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Ed Miliband takes questions during his campaign visit to Moorside this afternoon. Labour leader Ed Miliband has said he regrets the leaflets which cost Phil Woolas his political career, but has stopped short of apologising for them. On a by-election campaign visit to Moorside this afternoon, Mr Miliband also said Labour’s candidate Debbie Abrahams […]
Paul Steele A hiker from Diggle is taking on his biggest challenge yet - a journey to the South Pole! Paul Steele hopes to begin the extreme 52-day trek in November next year, and is looking for sponsors to help him on his way. Paul’s plan is to traverse 560 miles of the frozen […]
More than 20 houses in Greenfield have been left without power today. The problem started late this morning, and has affected properties on Chew Valley Road. A spokesman for Electricity North West said a cable fault was to blame. He added that engineers had been sent out to fix the issue. (UPDATE 16/12: Electricity North […]
A polling station in Dobcross on general election day in May. We'll be seeing these signs again soon. The Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election will take place on 13 January. The piece of parliamentary procedure to call the contest, known as moving the writ, took place at Westminster today. Unusually, it was the Liberal […]
Jenny and Mick (centre) accepting their award. (picture courtesy: Mick Sheehan) A couple from Uppermill has won a national award for staff satisfaction. Mick and Jenny Sheehan run the Saddleworth office of Home Instead Senior Care, and took the prize at the company’s national conference last month. The award was for “the highest level […]
Here’s a quick reminder that you can vote for Saddleworth to get faster broadband in the near future. BT is running a poll on its website to see which places not included in the initial rollout of fibre optic broadband should get it next. The five areas with the highest proportion of households taking part […]
(all pictures: Laura Birch) Here are some more terrific pictures of the area around Diggle, taken by Laura Birch. Many thanks to Laura for sending them in! She also took some photos of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal near the village before the worst of the recent heavy […]
It might be a good idea to make sure you and your neighbours are stocked up, because the weather forecast suggests the cold and snowy weather is going to return later today and tomorrow. Today is predicted to be bitterly cold with the odd sleet or snow shower, and temperatures struggling to get to 4C. […]
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