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• Sports teacher in new PE role

  A TEACHER has taken on the role of co-ordinating a new national initiative to develop physical education and sports experiences in primary and secondary schools across the Vale. read more

• CD review - The best of REM

  THE BEST of R.E.M. is a classic collection of their favourite hits from 1988 to 2003. read more

• Disgraced vet blasts lawyers

  BARRY'S controversial vet Maurice John Kirk blasted "bent lawyers" after losing his appeal against professional disqualification last Monday. read more

• Pot-holes

  I wish to complain about rural roads. In comparison with the Barruc ward in Barry, the road between Bonvilston and Llancarfan (known as the Llancarfan Lane) is from another period. read more

• Fair tax

  I, AS member for South Wales Central, have condemned the Liberal Democrats as the party of high tax, following their proposals to introduce a local income tax. read more

• Free speech

  THE 'Kilroy affair' exposes the dangerous and growing threat to the right to free speech. Those who wish to curtail this fundamental hallmark of a free society currently represent the greatest danger to our democracy as they slowly succeed in suppressing open dialogue and debate. read more

• Can we fix it for you?

  BARRY'S massive £5,000 Fix It campaign is hotting up. read more

• Grieving parents are to prosecute

  THE HEARTBROKEN parents of Stuart Cunningham-Jones want to see someone prosecuted over the death of their only son. read more

• Caring help

  A FEW weeks ago I hit a cat that ran out in front of me. I phoned the Tynewydd Road veterinary practice in my panic and within minutes a woman, I think Kerry was her name, helped me to try and find it. She provided on-the-spot support and help and stayed until we lost hope of finding the cat. read more

• Stardom has no rival

  BARRY'S talented 'pop rival' Jamie Shaw is determined to make 2004 his year. read more

• Ryan's proud to be selected for Wales

  A BARRY schoolboy has been selected to play rugby for the Welsh Schools' team that will face Italy in Milan on February 19. read more

• Museum

  AS THE fire station in Court Road continues to decline, why doesn't the Vale Council consider the idea of converting it into a local history museum? read more

• Attack family fighting back

  A YOUNG Barry mum has broken her silence to speak about the seven months of torment she and her family have faced after an assault on her partner. read more

• Modest Suzanne accepts honour

  THE founder of Ty Hafan Children's Hospice has been made an MBE. read more

• Dragons are denied a point

  Barry Town will go into Saturday's match at home to Rhyl with renewed confidence after a promising dislay against Caersws at the Recreation Ground. read more

• Veteran's battle for war memorial

  A BARRY sailor is leading the campaign to get the Portland Stone War Memorial on Holton Road restored to its former glory. read more

• Pirates

  I AM writing a book on Welsh pirates and piracy. Do any of your readers have stories about pirates from your area? Are there stories about people being snatched by pirates? Are there any pirate caves? Or buried pirate treasure? Are there any pirate graves - or graves of those killed by pirates - in your local cemetery? read more

• See history

  I have decided to start a campaign to promote the formation of a Vale Museum, a campaign started by John Storrie more than a century ago. read more

• Priorities

  THE people of the Vale of Glamorgan elected their councillors with the trust that they would spend their taxes wisely and that they would spend their taxes on the people's priorities. read more

• What's on in and around Barry from Thursday, January, 22 to Wednesday, January, 28

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On this day: Barry Archive