SPRING into action and get closer to nature this April with a children’s photography competition. The ‘Celebrate Nature’ competition is being run by LSG Business…
View More Children invited to spring into action and celebrate nature for photography competition
CONCERNED residents are calling for ‘transparency and honesty’ over documents on Oldham Council’s planning portal which they claim are inaccurate and out of date. The…
View More Residents call for ‘transparency and honesty’ over documents for Knowls Lane plans amendment
LOOK out next time you’re in Grotton as you might see a chick or rabbit on the loose! But don’t worry – they are just…
View More Saddleworth Yarn bombing brings Easter cheer
A CREATIVE labour of love brought some Valentine’s cheer to the streets, businesses and homes in Grotton with a ‘yarnbomb’. The project saw a group…
View More Labour of love brings Valentine’s yarnbomb cheer to Grotton
TRACEY Neville, MBE, England’s Commonwealth Games winning coach, has returned to the Vitality Netball Superleague champions in a newly-created role. Manchester Thunder, who won the…
View More Back to the black and yellows for Tracey Neville
OLDHAM-BASED Netball UK has renewed its partnership with Netball NI, the governing body for netball in Northern Ireland for a further two years. The sport’s…
View More Oldham firm renews netball partnership
By John Kirkbride The old days LIKE the rest of Saddleworth, Grotton was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1972 when the Government…
View More Grotton: a brief history (featuring a tunnel, a big pub and a lido)
By Aimee Belmore and Charlotte Green (Local Democracy Reporter) DETERMINED campaigners say they will ‘fight on’ despite losing their legal challenge against plans to build…
View More Campaigners vow to ‘fight on’ despite losing legal challenge against 265-home plan for Springhead
DARREL Rogers acted as Kevin Sinfield’s “wingman” for the duration of the #RunKevinRun marathon challenge. But Saddleworth Rangers’ Under 15’s assistant coach hasn’t finished fund…
View More ‘Wingman’ Darrel back in saddle soon for a new fundraising challenge
A GROTTON road could lay claim to being one of the most pothole-littered in Saddleworth. Yet it might be 2022 at least before Thornley Lane…
View More HOLE lot of trouble! Grotton road has gone to pot say locals
