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• Well done

  COULD I please, through your paper, congratulate Jennifer Cole, Labour candidate for Dyfan Ward, on obtaining a seat on her first time for election? My daughter Katie would like to thank Jennifer Cole for calling to take me the few short steps to the voting station. read more

• Fish theft

  THROUGH your newspaper, may I direct this letter to the lad or lads who stole our fish emblem and our neighbours from grille from our cars overnight, earlier this week. read more

• They're soo happy at results

  TANG Soo Do Federation opened classes in Penarth and Cardiff five months ago. read more

• CD Review: Just Great Songs

  THERE is no better time of year to get hold of a couple of great compilation albums, and right now there is a whole rash of fantastic CDs to choose from. read more

• Forced out of home

  A BARRY resident claims the state of her new home forced her to move back to her old property. read more

• Integity

  IN your election report (Barry & District News, June 17), you quote Cllr Jeffrey James as saying, regarding my resignation from the Tory group to stand as an Independent, that I "have put personal interests before the interests of the party." read more

• DVD review: Cheaper By The Dozen

  CHAOS rules in the movie Cheaper By The Dozen, starring Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. read more

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

  50 YEARS AGO read more

• Tide turning for booming Barry

  MAJOR retailer Argos could be set to open at the Waterfront, further boosting Barry's booming economy. read more

• Security

  AS a representative and a candidate of the Liberal Party at the June 10, 2004 count, I was amazed to find security on the door into the election hall lax, to say the least lax. I had been informed by the Vale of Glamorgan Council a day previously that one could not enter the count, unless you had a card from them and your name compiled on a register. read more

• Paintball 'joker' sent to prison

  A BARRY practical joker has been jailed for driving around in a sports car taking pot shots with a paintball gun. read more

• Cinema Review: The Ladykillers

  AS an avid fan of Ealing Studio comedies like Kind Hearts and Coronets and The Lavender Hill Mob, this remake of William Rose's classic 1955 farce of the same name was always going to be a bit of an ordeal for me. read more

• Take a spin in kart set for Le Mans

  OSB Motorsport is offering two lucky Barry & District News readers and a guest of their choosing the chance to drive one of their Le Mans Karts at Llandow during their 'Sponsors Thank You' event on August 19. read more

• 'Vet let our dog suffer'

  A BARRY woman says she was left distraught after a vet refused to treat her dog who died of cancer hours later. read more

• What's on in and around Barry from Thursday June 24 to Wednesday June 30

  Thursday read more

• Keiron is new champ

  A BARRY schoolboy has boxed his way to the top - and is the new British Champion. read more

• Cycle fear

  AS a regular user of the road across Barry Docks (Ffordd-y-Mileniwm), I am surprised to still see some cyclists still using the road, with cars and lorries, swerving around them, instead of the cycle path, put there at great cost by the council for their safety. read more

• Family and friends mourn for Richard

  BARRY firefighter Richard Jenkins has been laid to rest after a full fire and rescue service funeral ceremony. read more

• Any ideas?

  I would be very grateful if anyone could suggest ideas, names and phone numbers of lively social groups in the Barry and Penarth area. I am in my late 40s. read more

• D Day fun

  ON behalf of my wife and myself I would like to extend my thanks to the Barry Arts Centre, Winston Road group for a most enjoyable evening on Tuesday, June 8. read more

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