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The boyfriend of a Holmfirth woman found dead in a suitcase has tonight been charged with her murder. Andrew Lindo, a 28-year-old teacher, was arrested following the discovery of Marie Stewart’s body on Sunday. Police found the body of Ms Stewart, a 30-year-old mother-of-two, at an address in Perseverance Place. A post-mortem revealed that she […]
Cllr Howard Sykes The leader of Oldham Council has defended the way he’s gone about identifying proposed budget savings. Cllr Howard Sykes also insisted he was right not to join other town hall leaders in publicly slamming the government over cuts in local authority funding. He was speaking yesterday as the Liberal Democrat/Conservative administration […]
Mossley have moved up to 10th place in the Evo Stik League Division One North. That’s after a comfortable 3-0 win over Wakefield at Seel Park last night. Matty Kay scored twice, after Michael Oates had opened the scoring. The result makes up for Mossley’s recent 3-2 defeat away to last night’s opponents. On Saturday, […]
Fire devastated several buildings at the Husteads Riding School last Thursday night. (all pictures: Natalie Shannon) Here are heartbreaking images which show the full extent of the damage caused by last Thursday’s fire at the Husteads Riding School in Dobcross. The stable block and several other buildings were gutted […]
Colne Valley MP Jason McCartney rose to speak during Prime Minister’s Questions today. He asked David Cameron about housing policy, with specific regard to the Colne and Holme Valleys. Mr McCartney, who represents Holmfirth, Meltham, Marsden and Slaithwaite among other areas, also criticised the approach of Kirklees Council towards building new homes. He said: […]
Dobcross Band Club A fundraising gig for Dobcross Band Club will take place at the club itself this Saturday night. The former musical director of the Dobcross Silver Band, Dennis Hadfield, will be performing with his trio, 5 o’clock Shadow. The group features Dennis, who still lives in the village, on guitar and vocals, […]
Cllr John McCann Oldham Council has warned criminals who have been stealing drain covers from around Saddleworth that it “will not hesitate” to prosecute them if they get caught. As reported by Saddleworth News last week (see here), grids have recently been taken from Dobcross, Diggle and Delph. According to the council, Oldham and […]
Nicola Donnelly and Andrea Wilson-Brown. (picture: Nicola Donnelly) A businesswoman from Delph is increasing her efforts to target new clients in Saddleworth. Nicola Donnelly, Managing Director of T1 Telecoms, has just launched her firm’s new website as well as some new products. Chief among those is the company’s Voice over Internet Protocol service, which […]
A rabbit which had apparently been dumped on Crompton Moor has been saved by two local walkers. They found an empty animal container in the Brushes Clough car park last Friday, and later found the animal hiding in a nearby culvert. They decided to keep the rabbit and have christened him Splash, after the soggy […]
A knife-wielding robber held up a petrol station on St John Street in Lees last Friday night. The raider threatened staff during the incident, and got away with cash. The man had a balaclava on during the robbery, which took place at about 8:45pm. He made off up St John Street, before turning left onto […]
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