Category: News

A MILITARY champion is urging former members of the armed services to come aid of the local branch of the Royal British Legion. The Saddleworth members…

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A SADDLEWORTH graveyard is to feature in a documentary film after a ghostly figure was captured in a camera lens. Landscape photographer Alan Bishop got…

View More ‘Ghostly’ tale told on film

SADDLEWORTH’S NEXT generation is being given a boost for the future thanks to funds donated by the community’s generous organisations. A £5,000 cheque was presented…

View More Youth group gets timely funds boost

AS HIS third stint at the helm of Saddleworth Parish Council ends, chairman Councillor Brian Lord is handing over the chains of office to Councillor…

View More Changing of the guard

BRIGHT YELLOW and white lines painted on historic cobbles in the heart of a village community have caused a stir among residents and businesses. The…

View More Village split over new parking restrictions

THE HUNT for a new site for Saddleworth’s only secondary school has unleashed both excitement and concern as the community battles to secure the best…

View More Search for new school site begins

THE COLLATERAL damage caused by scrapping the legendary Saddleworth Beer Walk was revealed by the new chairman of a charity fundraising club. But Ian Eardley…

View More ‘Year of fortune’ promised for local charities

NATURE-LOVING YOUNGSTERS are getting hands-on to help with conservation projects at one of the area’s most-loved reservoirs. Oldham Youth Council has teamed up with the…

View More Rangers hop to it and create frog pond

FIGHT TO save the taste of honey DESPITE BEING a species threatened by pesticides and disease, bees have been a life-long passion for one Lydgate…

View More Why we should be kind to bees

AS SADDLEWORTH prepares to celebrate Whit Friday, Father Christopher Halliday looks at the origin of the historic tradition. ON FRIDAY May 24 the villages of…

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