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'Jagged edges on skate ramps'
VALE of Glamorgan teenagers are at risk from serious injury according to a local ex-skaterboarder. He says Vale skate parks are a danger after carrying out his own safety inspection. But the Vale council insist that the parks are kept safe. Steve Hunt
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Vale United's great performance
Nine pupils from Ysgol Maes Dyfan (Barry) and Ysgol Erw'r Delyn (Penarth) have produced a series of excellent performances at the annual Welsh Disabled Sports Team Championships. Organised and funded by Rotary International, the event comprised 10 sports
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Council tax hike
VALE of Glamorgan residents face a hike of nearly 10 percent in their council tax bills. For the average household in the area, it will mean just over £1 a week more. And that's after the council dips into savings to help fund some of the increased spending
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What's on in and around Barry from Thursday February 6 to Wednesday February 12
Thursday Tynewydd Inn, Barry. 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 programme details
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Trek for life
I AM writing to ask your readers to join Cancer Research UK and take on the challenge of a lifetime, to really make 2003 a year to remember. We are looking for 300 people to take part in "Trek For Life", a special ten-day journey to the Great Wall of
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Lions run wild in Cowbridge rugby festival
Seven teams from Vale of Glamorgan rugby clubs have taken part in a highly successful tag rugby festival. Hosted by the Cowbridge club, the inaugural festival involved both boys and girls under eight years of age. Run in conjunction with the Welsh Rugby
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Golf event
THE VALE of Glamorgan Council's proposal to spend £300,000 of our council tax promoting the Vale Golf Club as an ideal venue for the Solheim Cup is, as Cllr Curtis observed, a blatant waste of money. To say that the Solheim Cup is the female equivalent
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Extracts from the Barry and District News from 50 and 25 years ago
50 YEARS AGO EXTRACTS from the Barry and District News of February 5, 1953: THE SECOND annual Burns' Supper of the Barry and District Scottish Association brought exiles and Sassenachs together in homage to Scotland's national bard at Rowe's Cafe, Barry
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Home fallen into state of disrepair
A VALE of Glamorgan pensioner and his wife have been enduring living conditions that Vale MP John Smith says are the worse he has seen in thirty years of politics. But because they had not spoken out about it the extent of the problem has only just come
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Film thanks
I WISH to express my sincere thanks to the Vale of Glamorgan Community's first police team for Gibbonsdown, for their work in organising, free of charge, a private showing of the latest Lord of the Rings movie epic for 120 pupils from Oakfield Primary
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Morre loos
I wonder if it would encourage the poor beknighted dog owners to clear up after their pets if there were more dog loos around? As far as I am aware there are no such 'conveniences' at Cole Knap, particularly on the car terrace or prom, neither are there
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Equality
WHY is the Vale Council always slow in coming forward with information regarding people's rights. Men who will be 60 or over on April 1 will be entitled to free travel on all local services throughout Wales. Equality at last men! I suggest you contact
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Cinema review 'Hey Arnold- The Movie'
IT'S EASILY one of the best children's TV shows on at the moment and now it has followed the likes of Rugrats and The Wild Thornberries by making it to the big screen. But does it deliver what is expected? When a multi-millionaire comes to Arnold's dead-end
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Dog owner
WHEN Mr Douglas (letters last week) is on Barry Island beach looking at dogs' mess left by a few irresponsible dog owners does he not also see the hypodermic needles, human sewage, dirty nappies, fishing line etc. I do! R Hocking, (responsible dog owner
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Jeanne volley keeps Town top
BARRY TOWN 1 LLANELLI 0 THIS NARROW win over the bottom club on Tuesday evening puts Barry three points clear of TNS with 55 points. Even at this stage with 10 games left it is unlikely that Cwmbran in 8th place will even obtain 55 points when all games
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CD review 'Stevie Wonder : The Definitive Collection
IT SEEMS like years since Stevie Wonder last graced our charts with a musical offering, but still this double album is packed with classics. Called Stevie Wonder: The Definitive Collection, both CDs are crammed with the songs that made this fantastic
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Safety first
I WOULD like to register an official complaint against the Vale of Glamorgan Council's forthcoming plans to ban dogs from the beaches all year round. As a single person my chosen companion is my dog. In the summer it is possible to exercise my pet in
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Sharks prove dangerous at Llantwit
Llantwit Major B 0 Sully Sharks 1 THE SHARKS at last secured their first away win of the season with a hard earned victory against a determined Llantwit team looking to avenge their early season reverse at BP, Sully. Playing in their new CIS Insurance
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Ambitious rail project begins
BARRY'S appeal as a visitor destination is on track after work officially got under way on an ambitious Barry Action project. A new section of the town's steam railway track is being laid, linking the existing two-mile line between Barry Island and The
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Get these guns off out streets
A BARRY councillor is calling for a total ban on replica and so-called 'BB guns'. Labour's Rob Curtis said he was alarmed to discover how easily available the weapons are. He said: "I was approached by a trader on Barry Island who told me that children
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Dog mess
I WOULD like to reply to the "anti-dog" type letters published last week from A Parsons and R Douglas. I am not a dog owner. However, having been forewarned, I apprehensively walked the areas of the Witchill and Treharne Estates, Holton Road and Broad
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DVD review 'Kung Pow: Enter
OH DEAR, oh dear, oh dear. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is just as ridiculous as it looks on the front cover of the DVD. Steve Oedekerk, director of films like Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, The Nutty Professor and Jimmy Neutron, has decided to write and
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Log-on to Barry
BARRY is to be the pilot area for the first on-line discount shopping village. Shoppers can soon log on to a new website containing special offers from a range of local businesses. The success of discount shopping villages shows that people love the idea
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Public meeting for firefighters
BACK US, or lose your local fire station - that's the message to Barry people from striking firefighters. A public meeting to be held in Barry Leisure Centre on Monday, February 10 at 7pm will allow people to question the firefighters, and for them in
