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• Shot but safe

  A BARRY soldier mortared and shot during a bomb attack in the Gulf has turned up safe and sound. read more

• Super Barry take over at top of league

  BARRY TOWN 3 CARMARTHEN TOWN 0 read more

• Tax credits

  MAY I, through the use of your newspaper, highlight the problems with this new Tax Credit system. read more

• CD review Eye candy Mis-Teeq

  WITH a strange mix of cool grooves and weird tempos, this album would probably not be the best for new converts to Mis-Teeq. read more

• ME victims

  MY NAME is Michelle Penny and I am the Young Persons Contact for the Welsh Association of ME & CFS Support (WAMES). read more

• Cash will fund nerw kids club

  ONE of the town's most popular community venues is jumping for joy this week after scooping some much-needed cash . Barry YMCA, at Court Road, has been granted £11,372 by the BBC fundraisers Children in Need. read more

• Town pride

  WHAT a delight to read that our King Square is to be rebuilt and put back to normal. read more

• Budget is no big deal for us

  ONE BARRY family have been left feeling let-down by Gordon Brown's April budget Mum-of-two Sue Marsh, of George Street, claims the new rules won't help her at all and make no difference to the average family. read more

• Shocked

  I must say I am absolutely shocked by last week's front page story, 'Son aged 2 saw knife attack.' I find it inconceivable that a grown man can headbutt his wife in front of two small children and then walk away scot free from court. read more

• Town's identity 'must be saved'

  A BARRY professor has thrown down the gauntlet by challenging the Vale of Glamorgan Council to protect the town's character. read more

• Telethon cash is given to centre

  A VITAL Barry community facility has been given a massive cash boost by Children In Need in Wales. read more

• Fury over bus route economy

  ANGRY Barry residents are demanding a revamp of the bus services, they claim, have left them isolated. read more

• Sunshine is key to fun

  BARRY traders are hoping for a bumper Easter bonanza as the town basks in the best Bank Holiday weather for decades. read more

• Charity hits out against thieves

  A HARD-WORKING charity has slammed the thieves who stole its computers over the weekend. read more

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

  50 YEARS AGO EXTRACTS from the Barry & District News of April 16, 1953: read more

• Wildcats reach the final

  ON A fine day at Jenner Park, Barry, Barry Wildcats entered two teams in the Junior Mixed Lacrosse Tourney run by the Welsh Lacrosse Association. read more

• Poll problem

  MUCH media attention is given to voter apathy at the forthcoming Assembly elections. read more

• Dog thanks

  MAY I through your newspaper thank the 'lovely man,' who found my Golden Retriever wandering lost on the Waterfront and returned her to our home on Thursday. read more

• Gymnasts scoop Belfast medals

  THREE girls and two boys from Barry YMCA gymnastics club entered the annual Celtic Cup gymnastic competition held in Belfast. read more

• What's on in and around Barry from Thursday April 17 to Wednesday April 23

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