A PUB chain has been condemned for launching a new burger containing 1,966 calories - almost the entire recommended daily intake for a woman.Hungry Horse, which has pubs in Barry and Penarth, has launched the Double Donut Burger, which includes two beef
BARRY Island coastline now boasts a multi-coloured light installation along the promenade next to the resort's new beach huts. Barry Island’s eastern promenade shelter, at the Nell’s Point end of the resort, has seen the new multi-coloured lights
A BARRY panel beater is hoping to show off his working skills in a major world skills competition in Birmingham today.23-year-old Harrison Jankovic, who works at R&N Spraying, at Atlantic Way, in Barry, has been chosen to represent Wales in the WorldSkills
BARRY Town’s next match is Saturday, November 15 when they entertain Ely Rangers at Jenner Park. Gavin Chesterfield’s side attempt to preserve their place on top of the Welsh League Division Two.Kick-off is at 2pm, with admission at £5 for adults, £4
AN APPEAL has gone out for friends or family of a Barry care home resident, who recently died, to attend his funeral.Funeral directors have been unable to trace anyone connected to 85-year-old Harold Morgan.Former Welsh Guardsman Mr Morgan, who authored
COMMUNITY groups in Barry and Sully have benefitted from the 2014 Lloyds Bank Community Fund after nearly 1.5 million votes were cast across the country.Five groups that will receive funding are the Barry Beavers Disabled Swimming Club with £3,000, Vale
A WREATH-LAYING ceremony was held at the Merchant Seamen’s Memorial outside the Civic Offices at 11am on Tuesday, November, 11.Rev Malcolm Davies conducted a short service and the Vale mayor, politicians, and representatives from local organisations joined
ON Friday, October 17, Mr T Davies, head teacher of Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School was presented with a novel called “Trampled Shoots” written by P F Cairns by Barry Soroptomists. The novel is about human trafficking. Human trafficking is an illegal
A SPECIAL service of remembrance was held in honour of a former pilot and Barry resident at Merthyr Dyfan cemetery on Friday, November 7.Tribute was paid to Second Lieutenant RFC, Albert Payne in a graveside ceremony attended by his 96-year-old nephew
A PROPOSED Jazz festival planned for summer next year, has secured its first sponsor.Cardiff Bus has become the first sponsor to be announced for the Vale Jazz Festival earmarked for mid-June 2015.The company said it would make a goodwill gesture of supporting
A ROYAL Navy officer steered a course to a Barry primary school to give a special assembly marking Remembrance Day. Chief Petty Officer Gary Kaunhoven, Royal Navy, talked to All Saints C/W Years 2 to 6 about the early years of the Royal Navy, life and
MORE than 500 people turned out in Barry to remember fallen war heroes in the centenary year of the outbreak of the First World War. Generations came together to march from King Square to the cenotaph, outside the Barry Memorial Hall, stopping to lay
A CONCERT remembering armed forces personnel past and present has raised more than £450 for the Help For Heroes charity.Funeral directors Lyndsay and Nicola Ellis, of The Vale Funeral Service, Barry, teamed up with John Lewis of JPL Sound / Barry Music
AGE Connect Cardiff and Vale have their own Hospital Discharge Service which can help support you and your loved one with both emotional and practical support. If you’re anxious about what help is available the Hospital Discharge provides short term intensive
AT their October Supper Meeting, members of Soroptimist International Barry and District wore pink to raise awareness of Breast Cancer. This disease now affects one in eight women and, with a membership of 42, the club is well aware of this statistic.
A POSSIBLE merger between the Vale of Glamorgan council and Bridgend council has moved a step closer to becoming a reality.Bridgend council's leading Labour group have given their backing to talking with the Vale about merging together.Both councils have
FANS of historical mysteries will find plenty of intrigue in a Barry man's take on the most famous unsolved mystery in literature.Barry boy Lyn Squire, a former director with the World Bank, has written what he admits are "some of the most boring
