Archive
-
Date
Oswestry brewery owner fears new restrictions will be harmful for industry
THE owner of an Oswestry-based brewery believes the tougher restrictions for people visiting pubs laid out in the government’s new tiered system could be harmful to the industry. Shane Parr, of Stonehouse Brewery, believes the tougher restrictions
-
Date
Five more Covid-19 related deaths recorded at Llangollen Fechan Care Home
Five further deaths have been recorded at a Llangollen care home. An Incident Management Team (IMT) reported on November 20 that 15 deaths and 56 positive cases, as well as an additional 33 positive tests for staff, were uncovered at Llangollen
-
Date
Close-knit volunteers make sure spinal injury patients can wrap up warm this winter with these blankets
SPINAL injury patients will be able to wrap up warm this winter thanks to a number of knitted blankets that are completed in Chirk. The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) League of Friends set up Close Knit Friends at the beginning
-
Date
Oswestry cinema prepares to reopen after Tier Two announcement
AN INDEPENDENT cinema in Oswestry is preparing to reopen its doors next week after Thursday's announcement regarding local restriction tiers. Ian Garland and Ruth Carter and ready to reopen Kinokulture, in Arthur Street, are ready to welcome film
-
Date
Full list of every area in England by Covid tier
The government have today announced which lockdown tier will be assigned to each part of England when the country moves out of national lockdown on December 2. Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed his plans to return to a tier system earlier
-
Date
Covid-19 tiers: What Government announcement will mean for county
Shropshire has been placed in tier 2 for coronavirus restrictions. In an effort to combat infection rates those areas placed in tier 3 restrictions will be offered a mass testing programme for six weeks, the government confirmed. Tier restrictions
-
Date
Hope House launch Christmas cards sale to help with funding shortfall
WITH Christmas looming, Oswestry-based charity Hope House is hoping to raise some much-need funds with the sale of Christmas cards. The charity currently faces being £1.25 million down for the year, so the sale of its annual Christmas cards have
-
Date
England Covid tiers revealed: How to check and what each tier means
The government will today announced which lockdown tier will be assigned to each part of England when the country moves out of national lockdown on December 2. Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed his plans to return to a tier system earlier
-
Date
BREAKING: Shropshire to be placed into Tier Two Covid-19 restrictions
People living in Shropshire will be required to follow Tier Two level Covid-19 restrictions from Wednesday after it was categorised as a high risk area. Shropshire was placed into Tier Two restriction level on Thursday, meaning residents across
-
Date
Hello there! Snow Be Gone Kenobi among the 25 grit-tastic names chosen for Shropshire Council's gritter fleet
SNOWCIAL Distancing and Spreddie Flintoff are among the 25 new names chosen by members of the public for Shropshire Council's fleet of gritters. Voting has closed in the search for new names for the 25 gritters in the Shropshire Highways fleet,
-
Date
A5 bridge to be redesigned after complaints that it is no good for cyclists
A planned bridge over the A5 will be redesigned following criticism that it fails to cater adequately for cyclists, councillors have been told. The £5 million bridge is intended to give pedestrian and cycle access to the long-awaited Oswestry Innovation
-
Date
Protection order plan to tackle ‘boy racers’ on Oswestry car park
Police and council staff could be given extra powers to clear ‘boy racers’ from a town centre car park after people living nearby said their lives were being blighted by anti-social behaviour. One resident told Oswestry Town Council that she had
-
Date
All-weather skatepark could be created in Oswestry after schoolboy’s petition
A campaign started by a school pupil could see a new indoor or covered skate park built in Oswestry. The town’s council has agreed to look into the possibility after more than 120 people signed an online petition calling for a better facility than