Recycling and rubbish collections will not be affected by Easter
Recycling and waste collections across Powys will not be affected by the Easter holiday this year.
Tickets go on sale for Oswestry's very first Colour Run
Tickets are now on sale for Oswestry's very first charity colour run.
Pledge from water company after torrent of water gushes out across Oswestry road
A water company has pledged to check sewer pipes in Oswestry after flash-flooding on Monday.
Advertizer nature correspondent Vicky Turrell to host book signing
Author VickyTurrell will be signing books next Tuesday, December 19 in Oswestry. The Advertizernature correspondent is the author of the books It’s Not a Boy and Robin on My Teacup – A Country Calendar.
Oswestry family and friends raise thousands of pounds in memory of auctioneer
A cheque of almost £22,000 has been presented to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) by Oswestry fund-raisers. Stephen Powell, an Oswestry auctioneer and estate agent when he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2012.
Roy reels in a monster trout
AN OSWESTRY angler has reeled in a massive catch while fishing in Conwy. Roy Roberts caught the 15lb rainbow trout at Graiglwyd Springs Trout Fishery, and it is the biggest catch he has ever had.
St Martins Musical Pirate Play Success
St Martins School teamed up with local primary schools to put on a pirate musical play last Monday. The performance followed the adventures of young twins Jack and Liza Periwinkle after their discovery of a treasure map, and an encounter with the infamous Redbeard and the Pirates of the Curry Bean crew.
A History of Regal Cinema
We follow on from last week, taking a look through some of the old Advertizer broadsheets that were brought into our office. And with cinemas being in the news again in Oswestry at the moment, stories and adverts from 1933 seemed rather poignant.
Who would have thought...beer is good for you?!
This week our reporter Tom Berry takes over the Bygones mantle and he’s been digging through some very old copies of the Advertizer dating back from the 1920s and 1930s. Here’s what he found.
Multi-million pound housing complex in Oswestry welcomes new residents
The first residents of a new multi-million pound housing development ‘Ashwood’ have recently moved in. Built for Oswestry’s over 55’s, Ashwood, off Alexandra Road, includes 53 apartments, eight bungalows, a restaurant and a 24/7 staff team.
