Jude Gidney - Editor
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Jude Gidney - Editor
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Chilly Week Ahead With More Snow
After a cold and snowy weekend, we can expect more of the same this week. Today will be overcast but mostly dry, with temperatures struggling...
Diggle Suffer Cup Exit
Diggle are out of the Huddersfield and District Challenge Cup, following a narrow defeat away to near-neighbours Marsden. It finished 5-4 after extra time in...
Snow Returns
Another snowfall has led to road closures and the cancellation of bus services in and around Saddleworth today. The Met Office had issued a warning...
Purnell Tells Tameside Radio He Wants “A Different Kind Of Life”
Stalybridge and Hyde MP James Purnell has given his first interview since announcing he’ll be standing down at the forthcoming general election. He told Tameside...
Bassist Snaps Snowy Scene
Here’s a picture of a snowy Saddleworth Moor taken by Rick Lees, the bass player with Oldham band Twisted Wheel. The band are currently on...
Purnell Quits
Stalybridge and Hyde MP James Purnell won’t be standing in the general election. The former Labour cabinet minister has told his local party it was...
Only One Person Goes To PACT Meeting
There was a surprisingly poor turnout from the public at last night’s PACT (Police and Communities Together) meeting for the Saddleworth South area, held at...
Lumb Mill Plans Approved Despite Opposition
Oldham Council has approved two separate plans to build homes on the site of the former Lumb Mill in Delph. The proposals were passed at...
New Tourism Website Still A Work In Progress
It’s been a year in the making, but Oldham Council has admitted its new tourism website for the area isn’t the finished article yet. The...
Boon’s Brew
Inspiral Carpets legend and Xfm Manchester presenter Clint Boon is getting his own beer, courtesy of Greenfield Real Ale Brewery. It’ll be called Boon Army,...