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Stories for 12 August 2004

Barry Arts

CD Review: Rush Hour

OH YES! Traffic jams have never sounded so good.   more...

DVD Review: Welcome to the Jungle

WELCOME To The Jungle is a great family film. Simple as that.  more...

Film Review: 13 Going On 30

It's 1987 and 13-year-old Jenna Rink (Christa B. Allen) longs to be part of the cool set at school. This snobbish clique of girls, led by Lucy Wyman (Alexandra Kyle), call themselves the 'Six Chicks'.   more...

What's on in Barry from Thursday August 12 to Wednesday August 18

Thursday  more...

Barry Features

EXTRACTS from the Barry & District News of 50 and 25 years ago

50 YEARS AGO  more...

Barry Letters

Goal posts

EARLY in May I received a copy of a letter from the prospective Conservative Councillors for the Colcot.  more...

Pool date

IT was nice to see the old picture of the Knap Pool on your front page but the date of late fifties is way out.   more...

Funding

IT was with interest that I read your article of August 5, 2004, which stated that Jane Hutt had "been working hard to ensure funding" for the Victoria Park (Barry) regeneration scheme.  more...

Special vet

I HAVE always been a fan of TV vet Joe Inglis, and always wondered if he had spent time at Barry Animal Health Centre.  more...

Stepfamily

WE are making a documentary for Channel 4 about stepfamilies. It is estimated that by 2010 there will be more stepfamilies in the UK than biological families and this programme will look specifically at the relationships between stepbrothers and stepsisters. We are keen to speak to any stepsiblings about their experiences.  more...

Thank you

THE LEAGUE of Friends of Barry Hospital would like to extend their personal thanks to all those dedicated loyal supporters from Barry and the Vale who attended their recent hospital fete. The event was a record breaking success raising a fantastic figure of £4,000. Special thanks to all those businesses and organisation who also supported the event by offering sponsorship. Thanks to all those outside organisations who had tables to support their own charities.  more...

Mckechnie

I am researching into the life and times of Jack Mckechnie who was the guitarist with the Hedley Ward Trio and would be grateful for any archive material or info/photos/reminiscences etc from your readers that could help me with my research.  more...

Barry News

Family's plea for help

A PREGNANT Barry mum and her husband say they have been left homeless and destitute after the Homes4U scheme classed them as low priority.  more...

Tribute to one of life's champions

DEVASTATED friends of popular skating champion Richard Taylor are calling for a lasting memorial in the town.  more...

Fun-fair coming for town festival

BARRY'S Waterfront Festival is bang on course for a September weekend of fun.  more...

House prices continue to rise in Barry area

BARRY is bucking the national trend as house prices continue to rocket.  more...

Tip-off nets stolen goods

BARRY police have snagged a massive haul of stolen goods thanks to an anonymous tip-off.  more...

'Disgusted' by council inaction

A BARRY pensioner is disgusted at the local authority's failure to act on what he sees as a potentially lethal danger in his garden.  more...

War of words over charges

A WAR of words has broken out between Plaid Cymru and Conservative councillors over proposals to introduce car parking charges at Cosmeston Park.  more...

'Leisure centres aren't the same'

A FORMER Barry lifeguard has taken a trip down Memory Lane as the town bids farewell to the famous Knap Lido.  more...

Bouncy slide horror

A BARRY teenager was left traumatised when the bouncy slide he was on ripped from under him plummeting him nearly 30 feet to the floor.  more...

Barry teenager guilty of attack

A BARRY teenager found guilty of a vicious attack on a father and his two sons has been given 100 hours' community punishment.  more...

Barry Picture Special

Welsh learners congratulated

Cllr Tony Hampton, Chair of Lifelong Learning congratulated the students on their achievements as he presented their certificates from the South East Wales Open College Network.   more...

Schools honoured with quality mark

SEVENTEEN Vale of Glamorgan schools were honoured with the Basic Skills Quality Mark award at a recent presentation ceremony.   more...

Barry Sport

Jamie shines as Sully win their way to Lords

SULLY Centurions made history last Sunday when they defeated Findon from Sussex in the semi-final of the nPower Village Cup at Sully.  more...

Nicole hopes to inspire nation

A VALE of Glamorgan cyclist who is competing at the Athens Olympics hopes her star status will help get the whole of Wales on their bikes.  more...

Wanderers confident in top-of-table clash

ON Saturday Barry Wanderers first XI hosted Great Western in a top of the table clash. With the skipper giving a morale-boosting teamtalk before the game, BWCC were well up for it.   more...

Youth Academy show promise in America

BARRY Town's under-17 Youth Academy has just returned from playing in The Nations Cup in America.  more...

Addison sacked over contract row

BARRY Town have sacked manager Colin Addison after only six months in charge at Jenner Park, and only a fortnight before a crucial league campaign. The club said it was "unable to accede to Mr Addison's demands for a long term contract".  more...

  
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