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Labour's candidate for Oldham East and Saddleworth, Phil Woolas, at his campaign office in Clarksfield today. Labour’s Phil Woolas has put local transport at the forefront of his campaign to be re-elected as MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth. He also used an interview with Saddleworth News to reveal […]
Eight fire engines and more than 40 firefighters were needed to put out a blaze in Mossley this morning. The fire broke out shortly after 9am at a scrapyard on Broadcarr Lane. The Greater Manchester Fire Service said that when the crews arrived at the scene, they found a fire burning among some scrap metal. […]
The battle between Labour and the Liberal Democrats in Oldham East and Saddleworth is getting increasingly bitter, with allegations from a former Lib Dem worker that she was paid just £3 an hour cash-in-hand for helping the Elwyn Watkins campaign. Mr Watkins strongly denied the claims yesterday when he was confronted by BBC Newsnight political […]
A former Saddleworth councillor has died. Brian Mather, who represented the old Saddleworth East ward for 20 years between 1984 and 2004, passed away on Tuesday. Mr Mather was 74 and had been suffering from stomach cancer. He spent most of his political career as a Liberal Democrat, apart from his final year of his […]
The mild and dry weather of the past few days should continue into this weekend, although there will be a lot of cloud around too. Today is likely to be typical of the coming days, with some sunny intervals and top temperatures of a pleasant enough 11C. It’ll be cold tonight though, with lows of […]
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