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Stories for 23 September 2004

Barry Arts

CD REVIEW: Natasha Bedingfield 'Unwritten'

NATASHA Bedingfield proves she's far more to offer than just being Daniel's pretty little sister on her debut album Unwritten.  more...

What's On in and around Barry from Thursday September 23 to Wednesday September 29

Thursday  more...

DVD REVIEW: The Passion of the Christ

THE PASSION of the Christ' has ruffled feathers in religious communities because it challenges accepted beliefs.  more...

Cinema Review 'Collateral'

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...

Barry Features

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

50 YEARS AGO  more...

Barry Letters

Freedoms

I have working-class roots based in Barry where my family have lived for more than 150 years.  more...

Surgeries

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...

Expensive

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...

Improved

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...

Vote thanks

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...

Support

FOR several years the current chairman of the Vale of Glamorgan Council has hosted fortnightly coffee mornings in aid of various charities.  more...

Civilised

I totally agree with Vale of Glamorgan councillor Rob Curtis about fox hunting.  more...

Barry News

'Appendicitis' turns out to be baby girl

A BARRY teenager who was rushed into hospital with chronic stomach pains came home with a bouncing baby girl.  more...

Diamond day for couple

A BARRY couple celebrated 60 years of marriage this month.   more...

Rubbish cover-up

PALMERSTON gardeners are hitting out at fly-tippers dumping waste on land at the side of their allotments.  more...

Devastation in the salon after the break-in

A BARRY hairdresser is counting the cost after a burglar broke in and trashed her shop.  more...

We'll have nowhere to live if thrown out

A MOTHER-OF-THREE is worried her family will have nowhere to go if they are evicted from their Barry council house.  more...

Waiting for a vital home extension

A DISABLED Barry man's family have slammed the delay in the vital work being carried out at their home.   more...

Pub hopes for festive opening

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...

'Named and shamed' - but innocent

A BARRY mother-of-four has spoken of her relief after her husband walked free from sexual offence charges.  more...

'I'm being fined for car I've never had'

A BARRY grandfather faces a visit from the bailiffs after being heavily fined by Transport for London.  more...

Five pubs join forces to oust rowdy boozers

FIVE pubs are joining forces to ban troublemakers from going in their premises by running the first Pubwatch in Barry.  more...

Fast-acting team will help save lives

A FAST-acting team has been launched in Barry to help save the lives of heart attack victims.  more...

Barry Picture Special

Pupils develop range of skills

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...

Barry Sport

Wanderers off on tour

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...

Lions are mauled

LYNDONS Lions played their first game of the season on Sunday, a friendly away to Pentyrch.   more...

Joint finals day at Romilly Bowls Club

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...

Snooker pro takes on language challenge

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's super season ends with a thriller

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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