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Police Seize Booze From Underage Drinkers

Alcohol seized from youngsters in Springhead and Lees on Friday night. (picture: GMP)

Alcohol including beer, wine and alcopops was confiscated by our local police over the weekend. Officers made the seizures from teenagers in Springhead and Lees on Friday night.

Members of the Saddleworth and Lees policing team have been making regular […]

Laura Helps Brighouse And Rastrick To Yorkshire Title

Delph’s own Laura Hirst helped the Brighouse and Rastrick band retain their Yorkshire title in Bradford last night.

The reigning national champions had already pre-qualified for the National Brass Band Championships at the Royal Albert Hall in October, but their superb victory at the St George’s Hall will raise hopes of a second Yorkshire/National […]

Mossley Youths Into Manchester Cup Final

Mossley’s youth team showed the seniors how it should be done over the weekend, as they reached the final of the Manchester FA Youth Cup. They saw off Ardwick 2-0 after extra time in their semi-final at Seel Park.

Joe Heap and Fabio Abreu scored the goals in the first period of extra time, after […]

Discussions Over Diggle Double Yellows

Huddersfield Road, Diggle

Three meetings will be held this month to discuss the prospect of increasing the amount of double yellow lines in Diggle. The proposed changes affect various stretches of road on or close to Huddersfield Road.

Cllr Royce Franklin, who lives in the village and chairs the traffic sub-committee for Saddleworth and […]

Achtung Baby: Feminism And Our Daughters

Achtung Baby is a column about family life written by Suze Nowak, who is originally from Denshaw and now lives in Germany:

FINJE NO LONGER wants to be a bat for fasching. Whilst admittedly slightly put out after I had toiled to make her some wings, I am secretly thankful that she will not be […]

Staying Dry But Still Chilly

We’re in for another few days of largely dry weather with some sunshine, although it’ll continue to feel cold.

The forecasters aren’t quite predicting a repeat of yesterday’s lovely weather today. But it should be mostly dry with some sunny spells, although temperatures won’t get above 7C.

There’s likely to be a bit more cloud […]