centre funding should include a Children's Centre for Withinfield School, Southowram. Along with further developments in schools serving the cen...

A revised plan has been submitted to the Council for permission to build a residential care home off Mill Lane, Boothtown. An earlier application was withdrawn because of disputes over various issues including access. The revised plans are for a 62-bed home on land opposite McBurney Close (see phot...