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The scene on the M62 earlier. (picture: GPSJ News) A lorry driver had to be airlifted to hospital after his vehicle was involved in a three-car crash on the M62 on Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened shortly after 1pm, close to Junction 21 for Milnrow. The driver had to be freed from his cab [...]
(all pictures: Stuart Coleman Photography) An elderly driver was rescued by the fire brigade after an accident on Ward Lane in Diggle on Thursday evening. The woman was trapped in her vehicle which flipped onto its side during the crash, close to the junction with Lee Side. The woman was conscious when the emergency [...]
The second casualty is removed from her vehicle. This is the moment one of the casualties of Thursday’s crash on the A62 Huddersfield Road was moved to safety from her stricken vehicle. The dramatic picture was sent in by a Saddleworth News reader. Two women were injured [...]
A police car blocks the A62 Huddersfield Road at the Floating Light. Two people were injured in Thursday afternoon’s crash on the A62 Huddersfield Road above Diggle. The smash happened not far from the old Floating Light pub, just before 5pm. According to a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police, the two vehicles involved were [...]
A police car blocks the A62 Huddersfield Road at the Floating Light. At least two vehicles were involved in a crash on the A62 Huddersfield Road on Thursday afternoon. The incident happened shortly before 5pm, not too far from the old Floating Light pub above Diggle. A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said that [...]
Here’s the latest Saddleworth News TV video bulletin, made by students from The Oldham College with their tutor John Eccles. In this programme, there’s a preview of the Saddleworth Festival of the Arts, which begins this weekend, with Festival Chairman Jim Scott. There’s also a look ahead to another forthcoming local event, the Diggle [...]
(all pictures: Sarah Roberts) Here are some more images of Tuesday evening’s moorland fire, which broke out near Micklehurst Cricket Club on Buckton Moor above Mossley. It’s thought the blaze was started deliberately. The fire sent smoke across Mossley, Greenfield and further afield. It was put out by the fire brigade, with help from [...]
Damping down after the fire. (picture: GPSJ News) It seems the wildfire which broke out on Buckton Moor above Mossley on Tuesday evening was started deliberately. According to a local gamekeeper, three youths were chased away from the scene by farm hands. Four fire engines, from stations in Mossley, Stalybridge and Hyde, were called [...]
The blaze shortly after it broke out. Two fire engines are on the right. (picture: www.twitter.com/meerkatmartin) A wildfire broke out on Buckton Moor above Mossley on Tuesday evening. It began near Micklehurst Cricket Club off Huddersfield Road shortly before 7:30pm, but was extinguished in little over an hour. A chopper from Diggle-based Pennine Helicopters [...]
The fire caught hold again during the afternoon. (picture: GPSJ News) Here are some more images of the fire which broke out above Uppermill overnight. Firefighters had been at the scene damping the blaze down for several hours when it flared up again at about lunchtime. One square mile of moorland around Ladcastle Road [...]
The fire burns in the early hours of this morning. (picture: GPSJ News) A large fire engulfed the Ladcastle Quarry area above Uppermill in the early hours of this morning. The blaze broke out shortly before 1am near Den Lane and Ladcastle Road, and below the golf course.
Dozens of youths were involved in a party on Saddleworth Moor in the early hours of yesterday, which had to be broken up by the police. Officers were called to the scene on the A635 Greenfield to Holmfirth road at 12:45am, following complaints of noise including loud music. A police spokesman said the incident was [...]
(all pictures: Samuel Ward) Here are some stunning photographs of Saturday’s wildfire on Marsden Moor. They were taken and sent in to Saddleworth News by Samuel Ward, so many thanks to him. You can see more of Samuel’s images, including several more of the blaze, at his [...]
(picture: GMP) Here’s another wonderful image from the Oldham archives of Greater Manchester Police. It shows the town’s “firebobbies” – police officers who often doubled up as firefighters – proudly showing off their ladders. There’s no date or precise location attached to the photo, so if you [...]
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