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• Wanderers back on song again

  VALE Wanderers ended last season by winning both Barry Carnival and Seaview football tournaments, and that winning form continued with a good display against a talented St Athan side. read more

• Memories

  IN the early 1990s my family also used to have our holidays at the Majestic Barry Island Resort. We always enjoyed ourselves so much that we always came back year after year right from the start of the camp opening until its closure. read more

• Local boy costs Dragons dear

  BARRY Town suffered their first league defeat since January when a 52nd minute lob over Simon Rayner's head by local boy Mark Dodds stole the three points for Port Talbot. read more

• Barry sailor back on dry land

  BARRY had double reason to celebrate last week. read more

• Pull crowd

  LIKE many other residents we oppose the closing of the Knap Pool. With just a little effort a fund could have been set up for donations and fund-raising events arranged to raise money for the repairs to be carried out. read more

• Join me

  SINCE returning from a recent visit to occupied Palestine I can honestly say I know how those who join extremist groups must feel. If people are not listened to and the world ignores their plight, what are they to do? I am normally a very passive person who rarely speaks out in anger but at the moment I am livid. I am livid at the what I see as the hypocrisy of the government. read more

• Golden couple met on blind date

  DINAS COUPLE Stan and Babs Hall, of Brecon Court, toasted 50 years of marriage on September 2. read more

• Sell-off rumour circles Knap pool

  BARRY'S crumbling Knap lido is at the centre of fierce debate following rumours of its sale for housing development. read more

• Cinema review

  Signs (12A) read more

• Car park death

  NEW SAFETY calls are being made after a local man plunged to his death off the top of town's multi-storey car park. read more

• Ship tour

  Now that the tall ship the STS Stavros S Niarchos has left, I would like to thank all the people who gave her such an enthusiastic welcome in Barry. read more

• DVD review

  The Last Castle read more

• Debut pair make mark in fine Dinas victory

  THE VILLAGERS secured their first win in Division Three East last Saturday, when well fancied Builth Wells were the visitors to The Common. read more

• Disrespect

  I AM a Vale resident who has frequently visited Barry and the memorial hall. I was quite taken aback on my last visit to find that the memorial hall had been renamed The Memo. read more

• Army preparation

  BARRY youngsters will be a step ahead of their counterparts if they plan to join the armed forces. read more

• What's on in Barry

  Thursday read more

• Police beating street crime

  BARRY police are winning the war against street crime, according to interim figures released this week. read more

• Admonish

  THE PHILOSOPHY of the Welsh Knot appears to be making a reappearance in a new and bizarre form. read more

• Woman rescued from sea

  A BARRY man has been hailed a hero for swimming through strong currents to rescue a woman in difficulty. read more

• Have fun with the fab four

  BARRY children don't have to wait until December to get excited about Christmas - they can start now! read more

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