BARRY 20 BETHESDA 18 ON WHAT may well prove to have been the final "summer" Saturday, of 2005, Barry welcomed 4th Division North side Bethesda for the 2nd round of the Konica Minolta Cup, in front of a sizeable crowd at the Reservoir Field. It all seemed
CADOXTON IMPS 4 BARRY FC 5 THIS Vale of Glamorgan Senior Football League game was every bit as entertaining as the score-line implies. With Imps taking a first minute lead Barry knew they"d be up against it, but at least on a positive note Barry therefore
YOUNG netball players in the Vale of Glamorgan are set to benefit from the expertise of a new coach. The Barry Dragon Sport Netball Club has been able to take on new mentor Mel Duncan, thanks to cash secured through the Community Chest Grant awards scheme
A MAN has appealed for information through the Barry and District News about the role his father played on the day Marconi made history. Guglielmo Marconi became the first person to transmit wireless signals over water from Lavernock to Flatholm Island
PENSIONERS on a Barry council estate claim they are being terrorised by teenage yobs who smash lamps and throw mud balls at windows. The elderly residents of Pontalun Close, Gibbonsdown, are becoming increasingly isolated after the Vale of Glamorgan Council
A BARRY man said he felt "humbled" after collecting his OBE from the Queen. Nicholas Williamson, of Pontypridd Road, was awarded the accolade for his services to the courts. The 58-year-old has worked in the courts since he left Barry Grammar School in
A PARENT governor of Holton Road Primary fears the school"s pupils could be at risk unless security is not tightened up. Roger Thomas Jones, who has a nine-year-old child at the school, is extremely concerned that the school building is being shared with
Thursday * Barry Comprehensive. * Learn to Cha Cha and Rumba. New Latin American class, 7pm-8pm. Tel 01446 738054, *Barry Comprehensive. Street Dance 8pm-9pm. Tel 01446 738054. *Barry Comprehensive. Welsh for Beginners class 7pm-9pm. Tel 01446 738054.
YEARS of hard work and dedication finally paid off for Barry teenager Charlotte Preen when she was selected to play football for Wales. Charlotte, 18, of Kendrick Road, won her first Wales cap playing against Kazakhstan in the UEFA women's under-19s championship
FISHING has started to improve in the past few weeks with congers and dogs making up the bulk of weights. The anticipated run of whiting is yet to occur although a late summer may be partly the cause, while the hoards of dogs that often abound in autumn
BARRY and District Darts League competition winners for 2004-2005 received their trophies at the annual awards night held at Cadoxton Conservative Club. Premier Division singles winner: Steve Moggridge (West End Warriors; runner-up: Carl Reece (Windsor
THIS MONTH, Vale Karate celebrates five years as an Independent member of The Welsh Karate Governing Body. In that short time, Chief Instructor Rob Copeland has guided Vale Karate from its origins of being one small club to become arguably Wales' most
A University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) graduate from Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan has won the 2005 Albert Ullmer Award given by the Institute of Maintenance and Building Management (IMBM) for the best student on an accredited course of study
A BARRY pensioner is pleading with Wales & West Housing Association to fix his bathroom window after it was damaged over four months ago in an arson attack. Peter Dwyer, aged 73, is a resident of David Davies House on Wyndham Road, which was attacked
A VALE councillor is calling for the reinstatement of a free asbestos pick-up service after a resident in his ward was given the wrong advice. The Vale of Glamorgan Council did at one time provide such a service but this was stopped due to various issues
A VALE mother was jailed for three years last Friday for torturing her baby girl and leaving her permanently disfigured. The woman, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, picked at open wounds on her baby's body causing lifelong damage
AN eccentric British vet who was struck off after a string of convictions crashed his plane in Japan last Friday during a round-the-world solo journey. Maurice John Kirk, 60, of Barry, took off on his airborne solo tour of the world four years ago. He
HOLTON Road is to be given a 1 million makeover in an attempt to turn it into a French-style caf quarter. The Barry thoroughfare will get more seating, more plants and wider pavements to encourage people to sit outside coffee shops and cafs. It will be
