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There’s some slightly better weather on the way over the next few days, although it’s not exactly what you could really call summer. After the chilly conditions earlier in the week, today should at least be milder and brighter with regular sunny spells and highs of 18C. Friday should be sunny too, although it will [...] Crash victim Joe Smith (left) with his brother Tom. (picture: GMP) The three local borough councillors for Saddleworth North have responded to the motorbike crash which claimed two lives on Delph Road on Saturday. Cllrs Mike Buckley, Derek Heffernan and Alan Roughley said they had already been talking to the police about any action which [...]
Mossley suffered their second defeat in as many league games last night, as they were thrashed 5-0 away at Clitheroe. Mossley had been just one goal down when Ben Richardson was sent off early in the second half, and the home side took full advantage after that. Richardson, who was already [...] The Talking Point Centre in Scouthead. (picture: 4N Saddleworth)
Saddleworth businesspeople have two new opportunities to get together in the coming weeks. Two different networking groups for our area will be holding their first events in September. The first is the launch of Saddleworth’s 4Networking [...] Residents in Saddleworth are being warned to be on their guard, after a series of bogus calls elsewhere in the borough of Oldham. Thieves have been getting into homes by telling householders they may have a problem with their drains, before making off with cash. Three similar incidents took place on 17 August in Hathershaw, [...] Joe Smith (left) with his brother Tom. (picture: GMP) The family of a biker killed on the Delph Road on Saturday have said they “will never be the same again” following his death. Joe Smith, who was just 17, died in a head-on collision with another motorcyclist between Denshaw and Delph. The other rider [...] The Morris Men in Dobcross Square on Saturday. (picture: David Rigby) The Saddleworth Morris Men enjoyed a busy weekend as the annual Rushcart Festival took place. The sun shone as they toured Uppermill, Delph, Dobcross and Greenfield on Saturday, before Sunday’s day of activities at St Chad’s Church above Uppermill. On Saturday, the so-called [...] Roads in Uppermill, Diggle and Delph are going to be closed for varying lengths of time as work to improve retaining walls in our area continues. Church Road in Uppermill will be shut for two days next week, while two shorter stretches of road in Diggle and Delph will close to traffic for almost six [...]
Mossley were beaten in their first league game of the season on Saturday. They went down 1-0 at home to Bamber Bridge. Michael White scored the only goal of the game for the visitors after just ten minutes. According to the report on the club’s website, Mossley came back strongly especially [...] Delph and Dobcross recorded another win in the Huddersfield League on Saturday, with a comfortable nine-wicket triumph over visitors Broad Oak. Warren Jones put in a man of the match performance with the ball, taking 7/27. After being put in to bat, Broad Oak made a steady start before first-change bowler Jones took two wickets [...] We’ve got another few days of fairly unsettled conditions ahead, with that familiar mixture of sunshine and showers lasting us until the weekend. Tuesday is forecast to start overcast, and that cloud will be around for much of the day, with some light rain showers as well. However, things should clear up in the late [...] Two motorcyclists were killed on Saturday after a head-on collision on Delph Road, between Denshaw and Delph. The accident happened at about 3:40pm, about a quarter of a mile from the junction between Delph Road and Wham Lane. According to the MEN, the two bikes involved were a a red and white Yamaha and a [...] The injured man is stretchered into the air ambulance. (all pictures: Rory Lees-Oakes) Here’s the moment a man run over and badly injured in a freak accident during the Yanks Festival last Sunday was helped into an air ambulance. The helicopter took the man to hospital in Huddersfield, after he was knocked down in [...] The Yanks procession in Uppermill last Sunday. (pictures: Paul Farrand) Here are a couple of great images from the Yanks Weekend, taken by reader Paul Farrand. They show the procession of military vehicles as it passed through Uppermill in beautiful sunshine on Sunday lunchtime. Many thanks to Paul for sending them in. If you’ve [...] |
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