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• "He was like a father"

  "IF I had been at home I would have killed him - you just don't do that to children." read more

• Unusual tactics pay off for Centurions

  SULLY Centurions 1st XI took an under-strength side to Pontypridd, but still came away with an emphatic seven-wicket victory. read more

• Jenner Park has new home clubs

  BARRY Town FC will not be allowed to play at Jenner Park this season (2005/06) - but will spend the campaign playing "home" games miles away at the White Tips Stadium in Treforest again. read more

• New sponsor backs swimming hero's medal bid

  BARRY'S Olympic medalist swimmer David Davies is set for action this weekend - hoping to bring back gold for Great Britain in the world championships in Canada. read more

• Cash for Jamie fund

  MORE then 1,000 was raised by a fundraising group who performed their final gig in Barry. read more

• Twinning

  REGARDING a Twinning or Friendship Pact for Barry? read more

• Lay off Live8

  I AM writing in response to the letter from A J D Coxon (Barry and District News, July 21) in which he attacked the Live8 concerts. I was fortunate to attend the Hyde Park concert on July 2, and do not share Mr Coxon"s views. I feel I should first defend the music, which Mr Coxon rubbished without even watching the concert. He branded the performers as "foul mouthed and scruffy" and their lyrics as "banal rubbish". Nothing could be further from the truth from a concert that gave thought-provoking songs from some of the greatest ever artists who seemed to care deeply about the cause. read more

• Medal clasp

  LIKE Ivor Lewis (Barry and District News, July 14) I received my medal in 2004 with clasp. The clasp read Canal. Why not Suez Canal? read more

• War traitor

  LORD "Haw Haw" (William Joyce) led a peripatetic life which brought him to live in Newland Street, Barry in 1938. He lived here for approximately three months working in the town. read more

• Memories from the Barry and District news of 50 and 25 years ago

  EXTRACTS from the Barry and District News of July 28, 1955: read more

• Sad Wanderers lose their grip on game

  BARRY Wanderers made the short trip to the Ely Rangers ground on a fairly humid afternoon. read more

• St Athan air cadets excel in athletics contest

  AIR Cadets from 2300 (St Athan) Squadron participated in the Inter Squadron Athletics tournament, held at Leckwith Athletics Stadium, with many outstanding performances read more

• Golfers break their duck in local derby

  Brynhill plays St Athan on a home and away basis for the Geoffrey Nicholls Cup each year. read more

• A&E unit "is to stay open"

  THE Barry & District News can exclusively reveal that the accident and emergency minor injuries unit at Barry Hospital will NOT close - despite recent reports to the contrary. read more

• Drugs pair jailed

  FOUR people - including two from Barry - have been sentenced to a total of 13 years for conspiracy to supply heroin to inmates of Parc Prison. read more

• MP seeks answers over redundancies

  LOCAL MP John Smith is demanding answers from the boss of a Barry chemical plant, after finding out in the Barry and District News that half of the company's workforce will be made redundant. read more

• Thoroughly modern!

  A BARRY woman will take audiences on a fun-filled ride back to the roaring 1920s as part of the cast of West End musical Thoroughly Modern Millie - now showing at the Wales Millennium Centre. read more

• Six years in jail for service station heist

  A VALE man was last week sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court to six years in prison following an armed robbery in May. read more

• Autistic boy left at Barry Island beach

  THE mother of a 13-year-old autistic boy who was left behind on Barry Island after a school trip has spoken out. read more

• Coastguards called out five times

  SINCE the last report from Barry Island Coastguards, they have been kept busy with a further five incidents. read more

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