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• What's on in and around Barry from Thursday May 27 to Wednesday June 2

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• Battling to stop super-quarry

  THE FIGHT to stop a massive super-quarry taking over a scenic hillside around Michelstone-le-Pit is gathering strength. read more

• Reunions

  My name is Linda James, and, along with my friend, Sarah Sancho, have started a company called Occasionz and we specialise in organising school reunions and speed dating. read more

• Feel good with soul tribute

  CARDIFF'S Coal Exchange will host a tribute to James Brown, the 'Godfather of Soul', on June 25. read more

• Clean it up

  I have recently returned from a trip to Florida, USA. I was there for three weeks and stayed with friends at their home on a nice estate in Orlando. read more

• Rolling back the years for heroes

  BARRY'S war veterans will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings with Spam and dried egg sandwiches, in a good, old-fashioned knees up. read more

• Junior swimmers' medal haul

  AT THE third Cardiff and the Vale Area Junior Champion-ships held at Barry Leisure Centre on Saturday, May 1, Barry Amateur Swimming Club, swimming against Fontygary, Penarth and the City of Cardiff with a mixed team of 38 swimmers, excelled themselves and swam away with 19 medals. read more

• Outstanding Jamie's triple gold standard

  ANOTHER golden treble was achieved by outstanding 14-year-old Barry athlete Jamie Jones at the South Wales Regional Athletics Championships held at Cardiff's Leckwith Stadium. read more

• 60 years

  THE Barry branch of the Royal British Legion will be holding a short open-air service to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day at the Cenotaph, Memorial Hall, Gladstone Road, Barry, at 2pm on Sunday, June 6. read more

• Police treating fire at flat as suspicious

  WITHIN days of the fatal fire which claimed the life of firefighter Richard Jenkins, a Barry fire crew was called to deal with another possible case of arson. read more

• Watch out

  I should like to bring your attention to the state of the slipway at the Watchtower in the Old Harbour which has become damaged by high tides and waves whipped up by storm-force winds. It is now breaking up and is very dangerous. read more

• No details

  I am afraid that the candidates in the forthcoming local elections will be losing quite a few voters this time. read more

• Election day - who will gwt your vote?

  In the past five years the Conservative administration has taken a failing council and has transformed it into a successful one. Services have improved and you may well have seen the improvements in the environment such as grass cutting, parks, roads, litter collection etc. We introduced free bulky household collection and kerbside recycling. We have transformed the council making it more responsive to the needs of the residents of the Vale. read more

• It's a grand day out for Dragon teams

  BARRY and Millennium Drag-ons took part in the Welsh Martial Arts Grand Prix at Ebbw Vale. read more

• Cruelllest cut of all for pensioner

  A BARRY man is livid over a Vale of Glamorgan council ruling, which he insists is discriminating against tenants with living relatives. read more

• High praise paid to U14 football finalists

  THE UNDER 14s boys football team of Barry Comprehensive School reached the final of the Welsh Schools Football Association's HSBC Champ-ionships. read more

• Renewed calls for safety measure

  A BARRY campaigner is repeating his call for urgent action to improve the safety of motorists at a notorious blackspot after a series of terrible accidents. read more

• Wales looking to retain World Cup

  AS Wales gears up to host the Deaf Rugby World Cup in August next year, two international players from the Vale of Glamorgan are helping create a clear pathway into the sport for local players. read more

• CD review of Joss Stone 'The Soul Sessions'

  JOSS Stone is a talent to look out for. At just 16-years-old, this incredible young lady from Devon is being compared to the legendary Aretha Franklin. read more

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

  50 YEARS AGO read more

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