A MAN accused of raping a 51-year-old woman in her own home has been remanded in custody by Barry magistrates. Aarron Gaughan, 21, is alleged to have carried out the attack last Tuesday morning, August 14, in Dinas Powys. He had been arrested in Tenby
BARRY'S Community Police Officers are getting on their bikes to beat crime. Officers from the Community Department recently became the proud owners of four new mountain bikes, paid for from a crime fighting fund. Supt Colin Jones, Divisional Commander
GIVE US the chance to restore Central Park to its former glory . . . That's the plea from Barry Town Council, after news, revealed last week by the News, of a £6.5m action plan for the town centre. The town council are pleased with the announcement that
SUPPORT is growing to use the waterfront again next year for a massive community event, following the success of this year's RNLI festival. One of the festival organisers, Councillor Fred Johnson, is proposing the waterside as the venue for Wales' biggest
NOW 49 launches with Robbie Williams' current big hit Eternity and follows through with the major music smashes of the summer. Atomic Kitten's cover of the original Bangles hit Eternal Flame is there, along with S Club 7's Don't Stop Movin. Another cover
A SCHEME to reduce youth crime in Barry is proving a success. Started as a pilot project 18 months ago, a partnership between the Barry-based Youth Offending Team and the Duke Edinburgh Award scheme has involved youngsters in a wide range of activities
ALWYN Davies of Sully has qualified for the final of a national golf tournament - after finishing as runner up to his son Sean in a regional heat. Alwyn, who has won Colors Unlimited tournament outright in the past has a handicap of six, plays competitive
EVENTS IN AND AROUND BARRY FROM THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 UNTIL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 THURSDAY * Valeways Easy Walking Scheme - for programme details telephone 01446 749000. Old Paget Inn, Barry Island. Fun night and karaoke until 2am. * YMCA, Barry. Line dancing
BARRY Comprehensive school is celebrating after its A-level pass rate reached an all-time high. After two years of hard work, and a nail-biting month-long wait, students from the sixth form are delighted with their overall pass rate of 97 percent. This
WITH 30,000 children injured at play each year during the summer months - twice as many as at other times of the year - the Safe Kids Campaign is urging kids and parents to be alert to the dangers of accidental injury. They are also highlighting the need
CAERSWS 1 BARRY 4 THIS was a great start to the new campaign for Peter Nicholas's men! A hat trick by Jon French and a goal by Jamie Moralee gave Barry a victory over a side, they could not beat last season in three outings! It was a committed team performance
FELLOW employees at Dow Corning, Barry are nicknaming their colleague Simon Parker 'the Ironman' after he represented Great Britain in the World Long Course Triathlon Age-Group Championships in Denmark at the beginning of August. Simon, an internet specialist
SURVIVOR winner Charlotte Hobrough has put her skates on for a new career in television. The former Barry policewoman, who won one million pounds in the hit show, is considering a number of job offers. Meanwhile, she and husband Mark, a police sergeant
THE CELL (18) sees popular actress and singer Jennifer Lopez as a former social worker, who has taken up a new role - travelling into the minds of people in comas using ground-breaking new neuroscience. After working with a young boy, Lopez finds herself
SOME Bryn Hafren pupils were left on tenterhooks last week after their A-Level exam results failed to turn up. Students who sat the Chemistry examination, using the English AQA board, were left in doubt over whether they had won their places at university
BARRY drivers can expect a smoother ride on local roads in the future, thanks to a major resurfacing scheme. The Vale of Glamorgan Council has earmarked £108,000 in the current year to improve surfaces at a number of roads across the area. Roads to undergo
Planet of the Apes (12) ** AFTER all the hype, the Planet of the Apes remake is finally here. The waiting has put many fans through torture, but they do have the comfort that Sleepy Hollow director Tim Burton is helming it. Do they? Set about thirty years
