A SADDLEWORTH Councillor has branded Oldham representatives’ failure to work together and break the leadership deadlock is “the definition of madness”. Government commissioners are now set to…
View More Oldham Council deadlock means government intervention
A SADDLEWORTH councillor is proposing a plan he feels can finally break the deadlock over who will lead Oldham Council. Put simply, every party will. Those serving on…
View More Saddleworth councillor proposes ‘Concord’ solution for Oldham authority
A SADDLEWORTH councillor has avoided major punishment after being found to have covertly recorded a meeting involving Oldham’s leader. And opponents believe Mark Kenyon got…
View More Saddleworth councillor escapes severe punishment over recording leak of meeting
CONTENTIOUS plans to place a much-reduced number of homes on land in Saddleworth have attracted several objections. Original plans to build more than 150 at…
View More Objections over latest Stonebreaks proposals
By Charlotte Hall, Local Democracy Reporting Service A SADDLEWORTH councillor alleged to have been caught ‘spying’ on a private meeting has been given a ‘warning.’…
View More Saddleworth councillor reprimanded over ‘spygate’
A SADDLEWORTH councillor has apologised to his national party as he is investigated over a ‘spygate’ row. Mark Kenyon is subject to a standards probe…
View More Saddleworth councillor apologises amid ‘spygate’ row
By Charlotte Hall – Local Democracy Reporter OLDHAM Council is trialling a new traffic scheme to tackle a notorious ‘chaos corner’ in Lees. Two ‘school…
View More New School Streets introduced in Lees
GROTTON is ready to rumble – and people could not be happier. For the installation of new rumble strips can help solve a speeding issue.…
View More Rumbling sensation in Grotton a source of delight to councillors
SPEEDING on streets in Saddleworth villages is the “number one issue” that people raise, according to one local councillor. There have been long-standing calls to…
View More Councillor welcomes scheme to address ‘terrifying’ speeding
PEOPLE opposed to plans to divert a footpath so it can make way for a controversial Saddleworth housing development are celebrating after its approval was…
View More Campaigners celebrate as Planning Inspector overturns ‘cutting a valley in two’
OWNERS of land that has seen a river in Lees blocked by tons of soil has been told to act or they will face legal…
View More Legal action threatened over blocked Lees river
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