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The Boarshurst Silver Band, pictured last year on Whit Friday at Scouthead. (picture: David W Ashworth) The Boarshurst Silver Band has qualified for the finals of the National Brass Band Championships. That’s after Boarshurst finished second in the Fourth section at yesterday’s North West regional qualifying event at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. Under the musical […]
Uppermill’s impressive run in the West Riding Challenge Cup came to an end on Saturday, as they lost their quarter-final to Huddersfield side Bay Athletic. It finished 4-3 after extra time. It was a terrific effort by Uppermill, because Bay Athletic are currently top of the West Riding League Premier Division, four levels above Uppermill […]
Our local police have told Saddleworth residents to be extra vigilant following a recent series of burglaries in the area. Officers have warned that criminals have been using implements to smash windows in order to get into properties. There’s been a variety of incidents in the past week across Saddleworth and Lees. Over the weekend, […]
Plans to cut the number of borough councillors have been approved by Oldham Council’s Cabinet. The proposals will now go before a meeting of the full council in April. The Liberal Democrat/Conservative administration which runs the council wants to reduce the number of councillors from 60 to 40. That would mean the number of Saddleworth […]
Churchill Fields A reminder that a public meeting will be held tomorrow over the future of Churchill Playing Fields. The Saddleworth and Lees District Partnership has called the meeting, which will begin at 7:30pm at the Civic Hall in Uppermill. A sub-group of the District Partnership, which is a body made up of councillors […]
Achtung Baby is a column about parenting written by Suze Nowak, who is originally from Denshaw and is now bringing up her family in Germany. This article first appeared on Parent Dish here, and you can follow Suze on Twitter here. IT’S FASCHING time and unbelievably I forgot again. I swore last time that we […]
Several days of cloudy conditions are forecast for this week, but it should remain mostly dry. There’s the chance of the odd shower today amid the generally overcast weather, with top temperatures of 8C. Tuesday should be a lot brighter with sunny spells, but we should see more of the cloud on Wednesday and Thursday. […]
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