Looking back...
	9:26am Thu 3 Jul 08
	THIS week's old photograph was submitted by Mr P B Trollope. The picture is of the construction of a house somewhere in Barry Dock or Cadoxton. Among the workmen is the builder Mr Perryman, but the owner of the photograph, who is his granddaughter Mrs Hilary Bann, does not have any information.

Bad U-turn

9:25am Thursday 3rd July 2008

I AM writing to object to the Vale Council's Notice of Change of Use' of land at Cemetery Approach with the subsequent sale of this land to Newydd Housing Association for development.

Fly-tip woe

9:24am Thursday 3rd July 2008

I UNDERSTAND that the council is going to move the skip site from Hayes Road to the Atlantic Trading Estate.

UKIP's view

9:22am Thursday 3rd July 2008

I WOULD like to endorse the letter in last week's Barry & District News (June 26) written by Cllr E T Williams regarding the erosion of both our democracy and our ability to rule ourselves as a country, due to the continued transfer of power from Westminster to the unelected' 27 commissioners of the European Union who alone decide and create more than 75 per cent of the laws now applicable to the citizens of our country.

Insensitive

9:22am Thursday 3rd July 2008

TO remove the tranquil approach to Barry Cemetery and replace it with domestic dwellings and/or recreational areas, with the necessary parking spaces, is the most insensitive idea yet to emerge from the Vale of Glamorgan planning (recent initiatives would suggest that destruction may be a more apt epithet) department.

An insult

9:21am Thursday 3rd July 2008

OPEN letter to Peter Evans, director of legal, public protection and housing services Vale of Glamorgan Council: Dear Mr Evans Barry Friends of the Earth would like to add their objection to the letters and petitions you have received from the people of Barry, regarding the proposed housing development at Cemetery Lane.

Leave it be

9:19am Thursday 3rd July 2008

OPEN letter to Peter Evans, the director of legal, public protection and housing services, Vale of Glamorgan Council: I AM writing regarding the Cemetery Approach building project between the Vale of Glamorgan Council/Newydd Housing Association and the people of Barry.

Moral duty

9:18am Thursday 3rd July 2008

IS it any wonder that politicians, at local as well as at national level, are distrusted by the public they are supposed to serve?

Rhyme time

9:14am Thursday 3rd July 2008

READING the poem about the Knap in a recent Barry & District News reminded me of a poem that my niece wrote about Barry Island.

Books plea

9:13am Thursday 3rd July 2008

PUPILS at Erw'r Delyn special needs school are getting excited about having a new school library - but they need your help!!

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