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A waymarker on Crompton Moor, close to Pingot Quarry (picture: Geograph/Michael Ely) New cycle and play trails are going to be built on Crompton Moor. Oldham Council will spend £30,000 of National Lottery money on the project, with work starting later this year. The council was first awarded the cash back in 2007. Initially […]
The expected cloudy conditions have arrived in Saddleworth today, making the clear skies of yesterday and Sunday already seem a bit of a distant memory. So, until the next spell of beautiful cloudless weather, this picture will have to do as a reminder. It was taken yesterday morning by Paul Steele from […]
Oldham now has a big screen. Sadly for film fans it’s not a 3D IMAX mega-cinema to show the latest releases, but instead a rather more modest two-metre screen so the council can “keep citizens informed of the latest news and events” in the area. The screen is in Tommyfield Market, and looks on to […]
Saddleworth Runners Club put on the Chew Valley Skyline race for the first time in ten years at the weekend. And one of the club’s own members finished the gruelling course first. The race follows the hills and fells around Dove Stone Reservoir. Sean Willis, from Mossley, completed the 13-mile distance in […]
The law firm which defended kitchens tycoon Vance Miller has won a prize in the first Manchester Legal Awards. Burton Copeland was named the crime/regulatory team of the year. Mr Miller and three others stood accused of conspiracy to defraud, in a prosecution brought by Oldham Council’s trading standards unit. But the trial collapsed in […]
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