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• Extracts from the Barry and District News from Thursday January 8 to Wednesday January 14

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• DVD review 'Hook'

  THE ENTHRALLING tale of Peter Pan, the young boy who refused to grow up, has been capturing the hearts of millions for one hundred years. read more

• Dragons are on fire

  THE BARRY Dragons Tae Kwon Do club ended the season on a high note, travelling to Cheltenham, on December 14 to take part in the WUMA British Championships. Only five Dragons travelled to the tournament but they had the results the club has started to expect. read more

• 'I'll stay by his side'

  A BARRY dad has vowed to stay by his sick son's bedside until he makes a full recovery from the horrific injuries he suffered in a mystery fall. read more

• Dead fish

  ON New Year's Day we went with our family for a walk over the Pebble Beach. read more

• Our thanks

  AS HONORARY Poppy Appeal Organiser for The Royal British Legion in the Barry area, can I say a big thank you to the people of Barry, Rhoose and surrounding areas for their magnificent support for the Poppy Appeal 2003. We have again exceeded the previous year's collection and raised the amazing sum of £13,106.54 for the Poppy Appeal. read more

• Cash query

  SO suddenly we are expected to believe that the Vale Council is to receive money from the Welsh government to keep council tax low. read more

• Steps to it!

  CAN we congratulate the work of Barry Island residents for their sustained campaign to reopen Clive Road steps? read more

• B&Bs clinch title win

  A TEAM from Barry's Hen Goleg Resource Centre has clinched the inaugural Vale Adult Boccia League title after a dramatic final round of matches. read more

• Unit closure

  The Vale of Glamorgan Constituency Labour Party is appalled at the threatened closure of the maternity unit at Llandough Hospital. read more

• Watt happened?

  A BARRY caterer has hit out at a very unfestive problem that spoiled the effect of Christmas in the town centre. read more

• 'Thank you'

  ON DECEMBER 16 market day I collapsed near Boots the Chemist and was attended by several people who stayed with me until the ambulance came. Fortunately no bones were broken. A big thank you to all. read more

• Island team pipped at post by Knights

  BARRY Island Chess Team were pipped by Cardiff Knights in their final match of 2003 at the Marine Hotel. read more

• Maternity unit threat

  PREGNANT Barry women face a 17-mile trip to Cardiff to give birth following a healthcare review. read more

• Tee-dious

  AGAIN the Conservative-run Vale of Glamorgan Council attempts to cut a £53,000 lifeline grant to the Gibbonsdown Children's Centre, using the familiar excuse of lack of money. read more

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

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• New labour

  I reply to a recent correspondent who criticised my description of this "New Labour" Government as "diabolical." read more

• FA off-side

  I READ with dismay the article about the Sully football team that has been banned because of a report in the local paper. read more

• Hll's well

  PROMPTED by concerns about the state of Barry Town Hall and Library, in 1991, Barry Citizens' Action Group entered a competition to find the most neglected historic building in Britain. The competition was organised by the conservation group, 'Save Britain's Heritage'. Although our entry of Barry Town Hall and Library was not judged as the 'winner', it appeared in The Times with other commended entries. This dubious honour shocked many local people into realising the state of neglect reached by the Grade II Listed municipal building. read more

• Housing boom boost for town

  BARRY'S image has been given a massive boost after a survey revealed it is the tenth most expensive place to live in Wales. read more

On this day: Barry Archive