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• 5.5%

  COUNCIL tax in the Vale is to increase by 5.5 per cent - more than TWICE the rate of inflation - it was decided last week. read more

• Late winner leaves Barry Town reeling

  A GOAL ten minutes from time denied Barry Town a win at a dour Macron Welsh League Division One affair in Caerleon on Saturday. read more

• Pupils tackle their heroes on the pitch

  LOCAL school pupils were able to share a rugby pitch with some of their heroes at a rugby development day on Wednesday, February 1. read more

• Caught on the hop

  ABERDARE 28 read more

• Oyster polished off

  HOLTON ROAD AFC 3 read more

• Students fight their way to victory

  JASON Griffiths would like to congratulate his students on their performance at the WKA Welsh championships - the prestige event held at Aberdare Leisure Centre on February 5. read more

• What a waste

  THE new Assembly debating chamber in Cardiff Bay is, in my opinion, a complete waste of taxpayers" money. read more

• So unfair

  EVERYONE knows how important it is to encourage our young children into playing sports. read more

• Eyesore flats

  REGARDING the article in Barry & District News on February 9 about Colcot estate. read more

• Mum hits out at tax office

  A YOUNG Barry mum says she is being kept in the dark by the tax office who owe her in excess of 1,000 - money needed for her ten-month-old baby's welfare. read more

• A show of strength

  YOU could have mistaken the Castlegate Community Centre for a builders" yard last week after these heavy-handed men and women had finished slamming parts of their bodies through thick stacks of tiles. read more

• Woman found dead

  A BARRY woman has been found dead at a house in Nottingham. read more

• New hope in bid to save historic house

  RESIDENTS and politicians were rejoicing on Monday night as they saw a glimmer of hope in their fight for the the future of Cadoxton House. read more

• At your convenience, not!

  IT'S a case of "make sure you go before you leave the house" - because you won't be able to go to the loo in Barry town centre, where there are NO public toilets. read more

• Return of an old friend

  ROBERT Wynn & Sons made a return to South Wales where the company was established more than 140 years ago. read more

• Fine or jail for man if he re-offends

  A PROLIFIC troublemaker from Barry has been issued with an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo). read more

• Ban the boozers

  THE VALE council met last night to decide on the introduction of a booze ban in Barry troublespots. read more

• Leader"s anger over snub claim

  THE leader of the council has hit back at claims that the "Conservative controlled council has snubbed" Labour pleas to clean up the Colcot. read more

• Cash and phone stolen from gran

  A WOMAN has criticised the level of security at Barry library after a wad of cash and a mobile phone were stolen from her handbag while she was using a computer at the facility. read more

• Shameful

  I am writing to express my concern about the state of the pavements around the town with dog excrement everywhere and litter by the ton. read more

On this day: Barry Archive