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• Attractions bring the tourists in

  Thursday read more

• Whats on in and around Barry from Thursday April 15 to Wednesday 21

  Thursday read more

• New shops

  I was thrilled to bits to read about the Winston Square shops to be built again. Not everyone has cars and I have to walk either to Merthyr Dyfan or Winston Road shop - either way it takes half an hour or more using a stick. read more

• Dragons on fire

  BARRY Dragons and Millennium Centre Tae Kwon-Do Clubs travelled to Cheltenham at the end of March to take part in the United Kingdom Open Championship. read more

• Airport link is now a 'top priority'

  THE VALE Council's Head of Economic Development has once again stressed the importance of providing a high quality link between the M4 and Cardiff Wales Airport to economic development in the Vale. read more

• Dragons can't afford any more mistakes

  CWMBRAN TOWN 2 BARRY TOWN 1 read more

• DVD review of Matrix Revolutions

  PLUG yourself back into The Matrix as the trilogy concludes in Revolutions. read more

• Lace maker

  I moved to Barry from Somerset several months ago. I am very interested in lace making and would appreciate if any of your readers would be able to help me find such a group in the area. read more

• A win for Dinas

  AFTER their recent run of defeats against tough opposition, Dinas Powys had the chance to get back to winning ways with an away trip to relegation threatened Cardiff Corries last Saturday. read more

• 'Miracle' of coma boy's recovery

  BARRY teenager has fought back from the brink of death after mystery injuries left him in a coma. Nineteen-year old Chris Richmond was found unconscious at Birdcage Walk last November. read more

• Fabbalous

  I was lucky enough to win your recent Mamma Mia competition comprising two tickets to the concert in St David's Hall and a CD and red foil wig! read more

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

  50 YEARS AGO read more

• Ramblers

  NORMALLY I ignore Karl Langford's juvenile rantings in his regular letters to the Barry & District, but his last letter needs answering. He wants to close footpaths in the Vale of Glamorgan area and cites cases involving Madonna and Nicholas van Hoogstraten saying that 'ramblers wish to wander over private land unchecked, prying into the private lives of the famous.' read more

• 'Our social club is under threat'

  DOW Corning social club members protesting about plans to turn it into a gym, have picketed the company headquarters. read more

• Points dropped as Port level late

  CPD PORTHMADOG 2 BARRY TOWN 2 read more

• On the road to earning a crust

  A TEENAGED Barry carer's stressful life is set to get easier thanks to a generous donation from a baker. read more

• CD review of Guns and Roses Greatest Hits

  EVER wonder how the lead singer of Guns n Roses got his name? Well, according to his website, on February 6, 1962 William Bailey (aka W. Axl Rose) was born in Lafayette, Indiana. His stepfather's surname was Bailey, but when he discovered his real father's surname was Rose, William changed his to fit. And Axl was a band he used to sing in. Ta-da! read more

• Police tax

  I have just received, as have all Vale taxpayers, the new Council Tax Bill. I note, on the enclosed letter for police funding, an increase of 11.79 percent. read more

• Council denied Mum's final wish

  TRAUMA: Anne Jones and her brother Michael Tovey at their mother's unmarked grave BJH157H04 read more

• Thanks

  I write this open letter to your readers to thank the Mayor and the people of Barry for their wonderful efforts on Sunday, March 28. I would also like to thank Jane Hutt AM and the Deputy Lord Mayor of Barry Olga Cash, for walking with us. read more

On this day: Barry Archive