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Another Win For Rangers U16s

Saddleworth Rangers Under 16s enjoyed another win on Sunday, 26-12 against Rylands Sharks. With a match report, here’s Alan Bolton:

Saddleworth Rangers U16s (picture: Alan Bolton)

SADDLEWORTH RANGERS Under 16s welcomed one of their main rivals from previous seasons, Rylands Sharks to Churchill Playing Fields in a ‘must win’ game to keep their […]

Hulme Responds To Churchill Fields Report

Churchill Fields

Parish councillor Ken Hulme has hit back at Oldham Council over the Churchill Fields consultation process.

He said the council’s insistence that it didn’t know the Saddleworth Runners club used the site’s under-threat running track “beggars belief.”

Although a council working group has been looking at the issue for a year, the […]

Local Woman Quits NHS To Start New Business

Gillian Lord with her granddaughter Maisy. (picture: Steve Lord)

A speech therapist from Shaw has been telling Saddleworth News about leaving the NHS to set up her own business. After ten years in the health service, Gillian Lord started out on her own two months ago, and has already managed to take on several […]

Saddleworth Independent To Continue Under New Publisher

The Saddleworth Independent

The new publisher of the Saddleworth Independent has confirmed the newspaper will continue to operate as normal, after the company which first established the Independent titles went into administration.

Bolton-based Select Travel Media has said it will oversee all of the Independent papers across the north-west, including the Saddleworth Independent.

Yesterday, […]

Events Explore History Of Crompton Moor

Crompton Moor

A series of events will take place in the coming weeks, related to the ongoing archaeological survey of Crompton Moor.

The survey, organised by Oldham Council, Shaw and Crompton Parish Council, and the University of Salford, is aimed at finding out more about the area, in part so a heritage trail can […]

Diggle Slimming Group Starts Tonight

Becky Symons

The new Slimming World group in Diggle has its first meeting this evening. It takes place at 7pm in the Wrigley Mill Methodist Hall.

Becky Symons is leading the group. She was inspired to start it after herself losing more than three stone on Slimming World.

If you can’t make it along […]