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A dramatic night-time image of a fire on Rishworth Moor near the A672 earlier this year. (picture: Gary Richardson) Firefighters in Kirklees are having to battle more than one moorland blaze every week. There have been 67 moorland fires in the area since April 2009, even more than the 57 blazes recorded in the borough [...] There’s an opportunity to change the way the gritting of Saddleworth’s roads is organised, parish councillors were told last night. Saddleworth Parish Council’s sub-committee on transport issues is to work with Oldham Council’s Highways Department, as the authority tries to learn lessons from the problems which affected our area during the recent heavy snow. Cllr Mike [...] The fire burns on Rishworth Moor on Sunday night. (pictures: Gary Richardson) Here are some dramatic night-time photos of Sunday’s moorland fire on Rishworth Moor. They were sent in by reader Gary Richardson. Five fire crews tackled the blaze, which at its largest extent spread across three square kilometres of moorland. It [...] A man died yesterday after falling from Scammonden Bridge onto the M62. An ambulance crew confirmed the man as dead at the scene shortly before 1pm. Police are not treating the death as suspicious. The eastbound carriageway of the motorway was closed for more than four hours. The disruption led to several miles of tailbacks on [...] |
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