Tim Swift

Firefighters at the scene in Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge fire: Council leader responds to "terrifying" blaze

The Tour de Yorkshire will not be returning in 2022.

Council leaders speak out on Tour de Yorkshire cancellation disappointment

A major brownfield site in York which is set to become a major development. Pic: James Hardisty

Developers 'won't touch investment in poor parts of North without extra support'

Birds eye view of flooding in Mytholmroyd, a large village in the Upper Calder Valley in West Yorkshire, after storm Ciara hit the Calder Valley on February 9 2020. Photo credit: Daisy Brasington

How Yorkshire's Storm Ciara caused more than £65m loss for Calderdale business

The Government said yesterday that vaccines would be prioritised in areas that had not had much success with their rollout

West Yorkshire leaders write to the Government urging ministers not to 'impact t...

Vaccines for Covid 19 at Boots, Halifax..Colin Watson is vaccined by Pharmacist Sadaf Chaudry...14th January 2021..Picture by Simon Hulme

“The vaccination programme is progressing really well across Calderdale” - Commu...

Matt watched his Flying Saucers pottery cafe devastated by flood water five years ago

Boxing Day flood victims reveal was life is like living in fear of heavy rain

A woman wearing a face mask. Photo: PA

West Yorkshire to go into Tier 3 of coronavirus restrictions from Monday

Artwork for the Never Hungry Again campaign.

Calderdale launches Never Go Hungry campaign to 'eradicate' child hunger

Leeds has avoided further Covid-19 restrictions but will instead receive enhanced support towards managing the rise in infection rates

What the latest lockdown announcement means for Leeds and West Yorkshire

Leeds City Council leader Judith Blake. Photo: JPI Media

Leeds spared local lockdown amid warning of 'real possibility' of stricter rules

A Covid-19 testing centre at Mixenden Activity Centre in Calderdale, one of the areas where measures have been implemented to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Photo: PA

West Yorkshire council leaders call for coronavirus restrictions to be lifted

A Covid-19 testing centre at Bradford University in West Yorkshire, one of the areas where new measures have been implemented to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Stricter rules have been introduced for people in Greater Manchester, parts of East Lancashire, and West Yorkshire, banning members of different households from meeting each other indoors. Photo: PA

No changes to coronavirus restrictions in West Yorkshire, Government announces

Tim Swift, the leader of Calderdale council. Pic: Jonathan Gawthorpe

'Under-30s think coronavirus test and trace calls are an Amazon Prime scam'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers his speech in Dudley. Pic: PA

Boris Johnson's planning shake-up 'will lead to more substandard developments'

Calderdale Council says it will not be advising schools to reopen on June 1.

Virus advice on keeping schools shut must be published by councils

Parents will not be encouraged to send their children back despite the Government's wishes

Bradford becomes latest council to say it will not force schools to re-open

Screenwriter Sally Wainwright given the honour of a Freewoman of the Borough of Calderdale by Councillor Dot Fioster, the Mayor of Halifax and Roibin Tuddenham, chief executive, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the area at a special ceremony at Halifax Town Hall. Picture: Tony Johnson.

Why Freewoman of Calderdale Sally Wainwright is inspired by 'magical' Yorkshire

A car is seen submerged as flood water covers roads in Mytholmroyd after the River Calder burst its banks as Storm Ciara swept through the region. PIC: Getty

Armed Forces arrive in Calderdale to support flood response and Storm Dennis pre...

Listed - The key figures and businesses backing the YP’s ‘Power Up The North’ in...

Ron McMillan is chairman of Welcome to Yorkshire.

Council leaders demand 'new leadership culture' from under-fire Welcome to Yorks...
Council leaders who have provided millions in funding to Welcome to Yorkshire have warned the tourism agency’s chairman that its long-term financing is in question unless a “new leadership culture” is implemented immediately following the departure of ex-chief executive Sir Gary Verity after an expenses scandal.

Peter Lawrence.

