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• Brakes on justice?

  AN anti-drink-drive campaigner has slammed the suspended sentence handed out to a Barry man who was caught behind the wheel while more than five times the legal limit on one occasion and almost four times the limit on another. read more

• 14 make it to the bitter end

  FOR the first time in the 20-year history of the Barry 40-mile track race, race day dawned with snow on the ground. read more

• Barry swimmers storm to early victory

  FOLLOWING on from winter training, Barry Swimming Club competed in the first gala of the year at Cogan, against Penarth and Cwmbran. read more

• It cant get worse oh, it just did

  AFTER A disappointing 90 minutes against St Athan, the Wenvoe management team of Brown, Vaughan and Moat all agreed that it could not get any worse. read more

• Zac got through to last 4

  ZAC GOULD (Vale of Glamorgan) was one of a quartet of Welsh golfers to perform well in South Africa. read more

• Sponsoring

  AS you may be aware, this month relief and development agency World Vision has launched an appeal to find 700 sponsors for 700 children living in poverty. read more

• Net quest

  I NEED advice on where I can buy net curtains, Levi or Wrangler Jeans or designer underwear. I live in Barry but cannot find these simple items anywhere. read more

• Use church

  I AM writing in response to the report in the Barry & District News (March 9) on saving Windsor Road United Reform Church and Porth-kerry Methodist Church. read more

• Lost friend

  I AM trying to trace a long lost friend of mine called Anthony Royston Quinn, last known about 25 years ago living in the Cadoxton /Barry area. read more

• Davies tipped for gold Down Under

  BARRY-born swimming star David Davies is widely tipped as one of the favourites for gold in the Melbourne Common-wealth Games, which began this week. read more

• Muslims get burial space

  AFTER lengthy discussions between Barry Town Council and the Muslim Welfare Association of the Vale of Glamorgan, and following preparatory work by Council staff, the Muslim Burial Section at Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery, Barry, finally became a reality last Thursday. read more

• Town gets behind Dai Splash

  BARRY'S Olympic medallist David Davies is going for gold at the Commonwealth Games in Australia! read more

• One in, one out in drug scheme vote

  COUNCILLORS last week turned down one plan for flats for ex drug-users and those with convictions - but gave the go-ahead for another such scheme. read more

• Man is banned from every pub in Barry

  A BARRY man has been banned from every pub in Barry for two years, and given a suspended jail sentence for causing £990-worth of damage at a Barry pub and threatening a police officer. read more

• Dropping in on our heroes

  AN activity centre boasting the achievements of some of Barry's unsung heroes is opening up to the public in May. read more

• Prolific re-offender locked up

  MAGISTRATES jailed a Barry man for 200 days for his "prolific re-offending to feed his drug habit". read more

• Christmas lights contest scrapped

  BARRY Town Council has voted to scrap its annual Christmas light competition in a bid to encourage residents to economise on household fuel payments. read more

• Hospice campaign for Vale homeless

  A COUNCILLOR is leading a campaign to reduce the army of'sofa-surfers' in the Vale of Glamorgan by building a second hospice for the homeless. read more

• Security not asked to check barrier

  THE inquest into the death of a former Barry man this week heard how a security officer was'never asked' to check the car park barrier that swung out and killed the dad-of-three. read more

• Help out

  THE people who are objecting to the two Barry churches about to be sold (Barry and District News, March 9) "make by blood boil". read more

On this day: Barry Archive