As an ex-Barry resident who was born and bred in the town, I still take a keen interest in the area's affairs. Recently, I visited Barry to see some old friends and we got around to discussing the old Town Hall and King Square site. While the neglect
As part of their tour of local primary schools, Barry Town AFC recently visited High Street Primary School with the League of Wales Championship trophy and the Welsh Cup - one of the oldest trophies in world football. Pictured with the trophies and pupils
A BARRY mother-of-six who fiddled £11,000 in benefits walked free from court on Monday. Sheryl Townsend-Ryan escaped being jailed because a judge decided sending her to prison would be "catastrophic" for her children. The Gilbert Street resident was found
MY COMPLAINT is with the Vale of Glamorgan Council. The leader is always in papers, smiling. I can't think why - he should hang his head in shame at the disgrace Barry has become. At any ground he doesn't like, he decides he wants a car park - I can't
YOUR favourite news-paper is stepping in to give the town the biggest and brightest Easter Bonnet Parade ever. The Barry and District News has rushed in to save the Holton Road event after hearing it could be in jeopardy. For many years, the parade has
IMAGINE a world where robots do all your work - even replacing children in a family. That is the fantasy realm of AI - Artificial Intelligence, where Haley Joel Osment plays David, a young robotic boy adopted by an American couple. David, the first android
A BARRY man who allegedly taunted a local Asian shopkeeper has walked free from court. Michael Sparkes, 22, of Dyfan Street was cleared of bombarding Dyfan Road Stores owner Aqueel Nasser with racial abuse on the day of the September 11 bombings. The
VALE youngsters are finally heeding the safe sex message leading to a dip in teenage pregnancies rates in the area. Figures just released by the National Assembly show that in March 1999, 28 women under 18 years old became pregnant in the Vale. In 2,000
I ECHO the ideas of Labour member Richard Bertin about clearing up rubbish from the back lanes in the town. However, this is not a new idea. As a spokesman for Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales, I have been campaigning for several years to rid this area
A VALE of Glamorgan man knows all about taking a simple idea and turning it into one of the most successful businesses in the area. Lyndon David Smith is just 35 years old, but already he has built up a motor factoring shop in Main Street that he says
THREE Dinas mums are gathering up their Dutch courage for a 10,000 feet parachute jump in aid of the National Asthma Campaign. Plucky Helen Dursley, Denise Morgan and Juliet Richards will travel to Pembrey airship in June to take part in tandem skydives
EVENTS IN AND AROUND BARRY FROM THURSDAY, MARCH 28 UNTIL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 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
A TEENAGER killed last September when his car hit a minibus at the notorious Barry accident blackspot Five Mile Lane, died accidently, a coroner has said. Gareth James Jones, 18, of The Downs, Cardiff, was returning home on September 30 after dropping
AS GARETH Gates mania sweeps Barry, a town centre shop has been inundated with requests for the nearly life-sized cardboard cut-out of the Pop Idol runner-up. So to deal with the demand, Woolworths on Holton Road are holding an auction to raise money
A BARRY father-of-two has been given a big kiss by his wife for driving his car through flames to stop an explosion. Roger Thomas Jones, 67, shot into action after criminals torched a vehicle outside his Burlington Street home. He was woken at 4.30am
I would like to say how good your website is becoming. I am only just learning how to use the internet and there are very few sites I have visited so far. I like the colour and choice on your page. Not only can I review some of the stories from the current
BARRY'S rocketing youth crime could be cut back if plans to set up a youth offender panel go ahead. The Home Office is planning to implement the crucial panels across the country on April 1, with one in the Vale of Glamorgan. Local people sitting on panels
TODAY is, or so I believe, the first day of spring but although the weather is murky the buds on the trees confirm that better days are coming. Late in the morning most of the other walkers I encountered along my way were of the older generation many
RUMOURS that asylum seekers are on their way to Sully Hospital have been quashed by local MP John Smith. Residents are concerned over rumours which suggests the disused hospital has been renovated and refugees are being shipped in overnight. But Mr Smith
SWANSEA CITY 2 - BARRY TOWN 0 (FAW Premier Cup) A DISPUTED penalty and a goal which looked blatantly offside gave Swansea the win they needed to meet Cardiff in the final. Barry played neat build up football but lacked the cutting edge. Shading the first
MAY I express my utter disgust through your letters page at the way Shamrock Buses treat their passengers. My three friends and myself, all pensioners, had occasion to wait at the specified bus stop at Ninian Park Road on Wednesday afternoon, March 20
AMERICAN R&B star Brandy is back in the album charts with 'Full Moon', a 17-track strong compilation of smooth grooves. But even though it has so many different songs on it, the album remains pretty boring and at some points gets way too stodgy. It
A BARRY schoolboy has been hailed a hero after saving his young brother's life - twice. Brave ten-year-old schoolboy David Warren has stopped his brother Scott, 8, from falling into a diabetic coma twice in two months. And now in recognition of his quick-thinking
Ice Age (U) ** ICE Age is a stunning, digitally-animated film which is sure to delight children and adults alike. Set in the prehistoric era - the beginning of the Ice Age - it is the tale of Sid, the witty and smooth sloth, Manfred, the stern but warm-hearted
50 YEARS AGO EXTRACTS from the Barry & District News of March 27, 1952: * The Barry Circle Players who have made a good impression with their lively comedy, "Little Lambs Eat Ivy," are to give repeat performances at the Old Pioneers' Hall, Beryl Road
THE HIGHLIGHT of a sixth annual Vale of Glamorgan Sports Personality Awards evening was an inaugural lifetime contribution honour for gymnastics coach Gwynedd Lingard. Introduced for the first time this year, the award, in the form of an inscribed silver
BARRY'S notorious 'flying vet' says he has suffered years of harassment at the hands of local police in South Wales, Taunton, and Guernsey. Maurice Kirk, 56, of The Marlpits, St Donat's, Llantwit Major, made the claims before the Royal College of Veterinary
