An experienced chartered accountant has been appointed as a non-executive director at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt (RJAH) Orthopaedic Hospital in Gobowen. Rachel Hopwood, who previously has held non-executive director roles at the Countess of
A promotional video has been launched showcasing all that Oswestry has to offer this festive season. The 'This is how we do Christmas in Oswestry...' film is being promoted by One Oswestry, the website launched by Oswestry's Business Improvement
A Whittington woman is urging local people to don Christmas jumpers as part of a festive fundraising drive for the Save the Children charity. Thousands of children across the UK will be aiming to “make the world better with a sweater’ by swapping
Staff at the Orthopaedic Hospital have let their moustaches run wild throughout Movember – all in a bid to raise money and awareness. A team of 11 physiotherapists at Gobowen hospital – dubbed as the RJAH Physimos – all pledged their support for
AN ACUTE lack of carers and residential home places in Powys has led an England-wide NHS body to release money to look after patients in Shropshire. A report says the Welsh authority is planning to boost its own provision, but this won’t be in place
The winners of a competition that asked schoolchildren to decorate cabinet knobs have been announced. The Roger Hammond Art and Enterprise Project was launched by the British Ironwork Centre near Oswestry earlier this year and called for schools
Serious concerns have been raised over the standard of Shropshire’s A&E departments, with the chief inspector of hospitals warning he is monitoring the situation. Professor Edward Baker, chief inspector of hospitals, said there are also areas
A group of community-minded souls will yet again provide a meal on Christmas Day for those who they cannot face the day alone. The group, who will be cooperating out of Oswestry's St Oswald's parish centre, in Church Street, will be offering a traditional
It has been a very good year for the Shropshire Bums on Tums (BOTs) stoma support group. From a demonstration of owls by Close Encounters, a talk on genealogy by Sara Cox, a wonderful afternoon tea at The Orangery at Derwen College to their most
An Oswestry teenager left another boy fighting for his life after kneeling on his head and fracturing his skull, a court heard. Benjamin Evans, 19, had applied "very substantial force" to the victim's head causing life-changing brain damage.
A felled tree donated by Shropshire Wildlife Trust to a local craftsman is being turned into reindeer and snowmen, which are being sold to raise money for Hope House Respite Hospice. Steve Wilson, from Pant, near Oswestry, has made nearly 200 reindeer
A supermarket in Ellesmere has started to provide sunflower lanyards at all of its stores. The move by Tesco is one of several to promote disability inclusion for customers and colleagues in 2020. The sunflower lanyard acts as a discreet sign
A SPORTS club in the Ceiriog Valley received an early Christmas present in the form of a grant to help with the running of its teams. Glyn Ceiriog Rugby Club received a cheque for £250 from the North Wales Police and Community Trust (PACT) fund
