A SADDLEWORTH Councillor is to press for a challenge to contracts over accommodation for asylum seekers. Authorities in Essex’s Epping Forest and Great Yarmouth in…
View More Saddleworth Councillor calls for legal challenge to migrant accommodation contracts
AN ORDER which bans the lighting of fires, barbecues and fireworks on moorland in Saddleworth is set to be extended. Regulations that have been in…
View More Saddleworth moorland fire and barbecue ban set to remain
A YOUNG Saddleworth councillor’s commitment to volunteering in the community has been given the Royal seal of approval. Councillor Max Woodvine dedicated time and effort…
View More Saddleworth councillor honoured at Buckingham Palace
A SADDLEWORTH councillor has been elected as leader of the Conservatives on Oldham borough council. And Max Woodvine has heavily criticised the authority’s leadership as…
View More Saddleworth councillor becomes new Oldham Conservative leader – and blasts council tax rise
COUNCILLORS in Saddleworth claim pubs in the area are set to lose thousands of pounds under an increased tax burden brought by the Government. It…
View More Saddleworth pubs face six-figure tax increase, councillors claim
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build on land at Lydgate has been turned down for a fourth time. Simon Leigh looked like getting his four-bedroomed property…
View More Lydgate housing scheme rejected after passionate appeals
PLANS to remove several grit bins from Saddleworth’s streets have been greeted with an angry response from those representing the area. Oldham Council has said…
View More Saddleworth grit bins’ removal sparks concern
ANGER over a chimney that has been placed on top of a former Uppermill toilet block being converted into an eatery is misplaced, developers say.…
View More Assurances given over new Uppermill venue’s chimney
Photography by Carl Ennis IT REALLY has been a dog’s life in Saddleworth as the area’s best put on a show. Greenfield’s Northern Alsatian and…
View More Saddleworth dog training society Breed joy at anniversary event
VANDALS have sparked an angry reaction from people in Saddleworth after damaging Uppermill’s listed war memorial in a ‘mindless crime.’ The cross on top of…
View More Shocking war memorial vandalism causes anger
COUNCILLORS have hit out as they believe several questions remain unanswered after alterations to an ‘ugly’ housing development were approved. There are also concerns allowing…
View More Questions remain over Knowls Lane development after latest approval
ROAD warning signs across Saddleworth will be replaced and switched on in an £80,000 scheme that has been welcomed by local councillors. Oldham Council has…
View More Saddleworth road warning sign switch-on welcomed
A SCHEME which would have seen traffic islands placed along a busy stretch of a Saddleworth road has been scrapped because of residents’ objections. Oldham…
View More No islands in a stream of Saddleworth traffic after residents’ worries
THE FATE of an appeal over a decision to refuse an application to build three homes in Lydgate should be known by February. Oldham Council…
View More Lydgate homes appeal to be decided
SADDLEWORTH councillors have been out and about to make sure the area will honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Max Woodvine and Luke Lancaster have…
View More Saddleworth ready to honour its fallen
A COLOURFUL wildflower meadow has been sown and seeded to brighten up a piece of land in Lydgate. The planting was carried out thanks to…
View More Wonderful wildflower meadow blooms in Lydgate
A PORTRAIT to honour a famous son of Dobcross now has pride of place in Saddleworth Museum. John Platt was the MP for and Mayor…
View More Platt’s my boy! Museum home for famous Dobcross villager
A NEW sign chronicling the history of Diggle has been erected as part of improvements to enhance the area for locals and visitors. The previous…
View More Sign of the times… Improvement boosts for village
A PROMINENT fingerpost at Scouthead crossroads pointing to Delph, Austerlands and Lydgate has been erected thanks to funding from Saddleworth councillors. The feature fingerpost, which…
View More Scouthead signposts Saddleworth villages
TWO Saddleworth councillors are campaigning for the creation of a new South Pennines National Park to protect and preserve the area. Cllrs Luke Lancaster and…
View More Campaigning councillors call for new National Park for South Pennines
SADDLEWORTH councillor Max Woodvine has completed his own fundraising feat to raise money for this year’s Poppy Appeal. Over the course of one weekend, he…
View More Saddleworth councillor on the run for Poppy Appeal
ANCIENT Armit Road and medieval meadows are at the centre of a councillor’s attention after he discovered deeds and documents detailing the history of two…
View More Councillor hopes to showcase historic Friezland fields
A SADDLEWORTH councillor has helped to conserve a coppice planted in Austerlands by his great-great-uncle about 50 years ago. The coppice comes under the curtilage…
View More Family affair as preservation order secures Thorpe Lane trees for next generations
OFF-ROAD vehicles have left a Springhead lane so churned up that even farmers cannot use it. The ancient highway of Wood Brook Lane, which connects…
View More The all-too-beaten track! ‘Off-roaders’ churn up ancient route
AN UPPERMILL born physicist whose pioneering work helped saved countless lives during two World Wars is to be finally honoured in his native Saddleworth more…
View More Celebrated naval scientist from Uppermill to be honoured with blue plaque
FLOODING concerns across Saddleworth have prompted calls for greater local authority frequency of grids and gully cleaning. Residents in Kenworthy Gardens, Uppermill were put on…
View More Appeal for more grid cleaning to alleviate potential flooding risk
COUNCILLORS have written to a senior Westminster figure in an attempt to stop HGVs using satellite navigation systems intended for smaller vehicles on the streets…
View More Councillors call for ban on HGVs using car sat navs
A TRAFFIC report in support of a 78-homes plan for Diggle will be amended after surveys put part of the village in Northamptonshire. The housing…
View More No-thants! Home plans on wrong road, say Parish councillors
VETERAN Conservative councillor John Hudson has confirmed he will be retiring at the end of his current term as Oldham MBC councillor. The Greenfield-based politician,…
View More Changing of the guard as John Hudson set to retire as OMBC councillor
SADDLEWORTH Parish councillors are joining their voices together to show support and appreciation for the police across the community and beyond. Cllr Luke Lancaster proposed…
View More Parish speaks out in support of police
A FORMER printer’s workshop could become a new community heritage and archive centre. Saddleworth Historical Society has submitted plans to transform the premises at Holly…
View More Back to the future: new heritage centre planned for Greenfield
COUNCILLORS are calling for the statue of a renowned local businessman and politician to be moved to Dobcross. Currently, the memorial to John Platt, first…
View More Call to move John Platt statue
SINCE burning down in June 2016, Bailey Mill in Delph has become an ‘eyesore’ according to Saddleworth Parish Councillors, Luke Lancaster and Max Woodvine. They…
View More Brownfield development funding for Bailey Mill?
A VETERAN councillor has avoided losing her seat on Saddleworth Parish Council. Cllr Mavis Bingley previously attended the February full council meeting at Uppermill Civic…
View More Long-serving councillor is saved from disqualification
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