Barry Town will go into Saturday's match at home to Rhyl with renewed confidence after a promising dislay against Caersws at the Recreation Ground. It was only the post which left Barry with nothing from Saturday's match - a Raith Plant header coming
THE founder of Ty Hafan Children's Hospice has been made an MBE. Suzanne Goodall was a key campaigner in the fight to establish such a site in Wales, and was finally rewarded for her work when the hospice opened it's doors in the late nineties. Ms Goodall
A YOUNG Barry mum has broken her silence to speak about the seven months of torment she and her family have faced after an assault on her partner. Laila Saif, 29, and Alec Williams have had to rebuild their lives, coping with the terrible effects of the
BARRY'S talented 'pop rival' Jamie Shaw is determined to make 2004 his year. The former One True Voice band member, who lives in the Pencoedtre Village, has spoken of the new resolve he has found to claw back his career, which flagged after the manufactured
THE HEARTBROKEN parents of Stuart Cunningham-Jones want to see someone prosecuted over the death of their only son. Shattered couple Joanna and David Cunningham-Jones released a statement through their solicitor Peter Davies moments after a jury recorded
BARRY'S massive £5,000 Fix It campaign is hotting up. For the second year running, the News and Round Table venture, aimed at giving cash to good causes, has proved hugely popular - and applications are flooding in. Palmerston Primary School is just one
THE 'Kilroy affair' exposes the dangerous and growing threat to the right to free speech. Those who wish to curtail this fundamental hallmark of a free society currently represent the greatest danger to our democracy as they slowly succeed in suppressing
I, AS member for South Wales Central, have condemned the Liberal Democrats as the party of high tax, following their proposals to introduce a local income tax. Council tax bills have soared in Labour-controlled parts of Wales and now the Liberal Democrats
I wish to complain about rural roads. In comparison with the Barruc ward in Barry, the road between Bonvilston and Llancarfan (known as the Llancarfan Lane) is from another period. The metalling along this stretch is so badly scared with pot-holes, I
THE BEST of R.E.M. is a classic collection of their favourite hits from 1988 to 2003. This may disappoint some fans who have grown fond of tracks not included on this CD, but the band certainly know their own minds and were not to be dissuaded from this
A BARRY sailor is leading the campaign to get the Portland Stone War Memorial on Holton Road restored to its former glory. Homer Wenderling, of Dudley Place, was instrumental in having the memorial erected in remembrance of the fallen merchant seamen
I AM writing a book on Welsh pirates and piracy. Do any of your readers have stories about pirates from your area? Are there stories about people being snatched by pirates? Are there any pirate caves? Or buried pirate treasure? Are there any pirate graves
I have decided to start a campaign to promote the formation of a Vale Museum, a campaign started by John Storrie more than a century ago. I feel a museum would not only be the centre for the presentation of our collective past, but a home for the research
BARRY schoolchildren will soon have first-hand experience of natural wildlife as Cadoxton Pond is being preserved and improved by Dow Corning Ltd. The company has joined with Glamorgan Anglers Ltd and the Environment Agency Wales, using the expertise
THE BARRY Dragons and Millennium Centre Tae Kwon Do Clubs recently held their end-of-season awards evening at the Barry Town Football Club. All the awards were voted for by the students themselves, so the trophies were much sought-after. The Dragons awards
PUT Jackie Chan in any movie and you are guaranteed a chuckle - and Shanghai Knights is no exception. Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) and Chon Wang, the Shanghai Kid (Chan), are back in the saddle after their first film, Shanghai Noon, only they're not, strictly
PROFESSOR Robert Winston in Child of our time this week told us that children learn social skills by the time they are three years old, before they start school. What a timely statement to make when it seems the Vale Council wants to pull the plug on
I was very pleased to read the comments from Councillors Steffan Wiliam and Nick Hodges praising Barry Island residents for their continuing fight to re-open Clive Road steps. As anyone can tell you, a stroll across the causeway at this time of year,
BRECON 29 PTS, BARRY 3 PTS BARRY Rugby Club made the long trek into Powys last Saturday, to play their 13th league match of the season, but were unable to celebrate their first-ever visit to Brecon with a victory. The October fixture had been a close
I WONDER if readers realise the Vale of Glamorgan Council is run by a cabinet of 10 councillors, all Conservatives. Do readers also realise that even though the population of Barry represents more than half the total population of the Vale of Glamorgan
THE people of the Vale of Glamorgan elected their councillors with the trust that they would spend their taxes wisely and that they would spend their taxes on the people's priorities. Well, I believe that this current Conservative controlled council have
A TEACHER has taken on the role of co-ordinating a new national initiative to develop physical education and sports experiences in primary and secondary schools across the Vale. Vale of Glamorgan Council has appointed Kelly Toshack as its new PE and school
THIS is an update on the possibility of a cow run in Cowbridge. Upon receiving letters of protest from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and persons all over the UK, Vale of Glamorgan Councillor Jeffrey James stated in a letter to PETA
AS THE fire station in Court Road continues to decline, why doesn't the Vale Council consider the idea of converting it into a local history museum? A building of its architectural interest would surely attract funding from the council itself, Welsh Assembly
A BARRY schoolboy has been selected to play rugby for the Welsh Schools' team that will face Italy in Milan on February 19. Ryan Prosser, 15, has proven himself to be Wales' top hooker at under-16 level this year. Ryan said: "I'm delighted with my selection
A FEW weeks ago I hit a cat that ran out in front of me. I phoned the Tynewydd Road veterinary practice in my panic and within minutes a woman, I think Kerry was her name, helped me to try and find it. She provided on-the-spot support and help and stayed
BARRY'S controversial vet Maurice John Kirk blasted "bent lawyers" after losing his appeal against professional disqualification last Monday. He threatened the opposing legal team as he stormed out of the Privy Council. Kirk, 56, who practised from Barry
50 YEARS AGO EXTRACTS from the Barry & District News of January 21, 1954: J Feltz and Co Cadoxton held their first staff dance at Bindles last week when roughly 350 employees and friends, including members of the Executive Staff, were present. The
My opinion of the Vale of Glamorgan Council fell at the beginning of January when they served an eviction notice on a member of my family. My sister-in-law moved back from Cardiff to Barry after her mother died in 1998 to look after her elderly father
AMBITIOUS plans to turn Central Park into the focal point of Barry town centre have been revealed. An artists' impression of the new-look site was unveiled this week by Vale of Glamorgan planners. The scheme, which is part of the £8.1 million King Square
A BARRY 11-year-old has scaled Africa's highest mountain. Ieuan Donovan, of Hunter's Ridge, set out to scale the massive Kilimanjaro on Boxing Day and finally reached the summit, which stands at 5,895 metres, on December 30. He completed the climb with
CADOXTON residents have hit out at a Vale of Glamorgan Council decision to approve a development brief that would allow work on nearby land. The controversial plan could pave the way for new build on three plots owned by the Welsh Church Acts Trust. But
Thursday Chat and coffee group meet at 1.30pm-3.30pm. Telephone 01446 743375 for information. Barry Memorial Hall, Barry. Learn to Meditate, 7.30pm-9pm. Locations around Barry. Valeways Easy Walking Scheme - for details telephone 01446 749000. Old Paget
