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• £58K PRANK

  ALMOST 60,000 of Barry taxpayers' money was wasted after a full-scale emergency rescue operation was launched - because of a prank. read more

• Undefeated run comes to an end

  BARRY FC 0 ST ATHAN 3 read more

• Barry team take boccia league win

  A TEAM from Barry's New Horizons Day Centre - The Botchers - has clinched this year's Vale Adult Boccia League title. read more

• Karate Kids do their club proud at Open

  WITH around 800 competitors and 20 nations present, the 2006 Youth British International Karate Open, held in Crystal Palace on the weekend of January 21 and 22, may have been the biggest and highest quality karate tournament Britain has seen. read more

• Mariner team on fire to beat the Saints

  PENARTH SAINTS 0 read more

• Great War Research

  I am about to embark on research into the men of Barry who died whilst serving in the British Army during the Great War 1914-18 and who are commemorated on the walls of the foyer of Barry Memorial Hall. read more

• Risky parking

  QUITE some months ago I had occasion to write a letter to the Barry & District News regarding the inconsiderate parents/guardians who continually place our children"s lives at risk by parking outside Romilly Junior and Infant schools. read more

• Thank you

  ON Friday, January 27, £863 was raised for the Richard Taylor Memorial Fund, at a quiz night held at the Park Hotel, Barry. read more

• Tree failure

  REGARDING the headline on page five of last week"s Barry & District News: "Kerbside tree recycling is a success." read more

• "I'M COMING THROUGH"

  BARRY 20 PENTYRCH 8 read more

• Online auction raises money for Ty Hafan

  ASSOCIATES at Hexion Specialty Chemicals in Sully raised money for Ty Hafan by taking part in a company-wide Intranet auction for a whole smoked salmon, a case of wine, and other gifts which had been donated. read more

• Man jailed for stabbing his own son

  A BARRY man who stabbed his own son was jailed for 21 months yesterday. read more

• Decision due on house

  A LABOUR councillor has accused the leader of the Vale of Glamorgan Council of trying to shut the door on a community facility purely for political gain. read more

• Council"s early victory in opening hours row

  TOWN councillors were triumphant last week as health officials announced they would reconsider the opening hours of the minor injuries unit at Barry hospital. read more

• Runaways who beat the odds

  It was just like a film. read more

• Conductor takes his final bow from choir

  ONE of Barry Male Voice Choir's most valuable and longstanding members made his departure after more than 40 years of service to the group. read more

• MP meets union at jobs protest

  AT a Lobby event of Parliament organised by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), Vale of Glamorgan MP John Smith met with Trade Union officials representing workers at St Athan. read more

• Recycle your bicycle for youth training project

  RESIDENTS have donated more than 200 bicycles to a local youth training project as part of the Vale of Glamorgan Council's'recycle your bicycle' initiative. read more

• Medal-winning David backs Welsh scheme

  BARRY'S Olympic bronze medal winning swimmer and Commonwealth Games hopeful David Davies was on hand at the Wales Millennium Centre to launch The Welsh Sports Association's (WSA) latest drive to develop sporting opportunities through the medium of Welsh. read more

• Panorama

  THE assessment of the economy since Gordon Brown took over as chancellor in 1997 by Stephanie Flanders on Panorama recently, was very interesting. read more

On this day: Barry Archive