Oswestry Life

Fundraisers in Trefonen have announced plans for their annual Hill Walk. The popular multi-activity event, which takes place over May bank holiday will raise money…
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Very mellow yellow …white even We have already begun to see a little bit more sunlight encouraging the best of all the harbingers of spring:…
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It may look like a van with windows but the new Peugeot Rifter will always a hold a special place in my heart as it…
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An Oswestry man has set up his own business as a personal trainer. Luke Smith, 28, who until recently worked for Evolution Gym, has started…
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The John Beswick International Award is in memory of John Beswick, a former lecturer at Loughborough Physical Education College and then Shropshire PE adviser between…
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A high-profile learning exercise has taken place at Wrexham Glyndwr University – with students working with the emergency services to respond to a simulated event.…
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A new PR and branding course will be hosted in Oswestry for the first time in a bid to help town businesses boost their profiles…
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Staff from a Oswestry builders’ merchants division are putting their best feet forward to raise vital cash for charity. The ten employees from Tudor Griffiths…
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A woman from Oswestry is organising an exciting star studded ball to be held at Shrewsbury Town FC.  Andrea Marston, a policewoman herself has organised…
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A leading Welsh physician is to speak at Wrexham Glyndwr University this week to talk about how health promotion messages have been used throughout the…
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Staff at a Oswestry care home have been praised for their “kind and caring approach” in its latest positive endorsement from care watchdogs. New Fairholme in…
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Spring is around the corner and nature is certainly well on its way to preparing for a new season. Spring flowers can be seen bursting…
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Entries are coming in for the Montgomery Canal Triathlon to be held on Saturday 18 May 2019. This popular event is organised by the Friends…
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The future is certainly looking bright for over 250 Year 11 and 12 students from around Oswestry and North Wales who joined Moreton Hall pupils…
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A national military charity is giving members of the public in Shropshire the chance to run a 5 km course through an RAF station while…
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Colin Jackson has today been officially installed as Wrexham Glyndwr University’s new Chancellor. After formally accepting the post of Chancellor, Mr Jackson – one of…
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Oswestry Borderland Tourism organises guided town tours every Saturday morning from Easter to the end of September and booked tours for groups. If you or…
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Moreton Hall is celebrating this week with the publication of their latest school report. The ISI (the Independent Schools equivalent of OFSTED) has awarded the…
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Waste processing experts at a Shropshire firm have taken delivery of new machinery that will improve the efficiency of their operation. The team at TG…
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Bosses at a Oswestry architectural design studio are celebrating after scooping a second county design and conservation award. Craig Marston, founder and director of Ke-Design…
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Packwood pupils represented the school this week in a county-wide competition designed to stretch and inspire young minds.  As part of Shrewsbury’s Darwin Festival, children…
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Disability Oswestry’s 2019 events For anyone who finds themselves or a loved one living with a disability, it can be difficult to know where to…
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A collective of otters in water is known as a “raft” yet there was no floating around from Oswestry Otters at this year’s Shropshire County…
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A new-look aftersales team has been warmly praised for taking top spot in competition with 20 other similar departments. For newly promoted aftersales lead Craig…
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Building work on Holroyd Community Theatre near Oswestry paused temporarily as students from Selattyn Primary School and Shocklach Oviatt C.E. Primary School took to the…
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Oswestry Golf Club are delighted to welcome the world renowned Fron Male Voice Choir, supported by the ladies of ‘Lleisiau’r Afon’ (the Dyfrdwyettes) for a VERY special St.David’s Day Performance.  The event takes place…
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Aico Ltd, an Ei Company, based in Oswestry, Shropshire, is pleased to announce the promotion of two long standing members to new Director positions within…
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Moreton Hall’s leading role in delivering a range of community Creative Arts projects to young people from across the region was celebrated this weekend at…
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THE Rotary Club of Oswestry Tree of Light event organiser Mike Jones has announced that the 2018 event raised over £6,000.  “Each year we fortunately…
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It was back to school for Shropshire audiences last week as the Face2Face Performance Academy took to the stage with their latest production, ‘High School…
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Students and visitors were welcomed this afternoon by Chinese teacher, Lucy Ding to join in the Chinese New Year Celebrations at Ellesmere College. Gorgeous smells…
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Wrexham Glyndwr University has today officially joined the Northern Powerhouse Partners Programme along with three other Welsh organisations. The Partners Programme is an integral part…
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Moreton Sixth’s STEM students are already enjoying an impressive year of offers for Medical Science related degree courses. With the UCAS application deadline only recently…
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Matt Burton, star of the Channel 4 documentary, Educating Yorkshire, has been announced as a keynote speaker at this year’s professional learning conference held at…
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Staff and children at Oswestry’s Hope House Children’s Hospice have been helping an inspirational young man to celebrate graduating from college while coping with a…
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On Friday 25th January, Year 11 students at The Marches School tested out their interview skills by taking part in mock interviews with 40 Interviewers,…
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Organisers of Shrewsbury Flower Show are excited to announce they have signed up pop giants Scouting For Girls to appear at this year’s event. The…
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JL Tyres of Whittington Business Park have recently signed up to sponsor the coaches kit for the Dragon Academy & Development Centre, ensuring they are not…
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Two apprentices from a Oswestry firm are through to the second round of a tough national competition that could see them crowned as the best…
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THE history of The New Saints Football Club is well known to the people of Oswestry having, as it does, the unique position of an…
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Moreton Hall Sixth Form student Mia Bebbington has sacrificed 9 inches of her luscious locks to help young people in need. Mia, who had been…
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With a planned first parade date in September 2019, Moreton Hall is delighted to be adding the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) to the options available…
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Nine members of staff at Hope House Children’s Hospice have been presented with long service awards by the charity. Chair of Trustees Steve Henly thanked…
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Moreton First, the preparatory school of Moreton Hall, one of the UK’s leading independent schools, is opening its doors on Saturday 2nd February at 10am…
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Wrexham Glyndwr University has risen 175 places in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index. The Stonewall index is used both by the charity and by Wrexham…
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We are so bombarded by charities these days that it sometimes feels as if money is being thrown into shark infested Wishing Wells but Borderland…
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Captain’s Drive-In – Saturday 5th January 2019 Over 100 members turned out on a thankfully dry January morning to watch Oswestry Golf Clubs new Men’s…
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Around 150 Year 9 students from the Marches School in Oswestry embarked on a trip to the University of Chester recently. The trip to the…
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Students were treated this week as Rob Hughes, a former student and World Champion Fisherman, visited the Marches School. Rob was a student at the…
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The winner was revealed today and trophy presented for the winner of best festive Oswestry market holder. The Oswestry Life magazine have sponsored the annual…
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