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  • Oswestry academic's work receives international acclaim

    A LEADING academic from Oswestry has received international acclaim for his latest work, which has lessons for businesses amid the global recession caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Professor Peter Starbuck’s 52-page study – The Concept of Leadership

  • Oswestry couple raise £5,500 with Mount Everest climb in UK

    AN OSWESTRY couple have raised more than £5,000 for two local charities after completing their mission to climb the UK’s highest points and summit the equivalent height of the world’s tallest mountain. Ron Morgan and his wife Dianne, who now live

  • All cheeses weird and wonderful

    Name: Chris Davies Business name: Weird and Wonderful Cheese Company Opening times: Oswestry Market from 9am to 3pm on Wednesday and some Saturdays. Llanfyllin Market on Thursdays. When did you open your business and why? We STARTED about

  • Government funding for Shropshire hospitals ahead of winter

    THE Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will receive more than £6million in government funding to help with preparations for winter. The trust, which runs both the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH

  • Chirk Railway Station named best small station in UK

    CHIRK Railway Station has been named the best small station in the UK at the annual National Rail Awards. Adopted by Friends of Chirk Station (FoCS) volunteers, the station was recognised with one of the main awards during the virtual ceremony,

  • Bygones: More from our nostalgia pages...

    And we stay in September 1982 for your second helping of Bygones this week. We have a group enjoying a coffee while another group admires a display at the Ellesmere Flower Show. Do you recognise anyone in the photographs? We also have a

  • The story of the 1970 Miss World at Kinokulture

    Well, how was it for you? I’ve been to our local cinema, Kinokulture, twice recently and each time was great, everyone respected social distancing and the seating is spacious and spaced out. I hope you’ll consider giving it a try, with this weekend

  • Cameras come to town as Bargain Hunt takes to fair

    Traders turned up in numbers as Oswestry Antique and Collectors Fair returned at the weekend along with some familiar faces. BBC’s cameras and production crews were in attendance at Oswestry Showground to mark the return of the event by filming