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• Fantastic year for school's gym team

  THE BARRY Comprehensive Gymnastics team have just finished their successful school year by taking part in the Welsh Gymjamboree gymnastic festival. read more

• Dad's marathon for disabled son

  A BARRY dad is pulling out all the stops to create a better life for his disabled son. Local man Alex Skibinski will be running the Cardiff Marathon to raise money for four-year-old cerebral palsy sufferer Joe. read more

• Poor turn-out for carnival parade

  BARRY'S struggling carnival celebrations hardly caused a ripple across the town last week as locals gave it a big thumbs down. read more

• DVD Review

  DENZEL Washington takes a convincing part in this hard-hitting cop thriller, that keeps you tense throughout. read more

• Admirable

  I write in response to letters that have appeared over the last few months, praising a day service for people with learning disabilities called 'Vale Plus'. read more

• No wheels

  LAST month I wrote that one of the reasons for the closure of the pool given by council officers was that the pool had become an unviable proposition. read more

• Hope for a new airport link road

  BARRY'S dreams of seeing the building of a vital access road have taken a step closer to becoming reality. read more

• Going bald - all for little Ellie

  THE TRAGIC cot death of a Barry-born baby last October has persuaded the child's uncle to go bald for charity. read more

• Promotion beckons

  SULLY Centurions had yet another successful weekend with three victories out of four, but it is now crunch time as Saturday sees second place Chepstow visit Sully, victory for the home side will guarantee promotion to the Premier League next season and will virtually ensure the title is in the bag, so why not come and see what will be a tremendous day? read more

• Relaunch

  WHILE I applaud the efforts of the committee to keep the Barry Carnival afloat, it must be said that the event is looking tired and jaded. read more

• Respect

  I KEEP in mind that the 'Sue's View' to the recent controversy over the shock name change of the Barry Memorial Hall (prompted by my letter) was Sue's thoughts only. read more

• Vet saves cat after shooting

  BARRY families say they are 'living in fear' after a second spate of vicious pellet-gun attacks on cats in the area. read more

• Pool future

  FOR MANY months now, the argument over our beloved Knap Pool has raged on and on. read more

• Labour under fire

  A LEADING Vale councillor has slammed the local Labour group for failing to fight for the doomed Sully Hospital. read more

• Children at risk

  VULNERABLE Barry children are still at risk, according to a shock report on the Vale of Glamorgan Council. read more

• No cash to save crumbling lido

  BARRY councillors are blasting the local authority over plans to spend millions in the Vale whilst watching the rotting Knap Lido crumble. read more

• 'Naff' move

  With reference to the recent correspondence regarding the Memorial Hall name change. Yes, we all called the Memorial Hall 'the Memo' way back in the sixties, when I lived in Barry as a schoolboy. read more

• Exciting times for Vale karate

  THESE are exciting times for both the Junior and Adult Karate Squads at Vale Karate. Nine-year-old Nick Hooper from Penarth, the five times Welsh Champion, last week won the most prestigious title available to him when he travelled to Dresden in Germany to take part in The Kobe Osaka World Cup and won the under- 10 years Kata title. read more

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