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Kate and William outside The Swan. (picture: Tim Newbold) If you’re able to tear yourself away from your living room for the royal wedding, there’s plenty going on around Saddleworth as local people mark the big occasion. In Dobcross, everyone’s invited to a party at Holy Trinity School. It’s bring your own food and […]
Band members (left to right) Richard Kiy, Jason Smethurst, Reece Furness, Stephanie Rushton, Beth Gillard and Emma Bayley. (picture: Jenny Wood) Hardworking fundraisers from the Dobcross Youth Band have brought in £850 for cancer charity CLIC Sargent. They raised the cash through a variety of events over the past […]
Labour candidate Sean Fielding, pictured during last Thursday's hustings at The Swan. Labour’s Sean Fielding, who is hoping to be elected to represent Saddleworth North on Oldham Council, said he would aim to be a “local champion” for the area if he wins next Thursday. He also used his opening statement to the audience […]
New manager of Tesco Greenfield, Bill Davidson. (picture: Tesco) The new manager of the Tesco supermarket in Greenfield has asked for local people to contact him directly with their thoughts about the store. Bill Davidson can be e-mailed at this address: [email protected] Bill has taken over from Anna Wisniowski, who overshaw the opening of […]
Debbie Abrahams in the House of Commons recently. (picture: Parliament TV) Debbie Abrahams took part in Prime Minister’s Questions for the first time yesterday. The Oldham East and Saddleworth MP asked David Cameron about the current pause in the government’s planned NHS reforms. She queried whether the pause was genuine, and asked why aspects […]
Austerlands professional Humayan Farhat bowling. (all pictures: Neil Cadd) Austerlands got their Saddleworth League season off to a winning start last weekend, with an closely-fought victory over Heyside. After Heyside were dismissed for 139, Austerlands reached their target with just two wickets to spare, finishing on 143/8. Neil Cadd has sent in these pictures […]
Karl Jones will be getting on his bike tomorrow. A charity fundraiser from Uppermill is taking part in a two-day adventure, to raise money for the Friends of Ghyll Head. It’s a good cause which helps disadvantaged children from Manchester experience outdoor education in the Lakes. And Karl Jones, along with three other self-described […]
The May edition of the Dobcross Diary is ready, and will be delivered to addresses throughout the village this weekend. But if you can’t wait that long, or live outside the village, then it can be read online now at the Diary’s website here. As always, there’s a mixture of news and articles about Dobcross […]
We’re in for more fine weather over the coming long holiday weekend, with plenty of sunshine around. Today should be typical, with dry and sunny conditions for most of the day, although a cooling breeze will make it seem less hot than last weekend. Temperatures should get to 16C. There’s more of the same for […]
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