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Oswestry's Horatio Garden hosts cycling fundraisers on mammoth trip
FIVE intrepid cyclists making their way across the British Isles to visit spinal injury units in the UK, raising funds for Horatio's Garden, have stopped in Oswestry. The team taking on the mammoth task of cycling to all 11 NHS spinal injury centres
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Gobowen Celtic hold nerve from the spot to lift Graham Edwards Memorial Trophy
GEM Trophy Final Gobowen Celtic 0 St Martins 0 (Celtic won 3-0 on pens) The 48th anniversary Graham Edwards Memorial Trophy tournament ended on Sunday with Gobowen Celtic beating old rivals St Martins on penalties in the final front of
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'It's amazing': Oswestry Alan on 'special' volunteering at the Commonwealth Games
ONE of Oswestry's most known sporting faces says he been blown away by his experience of volunteering at the nearby Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Alan Lewis, owner of Adrenaline Sporting Events which organises Oswestry 10K and the Shropshire
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Children undergoing treatment at Oswestry hospital to enjoy new video game carts
Boredom in hospital is set to become a thing of the past for youngsters staying on the wards in Gobowen. Young patients at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital will now benefit from £8,000 worth of Xbox computer games thanks to
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Public urged to have a say on emergency healthcare in Shropshire
A GROUP that monitors health services in Shropshire has called for members of the public to have their say after "mixed feedback" on emergency medical care. Healthwatch Shropshire and Healthwatch Telford & Wrekin is part of a network of 148 Local
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Police dogs to patrol Oswestry area following spate of vehicle thefts
WEST Mercia Police's dogs unit will be carrying out patrols in the Oswestry area following a series of vehicle thefts. Oswestry's Safer Neighbourhoods Team (SNT) reported on Saturday (July 30) that they had received several vehicle crime reports
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Driver treated and discharged at Gledrid roundabout accident, say ambulance staff
ONE person was treated and then discharged at the scene of a two-vehicle crash in between Oswestry and Chirk on Sunday. Paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) were asked to treat a patient by their Welsh counterparts after a BMW
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Former Ellesmere College swimming star claims triple medal haul at Commonwealth Games
FREYA Anderson is a double Commonwealth Games silver medallist and bronze medal winner. The former Ellesmere College swimming star formed part of England's 4x100m freestyle relay team which claimed silver in the final in Birmingham over the weekend
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Oswestry firm helps Zip World’s new Skyflyer attraction get off the ground in North Wales
PREPARATIONS are well underway for the launch of a major new attraction in North Wales, which was created in Oswestry. Zip World’s “Skyflyer”, which was created by Lindstrand Technologies Ltd, was inflated in Rhyl on Wednesday, July 27. The
