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Three teenagers arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary following an armed raid on a house in Grotton have been released on police bail. The trio, aged 17, 18 and 19, were all detained by police shortly after the incident, which took place on Grotton Meadows at about 11pm on Wednesday night. They’ve been freed and […]
Wrigley Mill Methodist Church in Diggle, the home of the organ played in the video above, is to end religious services next month. Church members made the decision at a recent meeting because of the falling number of worshippers at the church, which is on Huddersfield Road. The last service will take place on […]
A girl of 16 was attacked on the path next to Wellyhole Street in Lees on Wednesday night, according to the police. A statement issued by GMP said the victim was out walking her dog when the incident happened at about 8:40pm. She was approached by her attacker, a young white man of about 18 […]
Cllr Garth Harkness One of the new members of Saddleworth Parish Council has promised to “work hard both for my ward and indeed the whole of Saddleworth” now that he’s been elected. Cllr Garth Harkness, a teacher from Grotton, was among a full house of five Liberal Democrats who were successful in the Springhead […]
(image courtesy Emma Curtis) Award-winning baroque group The Frolick will be treating Saddleworth to a taste of 18th Century London during the Festival of the Arts, which begins in just over a week. They’ll be performing what they describe as songs of “love, recession, melancholy, drinking and riotous fun” at St Anne’s Church in […]
Not much exercises folk around Saddleworth quite like the issue of potholes. Residents and councillors alike regularly describe various surfaces as being “the worst” in the area, a discussion which has become even more heated since the impact of the bad winter weather on our roads. Oldham Council has regularly defended itself (see here) against […]
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