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  • Sports equipment firm has bigger plans at new site

    A GLOBAL provider of sports equipment is set for further expansion after announcing the acquisition of a new 47-acre site in North Wales. Net World Sports, formerly based in Kinnerley, which currently exports high quality sporting products to more

  • Accountant adds new online role

    A LEADING Shropshire chartered accountant and business advisor has taken on a new member of staff to meet the increased demand for its services. Hudson LM Limited, based in Whittington near Oswestry, works with clients across Shropshire, Cheshire

  • Winter Fair comes to the Ironworks

    A winter extravaganza featuring stalls filled with fresh produce, unique crafts and handmade gifts came to the British Ironwork Centre near Oswestry, recently. Local producers and crafters from across the Shropshire and North Wales region too part

  • Eagles pay for penalties after a promising start

    Lancashire/Cheshire Division Two Port Sunlight 16 Oswestry 5 Oswestry made the journey to Port Sunlight with a difficult task to come away with a victory to keep the pressure on the league leaders with two games still in hand. The visitors

  • Music night raises charity funds

    A MUSIC evening held at Oswestry Golf Club has helped to raise more than £1,400 for two cancer charities. Organised by Maggie Mason and Janet Passey, the event raised a total of £1,408.20 which was split between Macmillan Cancer Care and the Mick

  • Llanymynech pre-school celebrates ‘outstanding’ double

    Staff at a pre-school in Llanymynech have been celebrating after being awarded an ‘outstanding’ mark in its most recent Ofsted inspection. Border Pre-School had already received the outstanding mark once before, and was inspected again under the

  • College aces beat top seeds to reach finals

    A GROUP of Year 10 tennis players are set to face some of the country’s best young tennis stars as they prepare to take part in the Lawn Tennis Association national finals. Peter Swinnerton, Jacob Popplewell, Matt Harris, Harry Fenton and Guy Welti

  • Oswestry Live: Fun of the fair before parade

    THE streets of Oswestry were lit up with music, market stalls and whizzing fairground rides on Friday night ahead of the Borderland Rotary Christmas Parade on Saturday morning. The streets were packed as revellers threaded their way through the

  • Good turnout at divisional semi-finals

    More than 50 players turned up at the most recent Oswestry and District Darts League singles event at the end of last month. Players representing teams in both Division A and Division B took part in another entertaining event which had some high-quality

  • Patient treated after crash in Ellesmere

    A PATIENT was treated by ambulance staff after a two-vehicle crash in Ellesmere. The incident happened near Whitemere at around 4pm on Tuesday. West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) were in attendance as well as West Mercia Police and Shropshire

  • West Mercia Police reduces child arrests

    The number of children arrested by West Mercia Police since 2010 has reduced by 88 per cent, giving them the highest percentage reduction for a single force across England and Wales. The figures, released on Monday as part of a report by The Howard