Yorkshire names revealed in Queen's Birthday Honours list

Rawson's Mill, Halifax

Restoring mill sites '˜may help create new jobs' in Yorkshire

Funding announced for major Â£30m flood scheme

The Piece Hall with new chief executive Nicola Chance-Thompson.

Reopening date set for Halifax's cathedral to cloth

Don Valley MP Caroline Flint

Yorkshire councils spend Â£72m on consultants in five years

Elland Bridge as it looked in April when engineers started removing stonework as part of work to dismantle it.

Key milestone in repair of historic Calderdale bridge damaged by floods

An artist's impression of the restored Piece Hall in Halifax.

Restoration of Halifax's Piece Hall hit by major delays

The Kirkstall Road area of Leeds was badly hit by last winter's floods

Report calls for overhaul following Yorkshire floods

Operation Calderdale16, a flood training exercise in Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd and Sowerby Bridge. Picture: James Hardisty

Just testing, this time, as flood sirens sound again in Calderdale

Rescuers wade through York during the floods.

Washout: What Yorkshire said about government floods review

The flooded Co-op and Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd, last December

Shockingly disappointing: How Calder victims see today's floods report
THE chairman of a partnership set up to improve the economic and community life of one of the Yorkshire towns most affected by last winter's floods has described today's government report on the disaster as 'shockingly disappointing'.

Flooding in Leeds, 2015

Yorkshire flooding fears as crucial report is delayed

artist impressions of the new Central Library and Archive in Halifax Picture: Calderdale Council

York Handmade supplies 30,000 for new Central Library

Environment Secretary Liz Truss visited Mytholmroyd earlier this year

Minister promises town hit by floods '˜best possible protection'

DECEMBER 2015: Flooding on Kirkstall Road. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

Hopes Budget will deliver more Leeds flood defence funds

Cow Green Car Park, Halifax.

Plans for '˜biggest investment in a century' for Calderdale

Anna Soubry was in Mytholmroyd today

Minister pressed on Calder Valley flood defences

People wade through flood waters at Mytholmroyd in Calderdale, on Boxing Day. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Â£3m flood fund for Calderdale

Floods '˜adding to drag on Yorkshire business confidence'

JOHN ALLAN: Small firms across North beginning to pick up pieces as waters recede.

Floods '˜adding to drag on Yorkshire business confidence'

Elland Bridge was severely damaged in the Boxing Day floods

Millions to help repair flood-damaged Calderdale bridge

York was one of the areas hardest hit by the floods

York council leader accuses MP of 'ignorance' over flood help

Hebden Bridge was one of the areas of Calderdale hit by the Christmas floods

Calderdale faces Â£20 million-plus bill following floods

The clear-up begins after the great floods on Boxing Day.

Full scale of Yorkshire damage revealed as waters recede

York

‘Inadequate’: MP slams Government’s £50m support package for flood-ravaged North

Halifax Minster

Religious leaders to meet in show of solidarity after Paris terrorist attacks

Environment Minister Dan Rogerson with Flood Warden/The Deputy Mayor of Hebden Royd Tony Hodgins bove the River Calder in Mytholmroyd

Flooding response defended by Minister

Calderdale Council leader Coun Tim Swift says it takes loneliness "very seriously"

Good work going on, but strategy needed

Ousted leader attacks Tory and Lib Dem pair over ‘coup’

Councillor Tim Swift.

Calderdale leader ousted in vote

Flood-hit valley to see vital work start on key streams and drains

Local elections 2014: Calderdale, West Yorkshire

Coun Tim Swift.

‘Commission’ should review Halifax and Huddersfield hospital plans - Swift

Historic Piece Hall transformation plan takes step forward

Labour ‘can live with council budget’

Moves to ease child poverty across district

Coun Tim Swift

Budget plan tests Labour’s grip

Halifax Town Hall

Budget row puts Calderdale Council in “uncharted territory”

A clean-up operation at Walsden, near Todmorden, last summer

Cameron is asked for more cash to help the region’s flood victims