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• Gentleman

  THROUGH your paper I wish to thank the gentleman who helped me on Sunday, July 14, as my scooter had broken down on Dock View Road. Irene Crowe read more

• Disgusted

  WITH reference to the article in this week's local paper (Barry & District News, July 11, 2002, The Memo: Hall's new name is unforgivable). I and many more are in full agreement with Joan Lake about the renaming of the Memorial Hall and disgusted with the notice that was put up. read more

• Hall's past

  THE COUNCIL are forgetting the reason for the Memorial Hall's existence, i.e. a dignified way of remembering local people who lost their lives, initially during the Great War and latterly the Second World War. read more

• Closure threat

  RHOOSE residents are set to fight for a vital community facility facing certain closure. Locals are up in arms over a Royal Air Force cost-cutting exercise that will force the East Camp community centre to close down. read more

• Gladstone retain prestigious award

  BARRY pupils and staff at Gladstone Primary School are celebrating after being awarded the Sportsmarc Cymru 2002 award for the 2nd year running. read more

• DVD Review

  MARK WAHLBERG (Planet of the Apes) stars next to Jennifer Aniston in the story of devoted fan chosen to be front man of his all-time favourite rock band. read more

• Our vandals

  MOST local authorities have a Design and Planning department. Do these initial for ours stand for Desecration and Pomposity? read more

• Strike day chaos

  BARRY children were forced to miss a day's education yesterday as a 24-hour strike caused council services to grind to halt. read more

• Dirty town

  ODE to the Vale of Glamorgan. We think the council of Barry town. Has let everybody down. The streets are dirty. read more

• Memories

  Memories from the Barry & District News read more

• Crime rate up by 34%

  BARRY'S crime rate has risen by more than a third in the last quarter, according to shock new figures. read more

• What a fuss

  REGARDING the ongoing saga over the signage surrounding the renaming of Barry's memorial hall. read more

• Barry rugby starlets soar

  A GIRLS' under-13 rugby side has been set up at Barry Rugby Club. read more

• Hot pants will lift the temperature

  BILLBOARD Ensemble, will be raising hemlines and the temperature of the audience when they stage Sweet Charity at the end of the month. Out go the fancy crinolines and in come the hot pants and mini-skirts of the sixties. read more

• Cinema Review

  Murder by Numbers (15) ** read more

• Mountain to climb

  Skonto Riga 5 Barry Town 0 read more

• Memorial hall's sign is under fire

  A BARRY pensioner who saw active service in World War Two has branded the new signage outside the Memorial Hall "insulting". read more

• Farm days

  I was pleasantly surprised when I went to visit the Amelia Trust farm just the other week. I hadn't been to the site and when I found myself at a loose end I went to see what all the fuss is over. read more

• Knap pool: call grows for a poll

  BARRY'S crumbling and derelict Knap lido has once again come under the spotlight. read more

• WIN! Family meal

  TWO life-long Barry friends have got together to realise a life-long ambition - the opening of their own restaurant. read more

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