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A bandsman walking through Uppermill on Whit Friday last year. After the best part of six months as the editor of Saddleworth News, journalism student Sadaf Hussain from University Campus Oldham has now finished her final year project, so her stint on this site has come to an end. I’d like to thank Sadaf […]
Sadaf Hussain As most of you will already be aware, Saddleworth News is under new management. Well, it is me who is the new editor of the website. I am a Digital Journalism student from UCO. I chose to do my final year practical project on Saddleworth News as the area I am interested […]
I announced a few weeks ago that Saddleworth News was going to become part of the Digital Journalism course at University Campus Oldham, part of the University of Huddersfield. Well, it’s now time for the handover to take place. Articles by the students will begin to appear here in the coming days and weeks. I […]
I’m off on holiday for the next ten days. However, the website will be kept updated with stories I’ve prepared in advance, so keep reading! Check back on Friday for details of a readers’ competition, and all next week there’ll be a series looking at some of the best Saddleworth-related videos on YouTube, along with […]
Cllr Dave Hibbert is interviewed by Saddleworth News TV recently. A bit more for those of you interested in the government’s consultation about its proposals for a new series of local TV channels. I was asked to write a guest article about the issue for the blog of journalist Ed Walker, and so I’ve […]
Apologies if you were trying to view Saddleworth News earlier today and you found yourself presented with some spam about a certain well-known product for gentlemen. The site was hacked, but it should all be sorted now. Basically, the spam attack featured a small amount of dodgy code being inserted into the website. Nothing would […]
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt speaks at Friday's local TV summit in Manchester. I was among a few dozen media people from across the north west invited to hear Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt explain more about his plans for local TV at a summit in Manchester on Friday. The meeting followed the government’s recent announcement […]
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed a list of 65 towns and cities across the UK which could get new local TV services in the coming years. Manchester is among them, and the proposed new Manchester service would cover and be available in Oldham, and presumably therefore also in Saddleworth. The government has been […]
Liberal Democrat candidate Elwyn Watkins (centre) and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne (right) speak to Saddleworth News at Dove Stone Reservoir ahead of the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election. Lots of people have been in touch with Saddleworth News over the past few weeks, ever since I announced that I was considering options for the […]
During the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election, all sorts of people wanted to talk to Saddleworth News. (picture: Stuart Coleman Photography) Saddleworth News has been going since February 2010. In that time it’s built a monthly audience of more than 22,000 readers, won a national award, and interviewed all sorts of people from the […]
I’m off on holiday for the next week. But keep checking Saddleworth News, because I’ve stored up a great series of articles which will be appearing here over the coming days, including interviews with the organisers of the Saddleworth Show and Yanks festival, as well as with some great local businesses. There are also […]
Phil Woolas, pictured following the verdict in the election court case at Uppermill Civic Hall last November, which went against him. I spent Saturday at the University of Glamorgan in Cardiff at the Talk About Local Unconference 2011. It was a chance for dozens of people from around the country who run independent local […]
One of the highlights of 2010. Elwyn Watkins speaks to the media after the verdict in the Phil Woolas election court case. Saddleworth News has been recognised as one of the best websites in the north west. It’s been nominated in the Best Media Website category at the How-Do Awards, alongside established and rather […]
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt (picture: DCMS) We got well used to senior politicians visiting our area during the recent by-election campaign. But I got to meet one more Cabinet minister on Friday, as I was invited to a meeting in Manchester with Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt about the government’s plans for the future of […]
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