Local journalist dies from cycle accident
Sunday, June 16, 2002

Hebden Bridge resident Arnold Woods, the Business correspondent of the Halifax Evening Courier, died on 13th June from the result of injuries sustained in a cycle accident with a car in Sowerby New Road, the previous week.

Mr. Woods, aged 55, who lived in Palace House Road, was a governor of Riverside School and a member of the local Labour Party and leaves his wife, Margaret and two children.