With French President Emmanuel Macron set to award London with the country’s highest order of merit for military, an Ellesmere councillor wants to share the truth about why. President Macron is set to award London with the Legion d’Honneur for looking
AN APPEAL launched by an Oswestry school has seen a huge influx of donated coats which are set to be handed out to people who need them most. Before Christmas, Year 9 students at the Marches School, as part of the terms focus on the topic of ‘kindness
WEIGHT loss clubs across the region have been helping out an Oswestry charity by collecting unwanted Christmas gifts and treats as donations. Weight Watchers coach Carol Lewis and her Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Ellesmere members have all been involved
Oswestry Town Council’s award-winning CCTV network is set to be strengthened after work by Oswestry Business Improvement District (BID). The expansion, both in-filling gaps in the town centre and extending onto the industrial estates, has been made
Lancashire/Cheshire Division Two Mossley Hill 0 Oswestry 26 A CONVINCING victory for Oswestry over Mossley Hill moved them to within three points of second-placed Vagabonds Isle of Man with a game in hand. The Eagles scored 26 points without
THE New Saints will face Newtown for the fourth time already this season after being drawn against them in the quarter-finals of the JD Welsh Cup. Saints are set to face Newtown for the third time this season in the league on Friday, February 7,
Farmers and churchgoers came together last weekend to enjoy another successful Plough Sunday at St. John the Baptist in Whittington. The service, which was given by Sarah Bullock, Bishop of Shrewsbury, blessed a plough ahead of the new farming season
A REPLICA of a special badge, devised by one of the founders of Gobowen's specialist orthopaedic hospital and awarded to nursing and physiotherapy students until the late 1960s, has been unveiled. The model three-foot high badge, awarded to all
A KNOCKIN-BASED construction firm has made a positive start to 2020 after winning a clutch of new building contracts worth nearly £7 million. Pave Aways has landed a series of high profile builds including the extension and refurbishment of the
North East Wales Football League President’s Cup Brymbo Victoria 3 Chirk Town 4 CHIRK Town edged out a seven-goal thriller in the preliminary round of the North East Wales Football League President’s Cup against league leaders Brymbo Victoria
Firefighters from across north Shropshire were called out to cut someone out of a vehicle in Ruyton XI Towns on Monday night. Four crews from Oswestry, Baschurch and Wellington were called to Wykey at 7.15pm and used small gear to cut them free
Shrewsbury Flower Show’s culinary stage for its 2020 appearance has pulled off yet another coup by securing TV chef Phil Vickery. Following on from John Torode’s hugely successful appearance last year, Mr Vickery will be appearing at this year’s
