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More than 5.3 million people tuned in to Sunday night’s final episode of Last of the Summer Wine, according to Media Guardian. The programme was filmed in Holmfirth throughout its 37 years, a run which made it the longest-running TV comedy in history. If you missed the last show, you can watch it again on the BBC [...]
Holmfirth Holmfirth featured in a special edition of the BBC’s Countryfile programme last night. It was screened just after the first episode of what is to be the final series of Last of the Summer Wine, the sitcom which has been filmed in the village for almost four decades. The [...] Emley Brass Band perform in Holmfirth yesterday. (picture: www.twitter.com/milesey) It was a busy weekend in Holmfirth, with the beginning of the annual Art Week and the Round Table’s yearly duck race and charity gala day drawing crowds to the village. The main Art Week exhibition in the Civic Hall lasts all week and features the work [...] The family of a Greenfield man who was found dead in the street last month are refusing to bury him, because they’re unhappy at how the authorities have dealt with the case. The daughter of 75-year-old Trevor Chappell suspects he was assaulted, even though the official post-mortem found he died of a heart attack. She’s spoken [...] Prof Brian Cox (picture: University of Manchester) Saddleworth-based astronomy expert Prof Brian Cox was given the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours over the weekend. Prof Cox, who’s originally from Oldham and now lives in Grasscroft, has described it as a “wonderful accolade.” He presented high-profile BBC series Wonders Of The Solar System earlier this year. [...] BBC Radio 4′s The World At One has been in our area today. Reporter Shaun Ley got reaction from voters in Oldham East and Saddleworth to last night’s debate between the three main party leaders. You can listen to the report using the BBC iPlayer here (it starts at 22:50). For full coverage from Saddleworth News of [...] The battle between Labour and the Liberal Democrats in Oldham East and Saddleworth is getting increasingly bitter, with allegations from a former Lib Dem worker that she was paid just £3 an hour cash-in-hand for helping the Elwyn Watkins campaign. Mr Watkins strongly denied the claims yesterday when he was confronted by BBC Newsnight political [...] Holmfirth was featured on the BBC’s Countryfile programme over the weekend. Presenter John Craven visited the village as part of a report into whether local campaigns against proposed supermarkets can succeed. Last year, Tesco withdrew its application for a store in Holmfirth following an angry reaction from many local residents, although it has said it will [...] Look closely, and you can just pick out Venus and Mercury in this photo taken from Saddleworth last night. Venus is the brighter white dot near the middle, with Mercury directly to its right. (picture: www.twitter.com/profbriancox) Venus and Mercury were visible in the sky above Saddleworth last night. Local resident and University of Manchester expert [...] The Marsden Imbolc fire festival was featured on yesterday’s edition of the BBC’s Countryfile programme. The event, a Pagan festival held to welcome the beginning of spring, took place a fortnight ago. You can watch the report on the BBC’s iPlayer here. The section on Marsden begins about 26 and a half minutes in. |
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