SADDLEWORTH ROTARY Club’s new president Richard Bartlett is aiming to increase membership during his year of office. Mr Bartlett, the managing director of a Yorkshire-based…
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Car park troubles at new surgery solved
RELIEVED RESIDENTS praised fast-acting workmen after a troublesome bollard causing chaos for drivers outside the temporary Delph surgery was removed just a day after being reported. Drivers struggled to squeeze around Millgate car park between the wooden post and…
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Bikers’ burgers raise £2,000 for charity
KIND-HEARTED bikers raised almost £2,000 for charity after transforming an Uppermill car park to keep locals fed and watered over the annual Yanks weekend. Road wizards…
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Trio earn charity trip to Uganda
THREE SADDLEWORTH School students are embarking on the trip of a lifetime – with Royal approval. Tegan Cowley Merrington, Noah Levins and Lee Booth from Year 11 will help out at Ugandan government…
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Residents help postpone major sewer works over winter
A MISERABLE winter of discontent for more than two thousand residents and businesses in Uppermill has been avoided after a utility giant listened to locals’ concerns. United Utilities were planning…
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A Christmas Carol party
AN EVENT reviving a tradition dating back to the eighteenth century is being planned for Saddleworth this Christmas. The Saddleworth Consort chamber choir intends to revive a…
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MP becomes Dementia Friend
DETERMINED TO make the area dementia friendly, Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams has signed up to be a Dementia Friend – and urged others to do the…
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Residents disappointed over planning approvals
VILLAGE RESIDENTS were left upset and frustrated after outline planning approval was passed for 12 houses on a green field area in Diggle, says a local councillor. Cllr Lesley Brown,…
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Special award for Oldham Music Centre Youth Wind Band
OLDHAM MUSIC Centre Youth Wind Band was selected to receive a special award after impressing at the annual National Festival of Music for Youth Their…
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Does Saddleworth have adequate health facilities?
ARE THERE adequate health facilities in Saddleworth? Don Hancock, from Grasscroft, questions the lack of health facilities in the area and wants to see more care available for…
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