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  • More than a thousand bear the heat for annual run

    MORE than a thousand people donned their running shoes and tackled scorching heat to take part in this year's Ellesmere 10k run. Runners from far and wide gathered at the Lakelands Academy in Oswestry Road on Sunday morning for the annual 10k run

  • CAMERA CLUB: Snappers in the frame!

    We’ve got a mixed bag for you with this week’s Advertizer Camera Club. Our members have been out and about taking photographs here, there and everywhere. Scenic views continue to be popular with many sending in snaps from their travels, such

  • Families encouraged to Come Out and Play

    The sun was shining down on Ifton Meadows on Saturday as people were encouraged to Come out and Play. Families headed to the nature reserve in St Martins for a fun day of puppet making, a trail walk and clay crafts, organised by COAP CIC based in

  • Hidden Oswestry: Welsh seized town during the Anarchy

    When the Earl Roger of Montgomery passed away in 1094, his estates were divided between his eldest son, Robert of Belleme, who inherited the Norman estates, and his next son, Hugh, who inherited the English estates, including the Lordship of Oswestry

  • Nature Notes: Spotted in the climbing roses...

    Spotted in the climbing roses We have triplets! Three little spotted flycatchers have fledged. Two years ago, this rare bird made a nest in the ivy against a tree trunk in our woodland. Last year only one adult arrived from Africa, and he couldn

  • Body found in search for missing Llanidloes man

    A body has been found during a search for missing man Malcolm Brookes. Police discovered a body of a man in the river near Llanidloes. Dyfed-Powys Police says that although formal identification has not yet taken place, the next of kin of missing

  • North Shropshire weather for Sunday, August 25

    Sun, sun and more sun for North Shropshire on Sunday, August 25. There will be highs of 27 degrees with only a slight breeze! Be sure to coat yourself in sun cream or find some shade... and have nice Bank Holiday!