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The Home Instead team
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Home Instead Senior Care, which provides care to older people so they can continue living in their own homes across Oldham & Saddleworth, has just been announced as one of the top 10 most recommended home care companies in the homecare.co.uk ‘Top 10 Awards 2017’.
This seal of approval has come from the most important people, those who they care for, their friends and family and it is the second year running […]
Emmaus Mossley volunteers enjoy afternoon tea
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Volunteers at homelessness charity Emmaus Mossley have been thanked for their vital contribution at a special event to mark national Volunteers’ Week 2017.
The Volunteers’ Afternoon Tea event on Friday 2 June included afternoon tea, certificate presentations and a chance for volunteers to socialise and meet each other. Running between 1-7 June, Volunteers’ Week celebrates the contribution made by the millions of volunteers across the UK.
Angie Taylor, one of […]
Debbie Abrahams with Andy Burnham (right)
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Debbie Abrahams, Labour’s candidate for Oldham East & Saddleworth, who is seeking re-election in Thursday’s election, was joined on the campaign trail in Lees by recently elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.
Andy said: “I want to thank the people of Oldham for giving me their support to become the first elected Mayor of Greater Manchester. But, to get the best possible deal for you, I need strong […]
Whit Friday at Denshaw
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
This year’s Whit Friday band contests are set to attract thousands of people to the borough – including musicians from as far afield as Switzerland and Australia.
Oldham Council is again providing help and financial support to ensure the Saddleworth and Lees contests hit all the right notes and everyone enjoys a spectacular day of free entertainment and fun.
Dubbed ‘the greatest free show on earth’, this traditional event dates back to […]
Oldham traders who are supporting Love Your Local Market
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Oldham Council is supporting ‘Love Your Local Market’ for the fifth year in a row with a series of activities and promotions.
And residents could win £50 worth of Tommyfield Market shopping vouchers just by telling us why they love Oldham’s market traders.
We are running a social media competition as part of ‘Love Your Local Market’, which is a national campaign celebrating Britain’s markets.
With a […]
Cllr Derek Heffernan (left) with Garth Harkness at The Three Crowns pub in Scouthead
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Oldham and Saddleworth Liberal Democrats have won a Cardiac Smart award for making the local area more resilient in terms of improving the clinical outcomes of those who have unfortunately suffered a cardiac arrest.
The group will be presented with the award on 23 June 2017 in Leyland.
Saddleworth based Liberal Democrat councillors Alan Roughley, Garth Harkness and Derek Heffernan ran a […]
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
A fascinating exhibition has launched at Gallery Oldham celebrating Oldham’s proud industrial past.
In 1865 Godai Tomoatsu, a student from the western Japanese island of Kyushu and agent of the Prince of Satsuma, secretly came to Oldham. At the time Oldham was the world’s greatest cotton mill town.
Godai visited the famous Platt Brothers’ Works in Werneth and placed an order for textile machinery and spindles. He also arranged for engineers to visit Japan to set up […]
Senior lesson
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Oldham Kyokushinkai Karate club meets every Tuesday and Thursday night at Springhead Congregational Church to practice the strongest karate.
The club was established in 1975.
Juniors
There are classes for both juniors and adults, first lessons are free and beginners are welcome.
Junior class starts at 7pm till 8pm on both days and seniors (16yrs and older) starts at 8pm till 9pm on both days.
The club is family friendly and welcomes […]
Martha Reeves
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
It’s been more than 50 years since Martha Reeves first boarded that rented bus along with the likes of The Miracles, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes and Marvin Gaye on the first Motown Review. She and her backup group, the Vandellas, sang behind Marvin on his first three hit records and then soon hit the charts with their own trifecta: “Come and Get These Memories,” “Love is Like a Heat Wave,” and “Quicksand” in 1963. […]
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Actor, director, former Artistic Director of Nottingham Playhouse and twice former Artistic Director/Chief Executive of Oldham Coliseum Theatre, Kenneth Alan Taylor, stars as André in The Father. The Father is a French drama phenomena that has been performed internationally to great acclaim; this is its North West premiere.
André is a charming elderly gentleman who once had a glittering career as a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter Anne and her husband Antoine in a chic […]
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Lyceum Theatre Oldham is re-creating Macbeth, through the medium of the women of Farndale.
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society are a fictitious group of unpredictable amateurs created by playwrights David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jnr. They have re-imagined a number of classic plays within plays, each with hilarious comic effect. Their version of Macbeth is no exception.
The performance includes witches on crutches, a stand-in cross-dressing Lady Macbeth and a set that […]
Rishworth School - one of the top in the country for music
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Rishworth School is delighted to have received notice that it has been placed in the top 76 schools in England for Music at GCSE level.
The award has been made by the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) has been made “in recognition of the excellent work you do with music within your school”.
Alastair Gloag, the Headmaster told Saddleworth News: “It is really […]
Reporter: Allan Roach
Saddleworth Village Games is proud to announce that it has been chosen as one of the local charities that will be supported this year by the Co-op Local Community Fund.
So what can you do to help?
Well firstly if you are not a member of the Co-op then please register either in store or on line at membership.coop.co.uk/register
It costs £1 to join, and comes with a host of benefits for you and us. In addition […]
The bus stopped on Chew Valley Road in Greenfield after the driver tackled the leak
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
There was a minor incident in Greenfield today when a bus operated by First Group began to leak liquid from its engine compartment as it travelled along Chew Valley Road.
At approximately 3.15pm the driver of the bus became aware of the leak and immediately pulled over to the side of the road.
He used a special substance to soak up […]
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