Barry | Archive | 2004 | November
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ROBBIE Williams' fans won't need to read this review to know his `Best of' album is jam-packed with top hits. more...
THE DAY After Tomorrow is a highly topical action thriller with a stiff moral message behind it - global warning is coming. more...
EVERYTIME you turn on the television, there are reports about the war in Iraq. But the conflict is many miles away and there might be a temptation to dismiss it as not important. After all, it's not going to affect anyone here...is it? more...
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I am seeking all service people, their families or anyone with some kind of interest in the Bad, Eilsen, Buckeburg, Obernkirken units 1945-1955, and would like to know more about our reunion to contact myself, Mike Barry, 19 Mill Close, Wainfleet, Skegness, Lincs.Telephone 01754 881 557, email: mike-audrey@yrrab.freeserve.co.uk more...
AUTHOR Chris Stagg, who is based in Kent, is compiling a book regarding football in South Wales, he is especially keen to obtain information for the period 1945 to 1955 and in particular the football programmes for Cardiff City, Swansea Town and Newport County for that period. He will return any material lent or will pay excellent prices to purchase for his research. Anyone who may be able to help him is invited to contact him on 01322 523153 or you can write to Mr Stagg at 9 Manor Close, Crayford, Kent. DA1 4EX. more...
AS a lifelong supporter of the Labour Party, and a strong advocate of Tony Blair and the Labour Government, in its quest to rid the world of terrorists such as the murderous Al-Zarquiwi and his followers, I feel deeply offended by the letter in the Barry & District News of (October 21), by Karl-James Langford, which accused Tony Blair and his government, and the supporters of said party, of having blood on our hands. I certainly do not feel guilty of mass murder in Iraq, and it would seem that Mr Langford's letter was politically motivated. To score cheap and nasty party political points off such an important and emotive subject, smacks of cowardice and opportunism. more...
I am writing in response to recent comments made about the exterior of Gibbonsdown Community/ Children's Centre in Barry with regards to the deteriorating state of its paintwork. more...
LABOUR'S New Deal is the biggest and most successful assault on long-term unemployment ever mounted by any government cutting youth unemployment by 76 percent. Wales now tops the UK league for creating and safeguarding employment, helping us to create jobs much faster than the UK as a whole. more...
OVER the past few weeks I have had cause to use Thomas Motors/Shamrock Travel buses to commute between Barry and Cowbridge and felt compelled to write, as I am really impressed with the service they are providing. The drivers are not just courteous they are friendly too. They are considerate towards the older people that use the buses, waiting for them to be seated before driving off. Cowbridge schoolchildren who live in the surrounding and remote countryside don't have to get out of their seats or press the buzzer to stop the bus - the drivers know where every one of them lives and automatically stops outside each of their houses. more...
SOME years ago there was a spoof headline "Archduke Franz Ferdinand alive and well. World War One a mistake." more...
A BARRY building design has won an award for its architectural balance. The Pebble Beach development on the Knap was praised for harmonising with the surrounding scenery. more...
THE BARRY RNLI are warning people not to set off distress flares in place of fireworks because their actions could cost lives. more...
GIBBONSDOWN Children's Centre is celebrating a bumper year of attendance in their summer play schemes. more...
A MEMORIAL to the Barry and Vale of Glamorgan Merchant Navy is still a shocking state, according to a town resident, despite promises to repair it. The stone monument was commissioned by the Vale of Glamorgan Council in 1996 and since 1998 there has been an issue with the maintenance of the memorial. more...
BARRY taxpayers have been sold short by the Assembly Government after it was revealed the local authority is to receive one of the lowest cash subsidies in the country. more...
A PATH running alongside a Barry beauty spot is so badly maintained that it is putting people off using it, according to one infuriated local man. more...
A CHARITY that recycles household goods in Barry may have to close its shop because of a lack of funding. more...
THE VOICE of people influencing patient care in the Vale is in danger of going unheard due to a shortage of volunteers. more...
A PETITION signed by more than 800 people has been presented to the local authority complaining about a zebra crossing on Holton Road. more...
BARRY police had a real treat last week - reporting the quietest Halloween in years. more...
POLICE in the Vale of Glamorgan are once again celebrating the success of the We Are The Champions Sports Day competition Finals for junior school pupils from across the Vale of Glamorgan. more...
MOTAQUOTE WELSH LEAGUE DIVISION ONE BARRY TOWN 6 GWYNFI UNITED 1 more...
A FIRM of Barry solicitors has donated £300 to a group of young gymnasts who are raising money to compete at a tournament in the USA in February next year. more...
TWENTY girls who know how to party came down to Windsor LTC on Thursday last to join in at the club's most recent tennis party. Girls from Bridgend, Cowbridge, Pentyrch, Cardiff and other clubs in the Vale of Glamorgan were keen to take part in Windsor's second event of this kind. more...
BARRY Leisure Centre hosted the annual Ray Sutton Gala on October 16 - and it was won by Barry Amateur Swimming Club. more...
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