Barry | Archive | 2004 | September
NATASHA Bedingfield proves she's far more to offer than just being Daniel's pretty little sister on her debut album Unwritten. more...
Thursday more...
THE PASSION of the Christ' has ruffled feathers in religious communities because it challenges accepted beliefs. more...
CONSCIENTIOUS taxi driver Max (Jamie Foxx), knows Los Angeles like the back of his hand. He keeps his taxi clean and goes about his boring job with good grace. more...
50 YEARS AGO more...
I have working-class roots based in Barry where my family have lived for more than 150 years. more...
WITH the new Parliamentary session under way it seems like an appropriate time to remind readers about my regular advice surgeries, held weekly throughout the Vale of Glamorgan. more...
I feel duty bound to reply to the reader's comments regarding the high cost of entertainment nowadays and I agree with the sentiments expressed in the first part of the letter. (Readers letters and Cost of Fun comments, in Barry & District News, September 16). more...
I haven't visited Barry Island for many years but when visiting friends recently we were persuaded to take a walk along Barry Island bay, and the improvement was an eye-opener. more...
THE LEAGUE Against Cruel Sports would like to thank its many supporters and MPs of all parties for all their hard work in obtaining a vote in the House of Commons to ban hunting with dogs. more...
FOR several years the current chairman of the Vale of Glamorgan Council has hosted fortnightly coffee mornings in aid of various charities. more...
I totally agree with Vale of Glamorgan councillor Rob Curtis about fox hunting. more...
A BARRY teenager who was rushed into hospital with chronic stomach pains came home with a bouncing baby girl. more...
A BARRY couple celebrated 60 years of marriage this month. more...
PALMERSTON gardeners are hitting out at fly-tippers dumping waste on land at the side of their allotments. more...
A BARRY hairdresser is counting the cost after a burglar broke in and trashed her shop. more...
A MOTHER-OF-THREE is worried her family will have nowhere to go if they are evicted from their Barry council house. more...
A DISABLED Barry man's family have slammed the delay in the vital work being carried out at their home. more...
IT IS EXACTLY seven months since a devastating fire ripped through one of the Vale's best-loved pubs - and the owners are determined they will open again before Christmas. more...
A BARRY mother-of-four has spoken of her relief after her husband walked free from sexual offence charges. more...
A BARRY grandfather faces a visit from the bailiffs after being heavily fined by Transport for London. more...
FIVE pubs are joining forces to ban troublemakers from going in their premises by running the first Pubwatch in Barry. more...
A FAST-acting team has been launched in Barry to help save the lives of heart attack victims. more...
GLADSTONE Primary School's Year 4 and 6 children experienced a lesson with a difference recently when they participated in a Design Technology (DT) day at the school. more...
ON a hot and humid day, the Wanderers Cricket Club took part in the second game of their Taunton tour. The opponents were Brampton Ralph, in the picturesque and idyllic setting of Brampton, deep in the Somerset countryside. more...
LYNDONS Lions played their first game of the season on Sunday, a friendly away to Pentyrch. more...
ROMILLY Bowls Club Joint Finals Day was held on Saturday, September 4. The Men's Pairs saw Mel Newman and Paul Williams against Tony Freeman and Brian Foscolo. more...
BARRY snooker professional Anthony Davies from Barry, takes on the challenge of learning Welsh this week in S4C's series for Welsh learners Welsh in a Week. more...
SULLY Centurions completed their league programme last Saturday with a dramatic last-wicket victory over second-placed St Fagans, and in doing so retained the Premier League title - the first club to do so - to cap a season of unbelievable success. more...
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