Families get new home for Christmas

Double delight: Martin Clark with his two-week old twins Olivia (left) and Poppy outside their new home

SIX families have new homes for Christmas, thanks to a new affordable housing scheme in Uppermill.

Yesterday the new tenants gathered to celebrate the official launch of the new stone terraces in Buckley Street — on the site of the former police station.

The highly sought-after properties are the first of 65 new homes being built in Oldham as part of a £6.5million investment for the borough.

And for Martin Clarke, the timing was perfect: the 26-year-old dad and his wife Cheryl have just had twins, Poppy and Olivia.

Martin is leaving the Royal Logistics Corp after seven years to spend some more time with the twins and his other children, Cody and Harrison.

Mushtaq Khan, director of Aksa homes, said: “We wanted to build homes for people who have a connection with Saddleworth — whether they work there or have lived there before.”