“PUTTING THE ‘fun’ in ‘fundraising’” is how Joanne Penketh describes Saddleworth’s biggest women’s fashion event of the year. She is talking, of course, about the…
View More Ascot Ladies’ Day event promises frocks, fascinators and fundraising for hospice
KEVIN Sinfield is running through home as his final fundraising challenge takes him across familiar territory. The rugby league legend, now skills and kicking coach…
View More Familiar sights await Kevin Sinfield as latest fundraising challenge route revealed
Regulars at one of Saddleworth’s oldest pubs have stepped back in time by recreating a photograph believed to have been taken 80 years ago. Customers,…
View More White Hart regulars recreate historic pub photograph 80 years on
There were plenty of laughs and a few feathered favourites as Lydgate hosted its first-ever duck race – with a twist. Held at the Lydgate…
View More Quacking success as Lydgate hosts first-ever “dry” duck race fundraiser
Music lovers are being invited to an evening of live performance in Saddleworth, as the Saddleworth Male Voice Choir prepares to host a special charity…
View More Saddleworth Male Voice Choir to host charity concert in support of MS Society
A Saddleworth pub has been recognised for its long-running place in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide as part of a special anniversary celebration. As part…
View More White Hart in Lydgate honoured for long-running Good Beer Guide success
A UNIQUE opportunity for women to learn self protection is coming to Saddleworth. Jessica Jones, who owns and runs Amazonia School of Self Protection, is…
View More Self Protection course to help empower Saddleworth women
LYDGATE is home to more than just a new hair salon – but a place that will educate the next generation. Glow Academy Hair and…
View More Lydgate home to new salon and education provision that can provide Glow
A SADDLEWORTH primary school is celebrating after maintaining its good Ofsted rating. And pupils at St Anne’s Church of England Lydgate were praised by inspectors…
View More Saddleworth primary school maintains good Ofsted rating
A LONG-RUNNING row over land at Lydgate linked to the suffragette movement has seen a house finally allowed to be built on it. Simon Leigh…
View More Lydgate development finally allowed after series of rejections
By George Lythgoe, Local Democracy Reporting Service A PASTURE which stands on the border between Mossley and Saddleworth can be turned into an area where…
View More Pasture on Mossley/Saddleworth border to be turned into dog walking field
LYDGATE will join areas across the country marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day with its own community event. The village’s old Church Hall will…
View More Lydgate to honour World War II triumph with VE Day anniversary event
A SADDLEWORTH primary school is raising funds to support the family of a ‘much loved’ teacher who was killed in an alleged fight near an…
View More Saddleworth primary school raises funds for family of teacher killed
A LONG-RUNNING saga over plans to build on historically significant land at Lydgate has taken another turn after an appeal against the latest refusal was…
View More Lydgate land saga goes on after latest planning appeal
THERE was festive music and fun as well as a special visit from Santa at Lydgate’s Christmas lights switch-on event. Villagers gathered in The White…
View More Santa helps Lydgate light up for Christmas
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
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build a house on a piece of land in Lydgate looks likely to be approved at the fourth time of asking.…
View More Approval recommended for Lydgate house plan
LYDGATE’S role in what eventually became the suffragette movement and the backbone of the effort to secure women the vote has been formally recognised. It…
View More Lydgate’s role in history recognised with memorial stone
A CONTROVERSIAL application to build on an area of Lydgate land is back on the agenda for a FOURTH time. And as one opponent put…
View More ANOTHER attempt to build home in Lydgate
WORLD famous physicist and former Lydgate resident Professor Brian Cox brought his talents to his one-time doorstep by holding a night of inspiration organised by…
View More Professor Brian Cox inspires in his home town with Oldham event
THE LATEST attempt to build on land at Lydgate that has been at the centre of planning arguments has been thrown out again. Simon Leigh…
View More Latest Lydgate development plan refused after objections
ORGANISERS of the Saddleworth Village Olympics hope 2023 can see its biggest ever – beating last year. 2022’s edition saw an amazing 1,089 children take…
View More Organisers want biggest Village Olympics ever
THE MAN found dead inside a vehicle on a street in Lydgate has been named. Emergency services rushed to Quick Road after receiving expressions of…
View More Man found dead on Lydgate road named
PLANS to build three houses at land in Lydgate have been thrown out again after an appeal was made against Oldham Council’s refusal. And the…
View More Lydgate development appeal thrown out
A MAN has been found dead inside a vehicle on a major road that runs through Lydgate. Emergency services rushed to Quick Road after receiving…
View More Man found dead on Lydgate road
PEOPLE travelling on one of Saddleworth’s busiest routes face the prospect of being held up at a set for four-way temporary traffic lights for up…
View More Saddleworth motorists face weeks of temporary lights
TRAFFIC is at standstill this morning (January 12) at the border of Saddleworth and Mossley. Stockport Road at its junction with Quick Road is currently…
View More Traffic disruption in Mossley/Saddleworth
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
AN INSPIRING talk was given by Darren Clarke, a senior officer of St John Ambulance and Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, at the recent 91…
View More Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester gives inspiring talk to 91 Club
CHRISTMAS spirit is already spreading through Saddleworth – but there are many more events across the villages in the run up to December 25. Some…
View More Christmas is coming to Saddleworth – what’s on guide for lights switch-on events
NATIONAL Wool Week saw farmers and makers across the UK showcase the traditional resource and an array of creative items. Here in Saddleworth, Sophie Heywood…
View More Peg Loomer keeps traditional craft alive in Saddleworth
THE Church of England in Saddleworth is holding various services and events across the area for Christmas. Find out what’s going on in your area…
View More Services and events for Saddleworth churches this Christmas
SADDLEWORTH’S fallen soldiers are being remembered with poppy crosses that have been placed on the area’s Commonwealth War Graves. A total of 20 men who…
View More Saddleworth war heroes commemorated with poppy gesture
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
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