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Court bans Oswestry man from being drunk in the town centre
An Oswestry man was banned from being drunk in the town centre by a court order. Christopher Morris, 31, of Weston Close, Morda was issued a Criminal Behaviour Order which bans him from various sites in town and from being drunk or on drugs anywhere
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Former teacher's multiple legal claims against Ellesmere College dismissed
A former teacher's string of legal claims against Ellesmere College have been dismissed by an employment tribunal. The case brought forward by former teach Aldona Done made claims including of discrimination, harassment and victimisation based
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Burials to be restricted to local people at cemetery near Oswestry
Burials at a cemetery near Oswestry are to be restricted to people who live in the parish after a decision by the local council. Burials at Hengoed Cemetery are to be restricted as of the turn of the new year after a “difficult decision" by Selattyn
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Town tennis club’s new clubhouse project receives funding boost
The legacy of a tennis coach who left £20k to his local club moved a step closer to being realised after new clubhouse plans received a funding boost. Oswestry Team Tennis (OTT) was awarded a grant of £5,000 to help install a modular clubhouse
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Former Dorothy Perkins shop in Oswestry could become mushroom farm and cafe
A “first-of-its-kind” mushroom coffee shop could be set to open in Oswestry after receiving a funding boost from the town council. The proposed ‘Shrooma’ cafe was awarded £5,000 of funding for shop front improvements as part of an initiative to
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Marches School explains decision to install fence after online criticism
SENIOR figures at an Oswestry secondary school have stated that a new fence was built on its lands for safeguarding reasons. Sally Wilmot, head of school at the Marches School in Morda Road, and Vince Hunt, chairman of governors with responsibility
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Oswestry's Beverley raises £1,000 with first-ever outdoor swim in Coniston Water
AN OSWESTRY care home worker has helped raise a thousand pounds for charity by swimming the length of Coniston Water in the Lake District – the first time she ever swam outside! Beverley Sterry, 54, is from Nesscliffe and works at Bluebell View
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Oswestry's The Meat Man looks to the future with self-service kiosk
AN OSWESTRY butcher, known to all as The Meat Man, has taken his business ‘into the 21st century’ by setting up a purchase kiosk. Tom Brown’s business, in Willow Street, has introduced the kiosk, which he likens to self-service at McDonald’s, for
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Ella McCreadie's parents visit Brain Tumour Research centre after donations
THE fundraising launched in memory of Ellesmere teenager Ella McCreadie has paid for 11 days of brain tumour research, it has been revealed. Ella died in her sleep, aged 13, from an undiagnosed brain tumour in December 2022 and her parents, Alastair
