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Candidate Interview: Debbie Abrahams (Labour, Colne Valley)

Debbie Abrahams, the Labour candidate for Colne Valley, at her campaign office in Slaithwaite today. (That's my baby daughter's head at the bottom right of the picture!)

Labour’s general election candidate for Colne Valley has said health, the economy, jobs, education and the environment are the five issues she’s […]

Council Candidate Interview: Alan Roughley (Liberal Democrat, Saddleworth North)

The Liberal Democrat candidate for the Saddleworth North ward on Oldham Council has said he believes his party has made “quite a big difference” in its two years running the borough. Alan Roughley also used an interview with Saddleworth News today to promise to work towards new affordable housing in Saddleworth, if he’s re-elected.

Mr […]

Council Candidate Interview: Barbara Beeley (Liberal Democrat, Saddleworth West And Lees)

The Liberal Democrat candidate for the Saddleworth West and Lees ward, Barbara Beeley, at Uppermill Civic Hall last night.

Barbara Beeley, the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Saddleworth West and Lees ward on Oldham Council, has said she likes “getting stuck in” to solving local problems. The Saddleworth Parish […]

Calls For Changes To Winter Road Gritting

There’s an opportunity to change the way the gritting of Saddleworth’s roads is organised, parish councillors were told last night. Saddleworth Parish Council’s sub-committee on transport issues is to work with Oldham Council’s Highways Department, as the authority tries to learn lessons from the problems which affected our area during the recent heavy snow.

Cllr […]

New County Signs At Grains Bar

The new Yorkshire sign at Grains Bar.

Facing the other way it's the new Lancashire sign, on the side of the old toll building.

Two new signs marking the traditional boundary between Yorkshire and Lancashire have gone up at Grains Bar. They’re on either side of the A672 […]

Uppermill Date For Saddleworth Theatre Company

Saddleworth’s Hard Graft Theatre Company will be performing in Uppermill next month as part of a national tour of their current production, Knife Edge. The Springhead-based group have already put on two sold out dates at the Lowry in Salford, and are taking the play to venues around the UK.

The brand new play, written […]

WI Coffee Morning This Saturday

The Saddleworth branch of the Women’s Institute is promising a “coffee morning with a difference” in Uppermill this Saturday. They’re calling it a Crafty Cuppa event, with homemade handicrafts on sale along with stalls for cakes, jewellery, toys, tombola and lots of others.

The event takes place at the museum in Uppermill, and runs from […]