The latest positive local news from Oswestry: food and drink, nightlife, people, arts, sport and business stories from La Vida Shropshire.
Oswestry's Niche Patisserie, run by mother and son Samantha and Adam Cleal, won four Great Taste stars and the Shropshire Chamber prize for outstanding customer service.
The Holroyd Community Theatre at Moreton Hall, near Oswestry, has a winter season of opera, author talks and a school musical, alongside weekly sessions for all ages.
Oswestry Cricket Club's Women and Girls section, back-to-back county league winners, was awarded a Cricket Shropshire softball festival at its Stonehouse Oval ground this summer.
The Centre Spot on Oak Street in Oswestry has officially opened as a youth and wellbeing hub run by The New Saints FC Foundation, home to youth clubs, play therapy and music.
The founder of Oswestry Makers Market, Maddie Moore, has won the Oswestry and District Mike Harris Community Award for her work supporting makers and wellbeing in Oswestry.
With Love From, a volunteer-run shared wardrobe at Oswestry Library, lets anyone with a Shropshire library card borrow occasion wear, from ballgowns to hats, just like borrowing a book.
Organiser Chris Woods of Lights Out Events has brought Sound of the Sirens, Claude Bourbon and Joe Topping to Oswestry, with Tim Edey's Celtic Christmas Tour booked for December.
The Vintage Advantage, Derwen College's charity shop at Gobowen near Oswestry, has marked five years of selling pre-loved fashion while giving students with SEND real retail experience.