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• Can't get her our of our heads

  SEXY, sassy and sparkling, Kylie Minogue stepped out onto the Cardiff International Arena stage and purred: "Sut mae Cardiff?" read more

• Our shame

  I AM concerned with the state of disrepair in the whole area of Cold Knap. The Lido and boating lake were once the pride of the town of Barry. read more

• 'We need more women in politics'

  PENARTH'S prospective Conservative candidate for next year's National Assembly elections is demanding that frontline politics change. read more

• Matthew collects six awards

  VALE PUPILS claimed two of the three top awards at the recent Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Schools presentation evening. read more

• Ideal spot

  I AND my family used the Knap Lido for many years, and were bitterly disappointed when it closed its gates a few years back. read more

• Appeal for car smash witness

  A BARRY boy seriously injured in a car smash is appealing for witnesses to the horrific event. read more

• Celebrations at Newtown party

  NEWTOWN 0, BARRY TOWN 1 read more

• New uses

  I AND many more people, not only locals, would not want the Cold Knap swimming pool to be filled in and built on. read more

• 'Beefy' gobbles up Welsh miles

  BARRY welcomed cricketing legend Ian 'Beefy' Botham into the town last weekend. read more

• Vale gymnasts jumping for joy

  BARRY children's gymnastics have been boosted by a series of grants to schools and clubs. read more

• CD Review: Hits 52

  HITS 52 is jam-packed with lots of recent hits and kicks off with pop idol Will Young and Evergreen. read more

• Barry take the lid of new deal

  BARRY Town Football Club have proved they have got the bottle to win the title this season - now they want to get 'fizz-ical'. read more

• Reunion is a success

  BARRY girls who went to the first ever classes at Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School got together last week. read more

• Restore it

  I BELIEVE, without doubt, that the Knap Lido should be restored to its former glory. Summers just haven't been the same since it closed. read more

• Cinema review: Bend It Like Beckham

  HE IS getting everywhere! His haircuts spark a media frenzy and his choice of clothes puts him on the front cover of nearly every magazine in Europe. read more

• Pool talks

  REGARDING your article (April 11) about the Knap Pool. Seapoint (35 flats) and Sealawns (15 flats) directly overlook the pool and the sea and have done so since the late sixties and early seventies respectively. read more

• Crowning memory

  A BARRY royalist has cast his mind back to 1953 to recall the pomp and ceremony of the Queen's Coronation. read more

• Events in and around Barry from May 2 to 8

  Thursday read more

• PC Game Review: Need for Speed 3

  Need For Speed 3: PC CD-ROM read more

• Decide now

  I AM writing in response to your article of April 11 concerning The Knap pool being left to rack and ruin. I feel that the lack of a decision being made as to the future use of this pool, or the surrounding land of the pool, has been left for far too long. read more

On this day: Barry Archive