OLDHAM Council has bought the Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre, safeguarding an important town centre building and paving the way for a new Tommyfield Market, homes and businesses. The purchase will be a catalyst…
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Local charity Maggie’s Oldham is encouraging people to ‘bake a difference’ in November to support people with cancer. With this year’s Great British Bake Off…
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THE Old Library Garden Cafe in Uppermill is asking visitors to buy an ‘invisible lunch’ and help support Mahdlo Youth Zone this half-term. Customers at…
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By Steve Berry I recently decided to change my own runabout – a perfectly respectable 2013 Mazda3 SEL-Nav – for something a little more fun.…
View More Keeping on track with the right tyres
OLDHAM College is vowing “our best is yet to come” after being pipped to the post for the coveted ‘FE College of the Year’ award.…
View More Oldham College: ‘Best is yet to come’ for ‘FE College of The Year’ nominee
EVEN during a fun-filled ‘men’s holiday’, these four friends made sure to have a copy of their favourite newspaper to hand.Neil Tomlinson, Steve Schofield, Geoff…
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From Helena Butler, Delph I read an article in the Saddleworth Independent (August 2020) about cycling in Saddleworth. The article invited comments about what would…
View More VILLAGE VOICE: “Bridge repair vital to cycling participation”
ON September 24, 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced new plans that the Government would top up the wages of workers who have been forced to…
View More O’Donnell’s: What the Job Support Scheme means for employers and employees
THE traditional remembrance service at Pots and Pans will not take place this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers have confirmed. Instead there will…
View More Not forgotten: Remembrance services moved to Uppermill
A PUBLIC Remembrance Service will not be held at Austerlands War Memorial, which celebrates its centenary this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic and current…
View More No Remembrance service in Austerlands in centenary war
