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• tesco drops plans

  TESCO has scrapped controversial plans to build a superstore on Brynhill Golf Club land - and announced it is now looking for a "suitable brownfield site". read more

• Mariner are the masters in Imps fixture

  MASTER MARINER 9 read more

• Barry U12s too hot for visitors

  Barry RFC read more

• Win is Taylor made

  BARRY FC 5 SULLY 1 read more

• Repaid in full

  BARRY 15 read more

• Bird threats

  I HAVE just listened to an interview on Radio 4 when the expert speaker on Bird Flu stated that the chief source of the disease spreading across nations is due to migratory ducks which visit lakes, rivers and all such waterways. read more

• War memory

  I am currently researching my sister Muriel"s wartime experiences when running the Corner Garage during World War I. read more

• Appointment

  THE appointment of a Coastal Manager by the council (Barry & District News, January 12) is a clear sign that we can at long last look forward to clean and litter free beaches and wish Georgina Taubman every success in her appointment. read more

• Bad move

  I DO not agree with the Towers Surgery move (Barry and District News, January 12), and many patients are of the same opinion, unless they have cars. read more

• Escott keeps clean sheet for Holton

  HOLTON ROAD AFC 4 read more

• MoD receive flak for DARA decision

  THE MoD's decision to axe 500 jobs at the Vale's DARA facility has been highly criticised in a report by the Commons Defence Committee (CDC). read more

• Dad"s marathon mission for kids

  A BARRY policeman who has never run a marathon in his life is preparing to take on what has been dubbed as "the toughest foot-race on Earth" - five marathons in seven days in the blistering heat of the Sahara desert. read more

• Glyn dies in attack

  FORMER Barry man Glyn Berry, a Canadian diplomat, has been killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. read more

• Rugby is secret to a long life

  APPARENTLY, the key to longevity is not drinking, not smoking, and playing rugby! read more

• Police target car cruisers

  SOUTH Wales Police carried out a unique operation in Barry Island to crack down on'car cruisers'. read more

• Mission to Africa

  WONDER woman Tina Evans has just returned from her latest jaunt to Zambia to help make a difference to the lives of sick and disadvantaged youngsters. read more

• Woodland project takes root

  DOW Corning has planted two trees in the first round of planting in a project that aims to create 40 acres of new woodland at Porthkerry, helped by a cash injection of 10,000 earlier this year from the Barry site. read more

• No to morgue

  A CROWD of furious residents vented their anger about the prospect of having a morgue metres away from their Barry homes by angrily waving placards in the faces of Vale councillors. read more

• Barrys welcome is a sign of the times

  VISITORS have always been welcome in Barry - but from April 2006 they will be even more so. read more

• Six towns shortlisted in search to link with twin

  SIX French towns have been shortlisted by Barry Town Council as a possible twin for Barry. read more

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