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By Charlotte Green, Local Democracy Reporter CONTROVERSIAL proposals to build a £3.5m link road and 265 homes on protected open land in Springhead, Grotton and Lees…
View More Oldham planning chiefs refuse controversial plans for road and 265 homes in Springhead
UPPERMILL pavements are in urgent need of repair, claim residents who are fed up of falling and tripping along the village High Street. The Independent…
View More Fix our footpaths plea from residents after falls and trips
CAMPAIGNERS fighting for the removal of a steel fence on Den Lane in Uppermill refuse to celebrate despite winning a concession from land owners Network…
View More Driven batty: Residents refuse to give up fight for removal of ‘pointless’ fence
A DISTRAUGHT father is calling for action to prevent sheep from eating the flowers placed on the grave of his dead daughter. Samantha Jones endured…
View More Dad pleas for help to stop sheep eating tributes on daughter’s grave
A Graffiti tagger is being sought after a centuries old Saddleworth pack horse bridge was daubed with white paint. The bridge, across Chew Brook in…
View More Bridge of sighs! Graffiti vandal on Greenfield spree
A SERIES of events and activities are taking place across Saddleworth and Oldham to mark Remembrance Sunday in a special year commemorating 100 years since…
View More Saddleworth remembers: events and services to mark Armistice Day
GRASSCROFT girls Yasmin Roebuck and Alicia Scholes have just returned from a tour to Australia with the England U17 netball team. Both girls, who each…
View More Grasscroft girls star for England
SADDLEWORTH’S Christmas Angels are spreading their wings this year with a little help from their mere mortal creators. When it came to ‘must have’ items…
View More Angels delight: Knitters needed to help return Saddleworth visitors
DAVID Harrop was only legally able to buy a pint from a pub four years ago. Now entrepreneurial David is poised to become one of…
View More Three is magic number as David and Holly take on the ‘Crowns’
A GRASSCROFT school for children with autism is looking forward to the brightest of futures thanks to a remarkable gesture by a long standing Saddleworth…
View More School’s In! Bright Future for autistic children after Saddleworth business comes to rescue