OLDHAM Mountain Rescue Team helps an average of 52 people a year – but it is now asking for your help in return. The…
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Author: Leslie Kerwin
Pianist Rose McLachlan: ‘Teaching gives you a bigger perspective of what’s important’
AN AWARD-WINNING pianist who has been a star since she was a teenager has brought her talents to Uppermill. Rose McLachlan was only 13-years-old when…
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Mayoral elections 2026: Your candidates in full
A MAN running to be the next Mayor of Greater Manchester has backed the idea of ‘mass deportation’. Marlon Scott West, of Ashton-under-Lyne, previously made…
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Millgate Arts Centre gives audiences a backstage pass
“I’VE BEEN involved at the Lyceum and at the Playhouse 2 in Shaw – but this is the place which feels like home.” So says Pauline Walsh, theatre director and long-time member…
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GM Mayoral candidate backs ‘mass deportation’
A MAN running to be the next Mayor of Greater Manchester has backed the idea of ‘mass deportation.’ Marlon Scott West previously made headlines as…
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Uppermill Summer Music Festival is high note for opera star
“I ALWAYS think this could be my last performance. You never know when you’re going to get to sing something again or work with the same people…
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Award-winning band lights up children’s hospital – and Uppermill
“WE DON’T know of any other groups like ours – we think we’re one of the first concepts to be doing this.” Musician Jess Tomlinson…
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Friezland kids are picture perfect
IT WAS Picasso who said it took him ‘four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.’ And how impressed…
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Healthcare workers hike Saddleworth peaks to raise funds for NHS charity
HIKING A whopping 16 miles across Saddleworth’s peaks is no small feat for anybody – least of all the critical care workers raising money for…
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Rail developments, banking hubs and a new slant on Yorkshire Day discussed at June Parish Council meeting
SADDLEWORTH Parish Council has discussed the Transpennine Route Upgrade at its general meeting. The council’s June session saw all but a small handful of councillors…
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Millgate Arts Centre announces new theatre season
It’s set to be an exciting year ahead for the theatre-lovers of Saddleworth, as the Millgate Arts Centre pulls back the curtain on its upcoming…
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Kids overrun park for hospice
AN OLDHAM park was overrun on Wednesday (June 17) as more than a thousand schoolchildren joined together to raise money for a hospice. Volunteers from…
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Dog-Toy Story for Oldham doggy daycare
An Oldham doggy daycare went to infinity and beyond as they celebrated the release of Toy Story 5. On Friday (June 19), Sully’s Doggy Daycare…
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British Empire Medal for Saddleworth environmentalist
A SADDLEWORTH woman who founded a community hydroelectricity project has been honoured – and says she hopes her work will get more people talking about…
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Walking football club kicks off ahead of new kit
WALKING football is a much faster game than its name might suggest. That is the key takeaway from a Friday match at the Saddleworth Walking…
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Saddleworth Village Olympics welcomes new chairman
THE OPENING ceremony of this year’s Saddleworth Village Olympics will be a prouder moment for one local man than most. For this year will…
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Silver trophies for Saddleworth’s best of brass
DOZENS OF local bands left laden in silverware after an official Whit Friday awards ceremony. 41 trophies were up for grabs at the Dobcross and Uppermill Whit Friday Band Awards Presentation on Sunday,…
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Ascot Ladies’ Day event promises frocks, fascinators and fundraising for hospice
“PUTTING THE ‘fun’ in ‘fundraising’” is how Joanne Penketh describes Saddleworth’s biggest women’s fashion event of the year. She is talking, of course, about the…
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Saddleworth author’s upcoming book a ‘cultural celebration’ of Ireland – and Mossley
“IMAGINE being sent away at 19-years-old and being invited with an old school friend to live in an Atlantic seaside cottage, by a legendary folk singer…
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Last-minute salvation for Saddleworth community group
A SADDLEWORTH community association that was facing closure is breathing a sigh of relief after being saved by a good-natured volunteer. The Scouthead and Austerlands…
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The volunteers saddling up for disabled kids
“AT THE beginning, we had a child with cerebral palsy. It had taken some time for her to have the confidence to go on a…
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Registration now open for 2026 Saddleworth Village Olympics
THE TIME has come for the children of Saddleworth to lace up and line up, with registration for the Saddleworth Village Olympics now open for…
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Whit Friday results name Saddleworth’s best of brass
IT WAS the sounds of summer on Friday (29 May) as hundreds of band players descended upon Saddleworth for this year’s Whit Friday celebrations. In…
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