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Stories for 15 January 2004

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CD review School Reunion 1980s

COMPILATION albums are fantastic and when you have three discs to choose from, you're bound to be spoilt rotten.  more...

DVD review 'Bottom Live 2003'

IF YOU are easily offended, stay away from Bottom Live 2003, The Weapons Grade Y-Front Tour. But if you're not, just plug yourself in, sit back and prepare to chuckle.  more...

What's on in and around Barry from Thursday January 15 to Wednesday January 21

Thursday  more...

Barry Features

Extracts from the Barry and District News from 25 and 50 years ago

50 YEARS AGO  more...

Barry Letters

Slab injury

I write with a warning to all other Vale of Glamorgan Council tenants.   more...

Student liffe

I WAS surprised to see the name of John Smith, the MP for the Vale, amongst those opposing Tony Blair on the important issue of top-up fees for students. I hope John is doing this on an issue of principle and not like some of the usual suspects on the list, just wanting to give the Prime Minister a bloody nose.  more...

Lifeboat

TO keep our lifeboat on 24-hour emergency call 365 days a year, the fundraising team here in Barry are always asking the people to dip deep into their pockets during their collections and the organised fundraising events.  more...

Thank you

THE BARRY Beavers Disabled Swimming Club would like to say "thank you Dave" for the overwhelming effort made by him in collecting Christmas Challenge Tokens from a daily paper. With the amount of tokens collected, the Beavers were awarded £800. Dave is a helper and lifeguard with the club, also a committee member. Thanks also to the many people who collected tokens, especially the Spar shop and Woolies.  more...

School food

I would appreciate just a short space in you newspaper to respond, on behalf of Vale Catering Services, to the "Chew on it" letter which appeared in the Barry & District News of December 18.  more...

Barry News

Bus death inquest

THE INQUEST into the death of Cowbridge Comprehen-sive pupil Stuart Cunningham-Jones opened on Tuesday, January 13.  more...

Centre's boost from champion

THE GIBBONSDOWN Children's Centre had a huge boost for its fight against proposed budget cuts when the newly appointed Welsh Assembly Childcare Champion visited last week.   more...

Anger at Sully's move to Cardiff

SULLY residents are likely to fight proposals to include the village in a Cardiff constituency.   more...

Well, blow me down!

BARRY'S coastline was battered last weekend by a tornado that ripped up the Bristol Channel.  more...

High praise for town hall plans

BARRY'S crumbling centre-piece is to be rejuvenated after the development scheme to transform the heart of the town was granted planning permission.  more...

Taxpayers must take a bitter pill

BARRY taxpayers have been rocked by the National Assembly's decision to use millions of pounds earmarked to reduce council tax bills to instead fund social care problems.  more...

Barry Picture Special

Brick by brick, these awards are here to stay

THE FIRST "Built in Quality" Award Scheme celebrated its initial success at an awards dinner on Friday, January 9.  more...

Barry Sport

Dragons - more misery

Clinical finishing from Caernarfon Town meant another miserable afternoon at Jenner Park as a much-changed Barry showed promise but gained nothing but a disappointing 5-0 away defeat.  more...

Football course achieves goal

THE VALE of Glamorgan Council sports development unit has netted another winner with one of its regular soccer initiatives for the area's local youngsters.  more...

Sully give it all away

LLANDAFF 45   more...

Premier league 'needs to improve'

After nearly a month in the hotseat at Jenner Park, Barry Town's new chairman, Stuart Lovering, has made one decision about the Welsh Premier: "It must get better!"  more...

Chance to play with rugby stars

PUPILS at Ysgol Bro Morgannwg, Barry, recently had the chance to take part in a special rugby initiative.  more...

  
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