Up for award

The Off The Rails Comedy Club has been nominated for Best Promoter and Comedy Club in Dave TV and Absolute Radio’s One Night Stand Awards.

You can vote for the club by texting DAVE56 to 67777, costing 10p, or voting on Dave TV’s Facebook page.


SEE a Christmas pantomime with a difference, as “The Emperor’s New Clothes, or Five Beans for Jack” comes to the Millgate Arts Centre, from Thursday, December 13 to Saturday, December 15, from 7.30pm. There is a matinee on the Saturday, at 2pm. Tickets are £7.50 for adults and £4 for children. Call 01457-874 644.


CHILDREN can enjoy the fairytale of “Hansel and Gretel” every day from Thursday, December 13 at Uppermill Civic Hall. Tickets cost £5.50 for chgildren, aged 4 to 11. Contact Mark Whiteley on 01706-881 258 or email hardgraft@gmail.com for information and tickets.


THE Springhead Christmas tree switch-on is tonight from 6.30pm, Lees lights up tomorrow, from 3.45pm, and Grotton Christmas tree will be aglow from Sunday at 6pm. All events are free.

A GENEROUS donation to treat Delph senior citizens has paid for a Chinese buffet at Shanghai Wong, Delph, on Monday. Drop into the coffee morning at Delph Methodist Church tomorrow to pick up one of the first-come-first-served tickets. Free transport will be available.


HELP the Saddleworth Neglected Horses group by attending a holistic event with Sarah-Jane at Greenfield Conservative Club tomorrow between noon and 4pm. You can book a treatment, buy a raffle ticket or simply donate. all proceeds will go to the charity. Contact Helen on 07974348656 for more details.


ENJOY a Candle and Carol Service at Saddleworth Spiritualist Church, High Street, Uppermill, on Saturday, December 15. Music is provided by Bob Wilcox, plus mediumship demonstration with John Harrop. £5 entrance includes buffet, starts 7.30pm. Church will then be closed until January 19.