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• CD review: The Libertines

  THE LIBERTINES have arrived at the top of the charts from nowhere - or so it seems. read more

• Dragons in Welsh battle

  BARRY Dragons and Millennium Dragons took part in the Battle of South Wales, at Pontypridd, a freestyle tournament with different martial arts competing. read more

• Memories

  50 YEARS AGO EXTRACTS from the Barry & District News of September 16, 1954: l In the singles championship final of the Barry Ladies' Bowls Club, played on the Central green on Tuesday, Mrs J Beasley defeated M Heathfield by 21 shots to 14. read more

• How we found Miss World

  BARRY's stunning Miss World winner has returned to her native land just weeks after we found her living in Marbella. read more

• Burglars close shop

  A BREAK-IN to a charity shop has caused it to be closed down because asbestos was disturbed by the criminals. read more

• Centurions in control until weather strikes

  SULLY Centurions penultimate league game last Saturday became a victim of the weather, but not until Centurions had completed their innings and Jamie Sylvester had struck another superb century. What a second half to the season Jamie has enjoyed. read more

• Evasive

  WHAT a weak and evasive response from Cardiff City Council to Plaid Cymru's call for action on cycle and pedestrian access to the Sports Village. read more

• Pet killed in air rifle shooting

  A BARRY pet owner is devastated after her beloved cat was shot and killed in her garden. read more

• What's on in and around Barry

  Thursday Barry Island Community Centre. Theatre 4 Kids, boys and girls 7-17 years, 6.30-8.30pm, £2 per week. Lynne 07977 932768. read more

• Magician to help victims

  A BARRY magician has offered his services to raise money for the tragic victims of the Beslan massacre in Russia. read more

• Ignorance

  IT WAS inevitable that the hunting of foxes and stags for fun was going to be banned - we just needed that last brave leap forward. read more

• MP's plea over BT phoneboxes

  BARRY's loss of six payphones has angered Vale of Glamorgan MP John Smith. read more

• Cinema review: Ae Fond Kiss

  THE original Ae Fond Kiss was a sad song written by Robert Burns to the lover he must give up because society forces them apart. This film is also a story about forbidden love. read more

• Cost of fun

  I WRITE in regard to the fantastic time that I had with my two small children at Barry Waterfront last weekend. read more

• Scam results in phone bill shock

  BARRY web-surfers are being warned to check their bills after complaints of a premium calls scam. read more

• Wave of complaints for council

  COLCOT residents who live along Burns Crescent have regularly had to suffer street surface water splashing over the windows of their homes and sometimes reaching their bedroom windows. read more

• Team forced to boot out Sophie

  A BARRY female football player is fighting to play in a boys team because she thinks it is unfair to stop her joining in. read more

• Ignorance

  IT WAS inevitable that the hunting of foxes and stags for fun was going to be banned - we just needed that last brave leap forward. read more

• Teddy jump

  ST Cadocs Church, Cadoxton, Barry, held a sponsored teddy bear parachute jump and picnic on Sunday, August 29. read more

• Dragons take their time to win match

  IT took a while to come alive but when it did Gwynfi Utd will thank their lucky stars that the final whistle stopped proceedings at 3-0. read more

On this day: Barry Archive