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The junction of the A62, Doctor Lane and Platting Road in Scouthead. Attempts to make the A62 in Saddleworth safer appear to be working. Statistics obtained by Saddleworth News show that there were no accidents on the road in our area between January and May this year. The A62 Huddersfield Road has [...]
There have been 40 accidents on Uppermill High Street since 2000. Our roads are getting safer. Figures obtained by Saddleworth News have revealed a dramatic fall in the number of crashes throughout Saddleworth and Lees over the past decade. Back in 2000, there were 89 accidents in Saddleworth and Lees, [...] There was a dramatic incident on the A635 over the weekend, as emergency services and passers-by helped save the life of a man trapped in a peat bog following a road crash. The accident on the Greenfield to Holmfirth road happened on Saturday afternoon, and rescuers were able to free the man before he sank [...] Three people have been charged following a fatal road crash on the A635 Holmfirth Road last year. Two teenagers were killed when a car flipped over and landed in a roadside ditch on Saddleworth Moor early one Sunday morning in September. Adeel Tarar, who’s 18 and from Stockport, has been charged with causing death by dangerous [...] A wintry scene snapped this morning by Paul Steele from Diggle. (picture: www.twitter.com/paul_steele) The weather forecasters have been proved right. Despite it being nearly April, snow has returned to Saddleworth. Enough fell overnight for a light covering on most of the higher ground this morning. The A635 Greenfield to Holmfirth road was closed, while all other [...] Keith Bennett A new search for the body of Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett has begun on Saddleworth Moor. The BBC has reported that the search is being funded by donations from “hundreds” of people. Keith was just 12 when he was murdered by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in 1964. Despite repeated attempts to find [...] Hoe Grain, leading towards Shiny Brook, on Saddleworth Moor. Keith Bennett is believed to be buried in this area. (picture: Geograph/John Fielding) The mother of Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett has said that her search for his body will go on. Winnie Johnson told a memorial service for Keith at Manchester Cathedral that she “will [...]
The new blue sign on the A635 above Greenfield Visitors arriving in Saddleworth by road are being greeted by new signs. They’re in the new bright blue colours of Oldham Council, and replace the old white-and-black ones, some of which were more than 30 years old. Similar signs are going [...]
A snowy Wessenden Head Moor near Holmfirth viewed from the A635 yesterday. More snow is expected this weekend. The cold, wet and snowy weather is expected to continue over the next few days, as we head towards March with not much sign of winter coming to an end. Today is [...]
Diggle Brook near Wool Road this morning Another snowfall has led to road closures and the cancellation of bus services in and around Saddleworth today. The Met Office had issued a warning yesterday that snow would start falling from about 2 o’clock this morning, and sure enough there was a decent [...] |
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