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• Swarm of wasps terrifies boy, 5

  A BARRY couple woken by a swarm of angry wasps in their child's bedroom are calling for a quicker response to out-of-hours emergencies. read more

• Mystery over rubbish drop

  A BARRY business owner is sick of rubbish being dumped outside her door - after the other refuse has been collected. read more

• Nicola fifth in road race

  VALE OF GLAMORGAN Olympic cyclist Nicole Cooke finished fifth in the women's road race in Athens - but managed to beat Michael Schumacher. read more

• Extracts from the Barry and District News

  50 YEARS AGO read more

• What's on in and around Barry from Thursday August 19 to Wednesday August 25

  Thursday read more

• Man charged with hit-and-run death

  A BARRY man has been charged with murder after a Vale teenager died in a road collision. read more

• Resolute Barry hold out for a draw

  GRANGE QUINS 0 BARRY TOWN 0 read more

• Looking back on our town

  DO YOU remember some of the scenes pictured on this page? read more

• Confident Centurions just keep on winning

  SULLY Centurions' incredible season rolls on with two league victories on Saturday and triumph in the Welsh Cup final on Sunday. read more

• 'Booze cruise' louts slammed

  A VALE OF GLAMORGAN dad and his young son, who witnessed a drunken ship brawl, has slammed the 'booze cruise' culture. read more

• CD Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Live in Hyde Park'

  EVEN if you weren't one of the many lucky thousands who swooped on the Chili's tickets, you can catch this fantastic band's live performance on their latest release. read more

• Skateing champ's family thanked

  RICHARD Taylor's family have been thanked for their "shining example of selflessness" in the decision to donate his organs. read more

• Festival fever at Waterfront

  THE FABULOUS Waterfront Festival is almost here - and the live music line-up has been confirmed. read more

• Lean scene

  ON TAKING another glance at the front page of the Barry and District News (August 5), showing the Knap Pool in the 1950s, I could not help noticing the children. read more

• Grants on offer to Vale charity groups

  THE BARRY and District News is giving charities in the Vale the chance to improve their community by applying to the Gannett Foundation Fund. read more

• Many happy returns, Arthur

  A BIG-HEARTED Barry man has celebrated a landmark birthday by donating years of savings to charity. read more

• DVD Review: Along Came Polly

  WHEN two characters come together from different ends of the personality scale, as they do in Along Came Polly, the results should sparkle. read more

• Driven mad

  MAY I appeal to the driving schools of Barry and the surrounding areas to give our road a wide berth for the foreseeable future. read more

• David's ready for Olympic swim

  BARRY'S David Davies takes the plunge tomorrow when he represents his country in the Olympic Games. read more

• Roads rage

  May I, through your letters page, ask how the Vale of Glamorgan Council managed to eventually re-surface the side roads and re-paint the road markings (although personally I think to a terrible standard) and then, within a few weeks, proceed to dig it all up? read more

On this day: Barry Archive