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Oswestry college students win award for short film at festival

5 days ago | bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk | Josh Price

2 1/1 Students from an Oswestry college have won an award at a British film festival for their short film. Keon Woolley, Dylan Rees, and Sonny Parkes, three students at North Shropshire College in Oswestry, walked away as winners of an award at the Flatpack Film Festival for their film Severn Wild.
Oswestry Tennis Club mark 100 years by holding 1920s themed tournament

5 days ago | bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk | Josh Price

Gary Edwards, Carol Slater, Nickolay Dimitrov and Liz Newsholme playing for Oswestry Tennis Club. (Image: Gary Edwards) Oswestry Tennis Club took a step back in time for a recent tournament as part of its centenary year celebrations. To mark 100 years since the founding of the club, Oswestry Tennis Club had its members play a tournament as if it was 1925, using wooden rackets and donning traditional kit worn back in the 1920s.
Family of airlifted motorcyclist 'immensely thankful' after A483 crash

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Josh Price

The motorcyclist was taken to hospital via Welsh Air Ambulance. (Image: Wales Air Ambulance) A man who was taken to hospital after a crash on the A483 between Welshpool and Newtown is recovering, his family have confirmed. A social media post on a private account was posted in thanks of the emergency services for their response to a crash on Bank Holiday Monday, May 26.
Headteacher and deputy to resign from Powys school after three years

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Josh Price

Llanfair Caereinion High School. The headteacher and deputy head at at Powys bilingual secondary school have announced they will be leaving at the end of the current school term. Powys County Council confirmed that headteacher Huw Lloyd-Jones and deputy Edward Baldwin, from Ysgol Bro Caereinion, both tendered their resignations, which have been accepted by the Llanfair Caereinion school’s governing body. They have been in their positions for more than three years.
Steam trains restored on Llanfair railway after dry weather caused fire risk

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Josh Price

A train running on the Welshpool to Llanfair Light Railway (Image: Mike Sheridan) A historic Powys railway had to put a pause on steam trains using the line during dry weather to “reduce the risk of line-side fires”. A stretch of dry and hot conditions in May resulted in steam locomotive services being paused on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.
Oswestry square transformed into beach with seventeen tonnes of sand

1 week ago | bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk | Josh Price

The temporary beach in Festival Square, Oswestry. (Image: John Waine) Festival Square in Oswestry was once again transformed into a beach for a weekend in a bid to help local businesses. For the fourth year in a row, a popular attraction returned to Oswestry as seventeen tonnes of sand was transported to Festival Square on May 24 and May 25 to turn it into a beach.
Two people taken to hospital with broken bones after A470 crash in Powys

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Josh Price

Dyfed-Powys Police (Image: Newsquest) Two people were taken to hospital with broken bones as a result of a crash on the A470 in Powys that closed the road for several hours. Police have confirmed that a crash that closed the A470 between Llangurig and Rhyader during the bank holiday weekend saw two people taken to hospital, having sustained broken bones in the collision.
Newtown 10k brings hundreds of runners, crowds - and one proposal

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Josh Price

10 1/1 As Newtown 10k returned for its third year the annual race featured hundreds of runners and even a proposal at the finish line. Hundreds of runners set off from the start line for the 2025 Newtown 10k on May 25 as the sold-out race drew crowds to the Newtown course. Alan Lewis of Adrenaline Sporting Events said they were “fortunate” with the weather as the rain stopped at 8am just before the race, adding that it made for a “fantastic day”.
Renewable energy company rejects rumours around Welsh wind farm projects

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Josh Price

RES have confirmed they are still planning wind farm projects in Wales. (Image: NQ archive) Renewable energy company RES has rejected rumours that it was planning to pull out of projects in Wales. RES says proposals for projects at Llangurig and Llanbrynmair are going ahead and that it “continues to have an active interest” in the area.
Fashion show organised by Llanfair committee raises over £1,700

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Josh Price

2 1/1 A Llanfair Caereinion fundraising committee organised a fashion show that managed to raise over £1,700 for the leading UK children’s charity. A fashion show organised by the Llanfair Caereinion fundraising committee for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was described as “a great evening” by organisers.