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• DVD review: Pay Check

  Affleck plays Michael Jennings, the best reverse-engineer in the business. read more

• Living here is a real nightmare

  FRUSTRATED Barry residents are sick and tired of anti-social behaviour and drug problems they claim make their lives a misery. read more

• CD review: Keane Hopes and Fears

  KEANE'S album 'Hopes and Fears' might possibly not be the best CD to get for the coming summer months. It's not quite the preferred up-beat, finger-clicking sound to get you moving. read more

• Now rain will not stop play

  THE LLANTWIT Cavaliers now have the capability to play two youth cricket games in parallel at Windmill Lane, with the installation of a new plastic wicket, donated by the Cricket Board of Wales and the ECB. read more

• Memories: Extracts from Barry and District News

  50 YEARS AGO read more

• Minis celebrate end of season

  ON a glorious sunny day at the Reservoir field, the children of the Barry mini section eagerly queued up to receive their end-of-season trophies and medals from special guests Richard Parkes, Nick Kelly and Lee Thomas, all from Celtic Warriors. read more

• Sold: Sully Hospital

  SULLY Hospital has been sold in a deal worth £3 million by the Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust to a property developer. read more

• Playtime over at Porthkerry Road

  A POPULAR Barry playgroup that has been running for 37 years is to close its doors for the last time in July. read more

• Launch of under-11 girls' football league

  MONTHS of hard work have paid off through the launch of a Vale of Glamorgan girls' (under-11) soccer league. read more

• In the news

  AS winter turned to spring and we waited to hear the first cuckoo, that other species - homo erectus councillorus - emerged from it's more lengthy dormancy. read more

• Fury as council hijacks car park

  PATRONS of Barry Leisure Centre are furious a section of the car park has been cordoned off for use by Vale of Glamorgan Council staff. read more

• Cinema review: Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban

  AS JK Rowling's extraordinary series of books progresses, the subject matter grows increasingly darker; a reflection no doubt of Harry and his friends as they enter their adolescent years. It is not surprising, therefore, that this third instalment throws a new director into the mix. read more

• Grandmother in brick attack

  A GRANDMOTHER who suffered serious head injuries after a vicious, unprovoked attack last week has voiced a heartfelt 'thank-you' to passers-by who came to her aid, saying her rescuers restored her faith in human nature. read more

• Rebecca joins the elite

  BARRY tennis ace Rebecca Llewellyn has been singled out to join the Sports Council for Wales' Elite Cymru programme. read more

• Unhealthy

  SHOULD you wish to make a simple appointment in Barry Community Hospital, I would advise everyone to take a day off work. You will not only need it, but you still have to wait! read more

• What's on in and around Barry

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• Village life

  I AM appealing to all your readers who may have grown up in a village in Wales. read more

• Time to talk

  WE have all read the story about the 14-year-old girl who underwent an abortion and didn't feel able to talk to her mum. read more

• Two accused of fireman's death

  TWO men have appeared in court charged with manslaughter, following the death of a Barry firefighter in a blaze at a derelict community centre in Ely. read more

On this day: Barry Archive