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• Teenager bit off man's lip

  A BARBARIC Barry teenager was jailed for six years for biting off the lip of a reveller in a late-night attack. read more

• What's on in and around Barry

  Thursday read more

• U2: How to dismantle an atomic bomb How to dismantle an atomic bomb

  How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb is truly an exceptional album, and U2's eleventh to date. It has clarity, scope and vision, and has rediscovered that vital something many fans thought was missing in their last album All That You Can't Leave Behind. The band's experimental phase seems to have been put behind them, and there is definitely more of an edge to this new album. read more

• Spiderman 2

  Spider-Man 2 picks up where the original film left off and is a fantastic sequel. read more

• Anti-social

  Anti-social read more

• Attendance

  I FEEL I must put the record straight after Cllr Barry Shaw's appalling letter printed recently in the Barry & District in which he attacked some of my colleagues for not attending a scrutiny meeting, for which they are not members. I was at that meeting along with four other Labour councillors. read more

• Family Grief

  THE PAIN of Dr David Kelly's death for his family and others is still very fresh. read more

• High Fares

  LAST week my husband Stan and I wanted to go down to High Street, so we waited for a bus in Holton Road. We didn't have to wait long when a Shamrock 304 came along. A lady got on in front of us, I heard her talking to the driver but didn't quite catch the conversation but she got a bit upset and got off the bus. read more

• Street Life

  I have never written to a newspaper, but there's always a first time. Regarding your December 9 copy, letter from a Joanne Bryant, no mention of how nice High Street looked and the work put into it but more interested in being petty minded over a leather shop where people are trying to make a living. read more

• Meetings

  I WOULD like to respond to a letter from the Barry Nationalist Barry Shaw who has decided to take a childish snipe at Labour over non attendance at meetings. Let me as one of the accused concerned explain to your readers what my position is regarding the Weston Hill Post Office - I did not attend the meeting he is referring to due to other commitments, however I did give my apologies and also I forwarded a report with my views to the Royal Mail, a copy of which I had even sent him. read more

• Memories

  50 YEARS AGO read more

• Sam stays cool on ice

  BARRY Comprehensive School Year 11 pupil Sam Motton is much in demand at the moment. read more

• Dragons hang on for stalemate point

  TAFF'S WELL 0 read more

• Fierce opposition to maternity changes

  OPPOSITION is growing to the proposed changes to maternity services at Llandough hospital. read more

• Phone mast to be located near school

  A PROPOSED mobile phone mast in Barry has caused uproar because it will be located opposite a school. read more

• Sport club changing rooms 'a disgrace'

  CHANGING rooms at one of the main sports grounds in the Vale are in such a poor state that last week five players fell through the floor while taking a shower. read more

• Take-away fined for dirty equipment

  THE OWNER of Barry take-away has been fined 800 for a series of food hygiene offences. read more

• New centre should reduce waiting lists

  HEALTH Minister Jane Hutt last week laid the first brick of the 10.6 million orthopaedic unit at Llandough Hospital which should cut waiting lists dramatically in the Vale. read more

• Record objections to giant quarry plan

  THE CAMPAIGN to stop a huge quarry being dug in some of the most beautiful countryside in the Vale is gathering momentum with a month to go before the proposal goes before planners. read more

• 40 arrests made after police raids

  MORE than 40 arrests were made when police raided pubs and clubs in the Vale in a safety crackdown. read more

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