Barry | Archive | 2004 | October
WHEN you bring together two immensely talented individuals and tell them to make music, you're pretty much guaranteed to have a success. And Tom Jones' collaboration with Jools Holland is just the proof you need to give this theory credibility. more...
THE PLOT behind Taking Lives should mean the film is a spine-chilling, edge-of-your-seat thriller. But sadly, it falls a bit flat. more...
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50 YEARS AGO more...
FOLLOWING the automatic disqualification of a Labour councillor in Gibbonsdown, I was astonished to learn that Labour has blamed Plaid Cymru for the by-election! more...
WHY has the exterior of the Gibbonsdown Children's Centre been left to deteriorate so badly? more...
I HAVE been visiting the Knap car park with my two young children for a number of years. more...
THE vote to ban hunting with dogs by MPs last month was a landmark decision for animal welfare. This week the House of Lords will have their chance to debate the Hunting Bill and they have threatened to amend it to a compromise. more...
A FRIEND recently showed me a leaflet from the Labour party. more...
A PETITION calling for improved safety facilities at the zebra crossing on Holton Road, near the Weston Hill Post Office, has just been given to local Vale Councillor Barry Shaw. He is then to present it to a meeting of the full council. more...
IN June three town councillors and two Vale councillors were elected to serve the Gibbonsdown Ward. They were all Labour councillors. more...
SO Labour's back to that old trick - `When in a hole blame someone else!' more...
REGARDING the quote in the Barry & District News of September 30, 2004, from Memories of 50 Years Ago - `A footpath leading to Coldbrook from Victoria Park was described at a meeting of the Public Works Committee on Monday, by Cllr Mrs A O Yeoman, as being in a shocking condition'. I live in Coldbrook and the footpath, if you can call it that, is still in a disgusting state. You have to fight your way through all the brambles; not very nice for pensioners. more...
CHART-topping hip-hop band `Three of a Kind' and teen sensation `Dragonheart' are coming to Barry in a bid to keep kids off the streets on the busiest night of the policing calendar. more...
A PLAID Cymru newsletter, which apparently warned residents about the imminent sale of allotments in Slade Road, has been disputed by Labour. more...
A VALE OF Glamorgan student has single-handedly raised more than £50,000 to lead a three-month sporting exchange programme across Eastern Europe, teaching children from war-torn countries how to play again. more...
A MAN has died in custody at Barry police station, making it the second fatality in the last seven months. more...
THE DEATH of a Vale boy that launched a massive review of school transport throughout the whole area is to be reinvestigated by police. more...
TWO BARRY women are part of group who investigate paranormal activity and will rid your home of unwanted spirits. more...
A BY-ELECTION is being held in the Gibbonsdown ward because the Labour candidate who won the seat in June, failed to sign a vital document within the allotted time. more...
A BARRY woman is disgusted at the amount of fly-tipping on the paths around her neighbourhood. more...
A YOUNG Barry boy has a patch of hair, which has been discoloured since he was born, but is shaped like the map of Wales. more...
BARRY residents living in Coronation Street can be forgiven for not being able to spot their new neighbours as seen on the adverts for a popular TV soap. more...
WITH the domestic game disrupted last weekend because of the match between England and Wales, attention turns once again to Barry Town's Welsh League commitments on Saturday. more...
A CHEQUE for £220 - raised through a special raffle at the annual Vale of Glamorgan sports personality awards evening held earlier this year - has been presented to the local Ty Hafan Children's Hospice. more...
A BARRY man is competing in one of the toughest yacht races in the world. more...
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