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Barry poet publishes latest book

1:00pm Saturday 25th May 2013

BARRY is set to loaunch his latest book at the Hay Festival on Wednesday (May 29). Professor Tony Curtis's book, 'Alchemy of Water', celebrates the landscape and people of Wales through poems and photographs

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Barry man raises £1,000 in charity skydive

9:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

A BARRY man has raised over £1,000 for charity by taking part in a 13,000ft skydive. Andrew Swinfen, 23, took part in the death defying skydive in aid of Multiple Sclerosis Society Cymru.

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Bid to save Barry Bike Repair Centre is rejected

1:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

A BID to save the Barry Bike Repair Centre has been rejected as "it did not achieve accredited training outcomes and was running at a substantial deficit". Barry Independent Councillor Richard Bertin had asked for a rethink on the decision but this was rejected by the Labour/Llantwit First Coalition. The bike shop that was based at the Holm View Leisure Centre had ceased to operate earlier this year as a cost cutting measure.

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Police warning over fake £20 and £50 notes in Vale

1:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

BARRY residents have been warned to look out for fake £20 and £50 notes. The Safer Vale Partnership has issued a warning to shopkeepers and members of the community to be aware of counterfeit currency after counterfeit £20 and £50 notes were used in the Vale of Glamorgan.

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Barry Island prepares for Bank Holiday weekend

11:00am Friday 24th May 2013

BARRY residents have been reassured that the Vale Council and police will be working together to ease bank holiday traffic at Barry Island this weekend.

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Barry shop fined for selling alcohol to underage customers

10:00am Friday 24th May 2013

A COUPLE has been fined more than £900 for selling alcohol to underage customers in Barry. Following an investigation by the Vale of Glamorgan Council's trading standards team, Hiren and Avani Patel were prosecuted at Cardiff Magistrates Court on Thursday, May 9, 2013 for offences under the Licensing Act 2003. Mr and Mrs Patel, premises licence holders of Misha News at 81 Cardiff Road, Barry, were found guilty of selling alcohol to an underage trading standards volunteer, following a joint test purchasing exercise.

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Woman rescued from Whitmore Bay by lifeboat crew

10:00am Friday 24th May 2013

A FEMALE swimmer was treated for hypothermia and shock after the RNLI Barry Dock lifeboat crew pulled her from the sea of Whitmore Bay yesterday. (May 23).

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