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• Girl fights to keep lake swans

  A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl has started a petition to keep the swans at the Cold Knap lake. read more

• Swimmers in their jim-jams get into the spirit of Comic Relief fundraising

  FONTYGARY Flippers held a pyjama swim in aid of comic relief. read more

• Exciting soccer opportunities

  NEW recruits are being targeted for a Vale of Glamorgan-based football development initiative. read more

• The passing game sees the Vale through in u14s battle

  THE Vale of Glamorgan U14s representative team took on their counterparts from the Merthyr League at Jenner Park recently. read more

• Barry beaten by free running Tonyrefail

  TONYREFAIL 44 read more

• Barry to take on team in top formtake onteam intop form

  WITH Barry Town's Welsh League match against a struggling Ely Rangers side being a wash-out on Tuesday night, attention turns to Saturday's match against Maesteg Park Athletic at Treforest's White Tips Stadium. read more

• Martial arts students impress judges with skills to win a host of top trophies

  STUDENTS of the Welsh Academy of Martial Arts, who train at the YMCA on Court Road, Barry, and also represent Team Wales, were at Birmingham on March 13 for a full contact show hosted by the renowned Kash "The Flash" Gill. read more

• Christ's tree appearance

  I BOUGHT the enclosed picture (right) some years ago in a second-hand shop in Aberdare. read more

• Danger play

  CHILDREN of Barry have found a new play area - the roof of an ambulance station. read more

• Running for Jamie

  A DAD and his running partner are hoping to raise more than £10,000 by Christmas for his son's memorial fund. read more

• Memories

  50 YEARS AGO read more

• Homes delay

  A PLANNED 700-house development has been put on hold after Welsh Assembly minister Carwyn Jones asked for time to consider letters of objection to the scheme. read more

• Perk for playtime

  A COMMUNITY centre has received more than 17,000 in funding. read more

• Disabled man must wait six years for parking bay

  A DISABLED man from Barry has been told by the Vale of Glamorgan Council that he must wait up to six years for a disabled parking bay outside his home. read more

• Only one way for traffic

  THE Vale of Glamorgan Council has announced a temporary one-way system for Barry's Holton Road while works are taking place to upgrade sewers in the area. read more

• It's the Army life for Lee

  A FORMER Barry College student has made the grade as a Royal Marine after many years as a computer programmer. read more

• Victim's body home at lasthome at last

  THE body of a former Barry school boy killed in last year's tsunami disaster has now been identified and returned to the UK. read more

• Plaid's war on filth

  PLAID Cymru councillors gave several areas of Barry a roadside makeover. read more

• Fake condoms warning

  TRADING Standards officers at the Vale of Glamorgan Council are warning consumers about fake condoms that have been on sale across the country. read more

• Social crisis

  I READ with interest about the fight by local residents to save Dow Corning Social Club. To shut it would be another nail in the social calendar coffin. read more

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