PUPILS have ‘risen to the challenge and achieved against the odds’ following the Covid-19 pandemic, says Hathershaw College’s principal Mark Giles. Students celebrated as they…
View More Hathershaw College pupils rise to GCSE challenge despite Covid disruption
FLAGS and banners flew high and brass bands rang out as church Processions of Witness returned to Saddleworth’s villages for the first time in three…
View More Wonderful Whit Friday: Celebrations return after Covid pandemic
VISITORS to the Satellite Centre in Greenfield are asked to follow regulations in place to help keep users, volunteers and staff safe during the Covid-19…
View More Response to Covid-19 at the Satellite Centre
GREATER Manchester residents have been advised that they will need to follow targeted and temporary measures – including wearing face coverings on all forms of…
View More Face coverings required on public transport
SADDLEWORTH Parish Council chairman Cllr Barbara Beeley said she is ‘devastated’ to be missing important events to mark Remembrance Day after contracting Covid-19. She said:…
View More Saddleworth Parish Council chairman ‘devastated’ to miss Remembrance events after contracting Covid-19
BROMLEYS Solicitors’ response to the pandemic has been praised as the firm celebrates being recognised for excellence in its practice management and client care. The…
View More Response to pandemic highlighted as Bromleys Solicitors wins plaudits
SADDLEWORTH Film Society (SFS) is not reconvening in the Autumn due to the current uncertain situation with the Covid-19 pandemic. They intend to open in…
View More Saddleworth Film Society to return in 2022
CORONAVIRUS cases in Oldham have now hit a new recorded high of 788 per 100,000 exceeding the previous high point of 754 per 100,000 from…
View More Coronavirus cases in Oldham hit all time high
COVID-19 restrictions are being lifted at Oldham Community Leisure centres – including Saddleworth – from Monday, July 19 in line with the government’s stages for…
View More Oldham Community Leisure centres to see Covid restrictions eased
THERE will be fun and games for all the family as the Saddleworth Show is set to return later this year. The annual event, organised…
View More Get ready for Summer Show spectacle
WITH 14% of Oldham’s children self-isolating from school Oldham Council Leader Arooj Shah is calling on the Government to take urgent action. As of Thursday…
View More Oldham calls for action on school isolation
WHIT Friday celebrations and band contests were officially cancelled for a second year – but locals kept the spirit of the day alive with their…
View More Whit Friday spirit alive in Saddleworth
MILITARY personnel have been approved to step up the testing effort in Saddleworth School and the other secondaries across Oldham as Covid-19 rates continue to rise.…
View More Military personnel called in to support Covid testing effort in Oldham schools
VILLAGERS are urged to use Dobcross’s last shop and Post Office or risk losing both. On the second anniversary of taking over both entities, postmaster…
View More Dobcross Post Office under threat as Brian considers future plans?
NEW Coronavirus guidance has been issued to people in Saddleworth and across Oldham. Along with authorities throughout Greater Manchester and Lancashire, additional testing, tracing, isolation…
View More Get tested plea Covid-19 guidance update to control new variant
THEY didn’t succeed in their ambitions to get elected but the Green Party’s Brian and Louise Banawich still want the community to face up to…
View More Use ‘em or bin ‘em! Face masks becoming a new litter menace
THE doors at Saddleworth Museum are finally reopening to the public in May after being closed for 15 months due to the coronavirus pandemic. A…
View More Saddleworth Museum prepares for re-opening after 15-month closure due to Covid pandemic
RESIDENTS across Saddleworth and Oldham who have not yet been vaccinated are invited to get involved in an important Covid-19 vaccine study that could add…
View More Saddleworth’s younger residents offered chance to join vaccine study
PUBS, hairdressers, beauty salons and other non-essential shops in Saddleworth were in the mood to raise a glass as they served customers once again. After…
View More First orders! Saddleworth pubs and non-essential shops are back open for business
A GROUP of volunteer rangers at Dovestone, some with more than half a century of service, have been disbanded without warning. They discovered their fate…
View More Dovestone busier than ever so National Park axes Ranger service!
BUSINESSES forced to close during the national lockdown can now apply for a Restart Grant to help them reopen safely as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.…
View More Restart grants now open for applications from businesses across Oldham
Advertisement feature by Peter Mills, Saddleworth Travel There was an article with that headline on the BBC earlier this week and I’ll paraphrase the answer…
View More Saddleworth Travel – When can I go on holiday?
By Jacklin Kwan A GROUP of Saddleworth friends hope to serve up some much-needed funds for the hospitality sector thanks to their lockdown-inspired cookbook. Chris…
View More Quaran-dine with us: Saddleworth friends publish lockdown-inspired cookbook to raise funds for hospitality sector
IN THE last 12 months, businesses in Oldham have received more than £72,250,632.52 in financial support. These figures come a year on from the first…
View More Support still available for Oldham businesses
RESIDENTS are being asked to participate in a moment of reflection with Oldham Council today as together we mark the one-year anniversary of the first…
View More Saddleworth to take part in day of national reflection
AN eagerly anticipated concert by the Black Dyke Band in Uppermill next month has been postponed. As with this year’s Whit Friday band festival, organisers…
View More Brassed Off! Black Dyke Band concert postponed
DURING the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, a local greengrocer stepped up to the plate to support the community by providing essential groceries. Like many others, Caroline…
View More Village shop supports community during the coronavirus pandemic
OLDHAM Council has launched a new £500,000 funding pot to support businesses that are struggling to pay ongoing commercial property costs as a result of the pandemic. One-off grants…
View More More businesses to benefit from grants thanks to new scheme
THERE was no sign of Nick Knowles or Alan Titchmarsh as the Saddleworth community swung into action for Greenfield youngster Grace Beharall. But it was…
View More Grace’s garden is bloomin’ brilliant thanks to community effort
WITH pubs and restaurants still closed up and down the country, a Dobcross couple is on a mission to make sure mealtime is still a…
View More Couple serves up square meals for community during lockdown and beyond
Advertisement feature by Pearson Solicitors and Financial Advisers SADDLEWORTH businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic now have an insurance lifeline thanks to a recent Supreme Court…
View More Saddleworth businesses could gain £1000s in pandemic pay-outs
BRITAIN’S way out of lockdown has been spelled out by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. And non-essential businesses, including hairdressers and beauty salons, should reopen on…
View More “The end is in sight”- Britain’s road out of lockdown announced
A SADDLEWORTH business has been allowed to re-open this weekend after increasing safety measures at the popular location. But Oldham Council says it will continue…
View More Greene light! Weekend closures lifted at Diggle café bar
OLDHAM Mountain Rescue Team are mourning the death from Covid-19 of popular volunteer Mike Grimes aged 56. In a tribute to a “one-off”, Katie Johnson…
View More ‘Still on the hill’ – tributes paid to Mountain Team ‘one-off’ Mike
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