BARRY people have a lot to be proud of if the nominations for Citizen of the Year are anything to go by. The forms are flooding in as friends and families put names forward to thank loved ones. Ria Davies filled in the form, listing all her mother's achievements
TAKE Clueless, add a bit of Ally McBeal and you'll have some idea of what Legally Blonde (12) is all about. Bottle blonde Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) is devastated when her hunky boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis) dumps her because she
THE SECOND postponement of the Swansea v Barry Town FAW Premier Cup semi-final on Tuesday evening brought an angry response from Barry's player manager Kenny Brown. "We've played in far worse conditions," argued Brown, naturally concerned about fitting
BARRY'S eccentric 'flying vet' has demonstrated a "pathetic waste" of police time, a disciplinary inquiry heard this week. Maurice John Kirk, of The Marlpits, St Donat's, Llantwit Major, has been convicted of 20 offences in the last seven years clocking
TONY Blair has absolutely no right to plunge this country into war, just to satisfy his cosy tete-a-tete with the war monger across the Atlantic. Bombing the people of other nations is never the way to root out terrorism - indeed, it is a sure way of
THURSDAY Locations around Barry. Valeways Easy Walking Scheme - for programme details telephone 01446 749000. Old Paget Inn, Barry Island. Fun night until 2am, free entry before 11pm. YMCA, Barry. Line dancing for intermediate dancers 7.30pm-9.30pm. Contact
MAY I through, your newspaper, thank the staff at the Barry Library for their kind help and support. On a recent visit to the library I was greeted by warm, friendly, helpful staff. I was looking for a CD and although I knew the artist, I did not know
A BARRY man may lose an eye after being left for dead in a vicious weekend attack. Cadoxton resident Andrew Ralphs, 44, suffered severe head and facial injuries when he was set upon as he walked home from the Royal Hotel at 9pm, on Saturday. He was discovered
PORT TALBOT 2, BARRY TOWN 3 BARRY TOWN won 3-2 away to Port Talbot last Friday evening to take their unbeaten run to 12 games. The Dragons are now 10 points clear of Bangor and TNS, who can reduce this deficit if they win their midweek games. Barry had
YOU do not have a 'hint' column in your paper, so perhaps I could start you off. If I haven't a pocket inside my coat I sew a patch about six inches square to the inside of my coat or jacket with a button hole and button. If vulnerable people did this
Need For Speed 3: PC CD-ROM Well it's another instalment in the 'Need For Speed' saga, so buckle up your seat belts, tune your car and start racing. The game offers a wide variety of high performance cars in which to race. You can select your car, tune
OPENING across the country this week is the spine tingling horror-fest Thirteen Ghosts. The movie begins in typical creepy fashion, at night in an old abandoned scrapyard. This is where we find eccentric millionaire Cyrus Zorba (F Murray Abraham) attempting
YOU walk on them, they ache, sometimes they smell and often you neglect them. But for one Barry woman, your feet are rather interesting. Lesley Burnett is a chiropodist and reflexologist, who brings her work to you in the comfort of your own home. Instead
THE semi-racist tone of a New Labour attack on Plaid Cymru in a recent letter, shows how concerned they are after their poor performance in the Ogmore by election. They really should think twice about attempting to use the Welsh language against Plaid
A BARRY couple have slammed a local painting company for building work they allege has been left messy and unfinished. But the well-known tradesman claims the couple are being unfair as he has tried repreatedly to resolve the situation. Joyce, 62, and
DEDICATION: Barry YMCA Girls Gymnastics Club senior coach Linda Gee was honoured at the Vale of Glamorgan Sports Personality Awards evening for her outstanding work over a period of more than 25 years. She is pictured receiving her award from Glamorgan
50 YEARS AGO EXTRACTS from the Barry & District News of March 20, 1952: Herman Cahill, who is shortly due for release, played at scrum-half for the Welsh Guards' Rugby team which beat the Duke of Wellington Regiment for the championship of BAOR at
BARRY'S multi-million pound Town Hall development project has attracted worldwide interest from high-class professionals. More than 30 national and international practices responded to a Vale of Glamorgan Council advertisement in the official journal
I HAVE heard, only recently, of plans for a possible merger of Windsor Road United Reformed Church and Porthkerry Road Methodist Church at a new Waterfront church. Mr concern is with the eventual pulling down of Windsor Road United Reformed Church, should
BARRY and District News, is stepping in to give the town the biggest and brightest Easter Bonnet Parade ever. The Vale's number one paid-for weekly has rushed in to save the Holton Road event, after hearing it could be in jeopardy. For many years, the
OVER recent weeks you have printed a number of articles regarding the court case of Kate Stratton, and her families bid for compensation. In the time honoured fashion of the media, you have attempted to sensationalise the issue and present polarised views
WOULD ANY relatives of the late William George Wood, who was buried on February 2, 1988, please contact me as we are compiling our family tree of Wood/Rees. Thanks D Fowler (nee Rees) 15 Coed-y-Capel Barry
UNTIL just weeks ago Britain had heard relatively little of Shakira - South America's equivalent of Victoria Beckham. But after belly-dancing her way into the top ten with hit Whenever, Wherever, there's no doubting this Columbian diva is getting much-deserved
THE VALE of Glamorgan Council has agreed a major grant aid package to boost the work of the area's leading professional arts and culture centre. St Donats Arts Centre, which is receiving £25,000 from the council in the current year, has also been awarded
BARRY rugby star Lee Thomas is in Italy this week representing Wales in the Junior World Cup. The 17-year-old left for Venice on Monday - but before going he spoke exclusively to the Barry and District News about his hopes for the future. Buttrills resident
A YOUNG Barry golfer is hitting the big time after being chosen to play for Wales against England. Rhys Williams, 16, of New House Court was one of just six players picked for the Welsh Union tournament to be held in April, and the only one from the Vale
SO much is said these days regarding the shortage of nurses in our hospitals. The powers that be do little to encourage recruitment, nurses at Heath Hospital have to pay for car parking amongst other things. Why should NHS staff have to pay for car parking
A BARRY resident has come forward in support of the White Farm protesters, but says people need to clean the place up. Gerald Bushen, 57, of Barry Road has joined the decade long debate over the future of the Colcot site. He told the News: "Every day,
