A COLOURFUL and creative outdoor display of home-made butterflies, bees and birds at Top Mossley Market Ground was designed to do more than just catch…
View More Mossley and Saddleworth Want to Live: Extinction Rebellion uses outdoor display to call for change
MOSSLEY footballer Ryan Brooke has become a marathon man during lockdown. The 29-year-old striker has scored for charity after completing the equivalent of four marathons…
View More Mossley footballer becomes marathon man during lockdown
Brenda Tanner (Schofield) Beloved Mother (and in-law), Nana and Aunty aged 90, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 6 at Mulberry Court, York. Formerly of…
View More Obituary: Brenda Tanner (Schofield)
GRAFFITI vandals who defaced a heritage canal bridge have caused consternation among householders and conservationists. The Division bridge – number 85 – is National Heritage…
View More Vandals deface heritage canal bridge with graffiti
PUPILS became ‘classtronauts’ for the day at Saddleworth School as they launched a lego man into space in a touching tribute to former pupil Tyrese…
View More Pupils launch lego man into space in memory of Tyrese
The funeral of former Lancashire cricketer, Geoff Clayton will take place at St Thomas Church, Delph on Monday 15th October at 12noon, followed by a…
View More Funeral arrangements made for Former Lancashire cricketer Geoff Clayton
A FURIOUS community leader has declared war on flytippers who are spoiling the entrance to a pretty Saddleworth hamlet. Jennifer Greenwood is chair of Love Lydgate,…
View More Community hits out at flytippers creating village eyesore
BRAVE fire crews battled flames, heat and smoke as they tackled what has been described as the area’s worst fire in living memory. Scores of…
View More Residents evacuated as fire crews continue to tackle ‘worst moorland in living memory’
RESIDENTS are mobilising themselves to oppose the first of three potential housing developments along a half-a-mile stretch of green field and greenbelt land on the…
View More Proposed homes at Huddersfield Road get the thumbs down from locals
IT WAS known as blood, sweat and gears as cyclists converged on the area for the second Tour de Manc which was bigger and better…
View More Riders tackle Saddleworth hills for Tour de Manc
TRAGIC SCHOOLBOY Tyrese Glasgow died of asphyxiation, an inquest at Stockport was told. The Mossley youngster, who attended Saddleworth School, was 12 years old when…
View More Inquest is concluded into death of schoolboy Tyrese
FORGET Glastonbury, Benicassim, Kendal Calling or Leeds Fest. Saddleworth now boasts a music Festival of its own. Cotton Clouds is the brainchild of local brothers…
View More Cottoning on to Saddleworth’s newest musical extravaganza
A SADDLEWORTH man and a van came to the animal rescue when heartless thieves stole a vehicle belonging to the RSPCA. Delph based David Orritt…
View More Van man David gives vital lift to the RSPCA
A SMALL salon in Uppermill is proving it’s a cut above the others after being awarded a prestigious title. Hannah Davison, from Studio Five on…
View More Uppermill hairstylist scoops prestigious Beauty Works award
SASCHA KINDRED, one of Great Britain’s most successful Paralympic athletes, has retired from swimming at the age of 39. It was a surprise as last…
View More Successful Mossley Paralympian calls time on swimming career
RED LION, Lees, are the new second division leaders in the Saddleworth Charity Pool League. They have moved one point clear at the top over…
View More Red Lion take lead in Saddleworth Charity Pool League
HOMELESSNESS CHARITY Emmaus Mossley is appealing for contributions from anyone who has had a connection to the charity over the past 20 years. Did you…
View More Can you contribute to the history of Emmaus Mossley?
Carrbrook teenager Lauren Carr’s favourite things were remembered with tears and smiles at her funeral in August. Lauren’s body was found in woods off Armit…
View More Tributes and tears at funeral of teenager Lauren Carr
HUNDREDS OF spectators turned out to see the Flying Scotsman – the world’s most famous steam locomotive pass – through Greenfield Station. Young and old, rail…
View More The train now passing through Greenfield Station is… The Flying Scotsman
A DEVASTATED Mossley mother has launched a national road safety campaign after her teenage son was struck by a lorry and killed. Jack Taran Essex…
View More Mossley mum launches road safety campaign in memory of son
Courtesy of the Mossley Correspondent Michael Whittam’s death continues to baffle detectives more than a week after his body was found at his Mossley home.…
View More Police investigate mysterious death of a quiet man at Mossley home
SIX YEARS ago Saddleworth gained its very own newspaper when respected journalist Ken Bennett decided to give a voice to the villages. Over the years,…
View More Saddleworth Independent celebrates anniversary by launching second title
MOSSLEY FOOTBALL Club heroes Eamon O’Keefe and Leo Skeete were among the mourners at the funeral of legendary manager Bob Murphy. And the former strikers…
View More Fond farewell for Mossley Football Club legend Bob Murphy
TRIBUTES HAVE been paid to Bob Murphy, Mossley Football Club’s greatest-ever manager, who has died at the age of 83. Murphy was the man who…
View More Tributes flood in for Mossley Football Club legend Bob Murphy
CLEARLY WHEN you are a blues singer of international renown there’s only one place to launch a new studio album… Mossley! But Kyla Brox couldn’t…
View More Blues star Kyla Brox to launch new studio album in Mossley
A PIECE of Mossley history could prove a steal when a possible home of the future goes under the hammer later this year. But the…
View More Historic Mossley Police Station to go up for auction
by Trevor Baxter MOSSLEY POLICE Station’s expected closure next year should not lead to a cut in the town’s crime fighters. Negotiations have started for services…
View More Mossley police and fire stations set to merge
TWO COMPANIONS from Emmaus Mossley have completed a fact-finding mission to Germany to learn more about the charity’s international movement. Gary Barton and Bruce Mercer…
View More Emmaus Mossley duo complete fact-finding mission to Germany
POLICE ARE appealing for witnesses after a 36-year-old woman was raped in Mossley. The attack is believed to have happened in the grounds of a…
View More Police appeal for witnesses after woman is raped in Mossley
POLICE ARE appealing for witnesses after a man was left with life threatening injuries following a collision in Mossley. Shortly after 10:50pm on Tuesday 6…
View More Police appeal for witnesses after collision in Mossley leaves man with life threatening injuries
A POIGNANT book has been penned by three ladies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. ‘Mossley Remembers The…
View More Mossley remembers the Second World War in Poignant new book
A GROUP of delegates from Europe paid a visit to Emmaus Mossley as part of the first ever Emmaus Europe Regional Assembly in the United…
View More European delegates visit Emmaus Mossley during first Assmbley in United Kingdom
By Trevor Baxter MOSSLEY’S ONLY bank closed its doors for a final time this month despite last ditch attempts to save the Old Brow branch. And red-faced…
View More RBS left red-faced over error-ridden Mossley branch closure leaflet
Longlands Mill, home to Mossley Industrial Heritage Centre and Emmaus Mossley, is opening its doors for two days of activities as part of Heritage Open…
View More Historic Longlands Mill throws open doors for Heritage Open Days
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