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New school site - existing buildings on the Diggle Site Reporter: Stuart Littleford Oldham Council cabinet members have formally approved the WH Shaw Pallet Works site in Diggle as the new home for Saddleworth School. The decision was taken at their meeting last night and following assessment of various cost and educational factors it was decided that the former pallet works site was the best option. The Council said it will be providing around £2 million to fund various […]
Damaged - the car on Dobcross New Road Side of the car with extensive damage Reporter: Stuart Littleford A Dobcross resident has been left shocked and angry after his car was badly damaged outside his home after being hit by a passing vehicle that failed to stop. The man, who does not want to be named, lives on Dobcross New Road in the village. He told Saddleworth News he was “very upset and angry” at the damage caused. […]
Cllr Michael Buckley Reporter: Stuart Littleford Saddleworth Parish Councillor Michael Buckley will appear in crown court in April after pleading not guilty to making and possessing indecent images of children. Cllr Buckley, 67, from Dobcross, appeared at Oldham Magistrates Court yesterday over the allegations. Buckley was subject to an investigation last year and a warrant was executed on his home last March. He pleaded not guilty to 17 counts of making and possessing indecent photographs of young boys aged […]
If you are a charity or local community organisation based in the Oldham or Saddleworth area and are looking for funding you can contact Saddleworth Rotary Club. They are organising a Dragons’ Den style evening at the White Hart, Lydgate on the 22 April, where representatives can put their case for funding to the club. If approved the funding will then be provided on the night. So if you have a local project that needs some cash, and you think […]
Saddleworth Ferret Breeders & Turnip Growers Association anniversary dinner to help Macmillan nursesReporter: Stuart Littleford The Saddleworth Ferret Breeders & Turnip Growers Association (Affiliated) will be holding its 20th Anniversary ‘Rat Catchers’ dinner in Greenfield in April. The association is an organisation who’s main whose function is to raise funds for the Macmillan Nurses. It was started by Lawrence and Audrey Perrins who asked all their guests at their golden wedding anniversary to become members by buying a car sticker instead of presents - the money raised was then given to Macmillan […]
Simon Fell and his performance with the Simon Fell Sextet at last year’s Marsden Jazz Festival - photo Peter Woodman Reporter: Stuart Littleford A recording of a high profile performance at last year’s Marsden Jazz Festival will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 over the Easter weekend. The festival commissioned Dewsbury-born musician Simon Fell to write and perform a new composition for a specially-assembled sextet, which was performed at the […]
A Saddleworth charity has announced it is to hold a relay event in May to raise money for a number of good causes it supports. The PC Nicola Hughes Memorial Fund has organised the John ‘O’ Groats to Land’s End Continuous Baton Relay on behalf of the charity. The relay will commence at John ‘O’ Groats on Monday 18 May 2015 at 01:40 hours and aim to finish on Saturday 23 May at Lands’ […]
Airlifting heather brash Farmers and grouse moor owners are teaming up with conservationists to restore vast expanses of Peak District and South Pennines peatlands, home to extensive tracts of semi-natural moorland with upland heath and peat bog, birds of prey and wading birds. The peat bogs have been in decline since the industrial revolution, but thanks to individual moorland business owners, 30 large Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreements are now underway to bring about £15 million of moorland restoration measures […]
Hot stuff - Team Spirit team walked over hot coals Team Spirit are no strangers to the weird and wonderful so when the opportunity arose last month to take part in a Fire Walk for their nominated Charity, MAHDLO Youth Zone, they couldn’t refuse the challenge! Baring their ‘soles’, 13 members of the Team Spirit team, led by CEO Ian Taylor, took on the challenge, walking over hot coals that glowed at over 600 degrees Celsius! No mean feat […]
Winners - Lee Hollinworth (left) with business partner Alan Doherty Whittaker Design of Lees, Oldham, has recently been awarded “Best Of Houzz” for Customer Satisfaction by Houzz, the leading platform for home renovation and design. The Chartered Architectural firm, established over 40 years ago in the town was chosen by the more than 25 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than 15,000 active home building, renovation and design industry professionals. […]
Billy Reilly - a popular local figure Reporter: Carol Wilde A service will be held tonight at the Sacred Heart Church in Uppermill to celebrate the life of a popular local landlord who recently passed away. On 20 February 2015, Mr Billy Reilly unexpectedly and peacefully passed away from natural causes at home in The Diggle Hotel in the arms of his loving wife Angie with who he had happily shared the last 32 years of his life. Angie […]
Scene of the accident at Standedge Reporter: Stuart Littleford A man has been seriously injured in a collision in Saddleworth. At 5.40pm yesterday, a grey VW Polo was in collision with two other vehicles near the car park on Standedge Cutting for the Pennine Way. The VW Polo was travelling towards Huddersfield on the A62 (Standedge Cutting) near Diggle behind a black Mercedes C220 when the collision happened. A blue Vauxhall Astra, also involved in the collision, was travelling […]
Guilty - Lewis Lowe The crashed Porsche A burglar who stole a very rare Porsche and then raced at speeds in excess of 100mph on the motorway has been jailed. Lewis Lowe broke into a house in Saddleworth and stole the high-powered car which he then used to speed down the motorway as he was pursued by police. Miraculously, he managed not to kill either himself or someone else before crashing the car into an embankment after which […]
Triathlon route Visit the recently launched Milltown to Moors Race Series website and you can get a sneak preview of the routes for the new Milltown Sprint Triathlon, which takes place on April 26, plus 20% of your entry fee. As well as allowing runners to enter every race online for the first time, the new Milltown to Moors website offers the opportunity to buy merchandise and take advantage of race discounts. Race results will be uploaded to […]
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