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Thanks a £million!
A FORMER Sully resident who scooped £32,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire has helped her husband win the £1 million jackpot. Diana Ingram, nee Pollock, 37, grew up in South Road, and after winning her money last April wrote 'Win A Million', due to
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CD Review
FIVE'S new album Kingsize kicks off with tons of energy, but by the last songs, it gets totally boring. It starts with current big hit Let's Dance which has a great funky disco beat, a song you can just imagine played in the party hour in clubs. It's
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Demolition plans are rejected by council
CONCERNED residents protesting at plans to demolish two Church Road houses have welcomed Penarth Town Council's rejection of proposals. But the road's residents, who are against nine new dwellings being built on the 11-12 Church Road plot, say there is
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German adventure
IT WAS 'Guten Tag Deutschland' for St Cyres School pupils when they visited the Rhineland recently. Thirty-four pupils from Year 8 set off for a 16-hour ferry and coach trip which took them to Kamp Bornhofen, where they enjoyed local specialities. Throughout
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Trying to save?... Just call the Union
DID YOU know that there is a friendly and approachable way of saving money in your area? The Penarth Credit Union (PCU) was set up in September 1996. A national scheme with a community base, it's run mostly by volunteers who have been trained to help
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Video Review
COYOTE UGLY (12) is a wild romantic comedy, which sees small-town girl Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) moving to New York to chase her dream of becoming a songwriter. While trying to get her music heard by the big names in the industry, Violet supports
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School kids jump at record chance
PENARTH pupils have leapt into the record books after taking part in a nationwide 'Giant Jump'. Children from Westbourne School joined over a million other youngsters for the organised event which launched Science Year. At 11am on September 7, children
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Trainers in the line up for £20,000
AN INNOVATIVE Penarth company which produces police training computer software is on target to win £20,000. Detail Technologies is one of ten finalists in the national HSBC Start-Up Starts Awards and could scoop the jackpot at a London final on October
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Games Review
Theme Park World: PC CD-ROM This is truly the game for those who really want to run their own business. Research, build and repair rides, features, sideshows and more. The controls are easy and the game entertaining. You can even 'ride' your own rides
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Jail for Dinas rapist
A DINAS Powys housewife who was raped in her own bed has seen her young attacker jailed for eight years. Aaron Gaughan, aged 21, left the 51-year-old woman feeling "dirty, degraded and humiliated" following the attack on August 14. At Cardiff Crown Court
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Gymnasts enjoy summer camp at Pinewood
Pictured are some of the gymnasts from newly formed Phoenix Gymnastics, who recently enjoyed a very successful summer camp at Pinewood Gym Club in Bracknell, Berkshire. Together with their coaches Helen Cope and Jenny John, the girls were able to take
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Just log in for daily Penarth updates
PENARTH'S top newspaper launches a fantastic internet new service for readers today - thisispenarth.co.uk The Penarth Times' brand new website is packed with up-to-date news, sport, local information, features and entertainment. Readers keen to log on
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Cinema Review
VAN DIESEL is one of Hollywood's upcoming stars - in order to gain real respect you must star in a thrilling, action packed movie, and it looks like he's followed the rules! Brian (Paul Walker) is a man looking to make it on LA's street racing scene.
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What's On
EVENTS IN AND AROUND PENARTH FROM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 UNTIL WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 THURSDAY * Plassey Street, Gospel Hall, Penarth. Coffee morning 10.15am. * Penarth Leisure Centre, Penarth. Gullyvers Adventure Play Centre, Monday to Friday 9.30am
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Club honours its trampoline queen
A DINAS Powys woman who single-handedly launched a South Wales trampolining club has been honoured for 21 years service. Diane Berry, of Sir Ivor Place, runs Caerau Vale Trampoline Club and was presented with gifts by coaches and members at a surprise
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Duchess 'crowns' tennis club's centenary year
DINAS POWYS experienced the rare event of a Royal visit on Saturday, September 15, when The Duchess of Gloucester, President of The Lawn Tennis Association, visited the village Lawn Tennis Club. Her Royal Highness attended a Junior Tennis Day, the final
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Singles proves to be the 'Blue Riband'
BLESSED BY fine weather, and a large number of club members as supporters, the Murch Bowling Club Championship Finalists provided an exciting and well contested series of games over the Friday and Saturday, September 7 and 8. As in all club finals, it
