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Phil Woolas MP Phil Woolas has accused his Liberal Democrat opponents of “bigotry” during the general election campaign here in Oldham East and Saddleworth. He has also strongly denied that controversial Labour leaflets issued on his behalf were only distributed in ‘white’ areas of the constituency. Mr Woolas made the claims in an e-mail […]
The A62 was closed both ways for a time earlier today, because of an accident involving a car and a cyclist at New Delph. The incident happened at the junction with The Sound. A witness told Saddleworth News that an ambulance went to the scene to attend to the cyclist at the side of the […]
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A635 Holmfirth Road near Greenfield this morning. The vehicles collided and both ended up off the road and in a ditch. According to the police, a blue Astra and a black Jaguar were involved in the incident. The driver of the Jaguar was able to walk […]
The Saddleworth WI’s charity fundraising summer party takes place this Friday at the Saddleworth Hotel. And there are still a few tickets going for the event, which has an Indian theme. As always with the WI it’s local charities which will benefit, with proceeds being split between the Dr Kershaw’s and Willow […]
A muddy stream flows into the River Tame in Mossley. (picture: William Figg/Wonders of Greater Manchester Facebook group) We’re being encouraged to suggest Saddleworth locations to be included in a new Wonders of Greater Manchester project. You can nominate anything in our area which you think might be worthy of recognition. The suggestions are […]
Anyone wanting to read more about last week’s Phil Woolas election court hearing in Uppermill would do well to take a look at the blog of the BBC’s North West political editor, Arif Ansari. He’s written three detailed posts about the three days of witness testimony heard in the Civic Hall. His reflections on day […]
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