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Landmark
SIR - The vote to ban hunting with dogs by MPs last month was a landmark decision for animal welfare. This week the House of Lords will have their chance to debate the Hunting Bill and they have threatened to amend it to a compromise. But there can be
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Fresh inquiry into boys's death
THE DEATH of a Vale boy which launched a massive review of school transport throughout the whole area is to be reinvestigated by police. Following a review of the original inquiry by South Wales Police into the accident that killed Stuart Cunningham-Jones
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Disgrace
SIR - I attended the Labour Party Conference on behalf of the Countryside Alliance. The event cost us several thousand pounds for the chance to engage in meaningful debate with delegates and MPs. While there delegates accused me of being a paedophile,
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Penarth gymnasts floor the opposition
GYMNASTS from Penarth Gym Club had a successful day at the Welsh Challenge Cup Championships. Elinor Lewis was a clear winner of the all-round event and along with team members Elin Yapp and Emily Wooley took second team place. Elinor was also awarded
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Fury as vandals steal memorial
THE FAMILY of a Dinas Powys schoolgirl killed by a train last November have described vandals who stole a plaque attached to an Oak Tree to commemorate her life as 'evil'. An inquest into the death of Angharad Raworth, 15, recorded a verdict of accidental
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Mal's Memories
DO YOU remember getting into childhood scrapes? Two, in particular, come to my mind, both when I was growing up on my grandfather's farm. I was "helping" him one day when he was repairing barbed wire fences. He threw one of the big rolls of wire from
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Number of drink drivers falling
PENARTH police are hailing this year's crackdown on drink drivers as a massive success after recording the lowest number of offences throughout the whole of the South Wales area. But while figures released last week show the success of this summer's '
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Opinions
SIR - I am going to meet my MP, John Smith at the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Campaigns & Advocacy Network's annual lobby of Parliament, the "Westminster Fly-In" and I want to take other readers' opinions with me to the meeting. I am collecting as
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DVD Review - Taking Lives
THE PLOT behind Taking Lives should mean the film is a spine-chilling, edge-of-your-seat thriller. But sadly, it falls a bit flat. With an all-star cast, there's no doubting the acting talent that's gone into this flick. Angelina Jolie takes the lead
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Apathy
WHEREAS I am extremely grateful for your article Who Foots the Bill? on September 9 (regarding the Sully Hospital apartments), I am concerned at the apparent apathy about the improper use of huge sums of public money. Nobody has refuted my valid claim
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Tennis Club hold annual dinner dance
WINDSOR members turned out in huge numbers on Saturday evening last to attend the annual dinner dance which was held at the Plymouth Rooms in Stanwell Road and a very memorable evening it turned out to be. In very convivial surroundings the assembled
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Depleted Old Boys beaten
ON A day when rugby football was forced to play second fiddle to its round ball rival, Old Penarthians found themselves unable to field more than one side when too many players succumbed to the temptation of television and opted to support Wales' abortive
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Bitterness after post box is axed
FURIOUS Penarth residents have slammed the Royal Mail, after their post box was removed without notification. The withdrawal of the post box from Sully Terrace sparked an angry reaction from people living in the quiet residential area last week. Graham
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Deluded
I READ Thought for the week and found it extremely interesting. I think Timothy is very arrogant about humanity, which is "created" by sexual intercourse. There is no "high faluting" reason for its existence: we are no more important that a dog or cat
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Positive
IN ANSWER to the negative letters that have been submitted in the last few weeks about The Children's Society, I feel I should state a more positive side. I, personally, have no direct contact with The Children's Society, but have been to numerous very
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Listings
Thursday Trinity Church Hall. Yoga for teenagers, 6.30pm-7.30pm. 02920 708709. St Cyres, Dinas Powis. Tai Chi Chuan, 6.30pm. 8pm. Plassey Street Gospel Hall, Penarth. Coffee morning 10.15am. Salvation Army. Mums and Tots, 10am-11.30am. Toast, tea and
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Cheque presented to hospice
A CHEQUE for £220 - raised through a special raffle at the annual Vale of Glamorgan sports personality awards evening held earlier this year - has been presented to the local Ty Hafan Children's Hospice. The cheque was presented to Ty Hafan trust and
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Hitting right note
A PENARTH man has been able to establish himself as a professional musician thanks to a government scheme. David Jones, 29, of Windsor Road, is an up and coming music producer, with high profile projects that could make him the next big name in trance
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Link walkway under threat
THE HEADLAND Link walkway, seen by many as vital to Penarth's future economy, is under threat. The town's MP Alun Michael has accused the Vale of Glamorgan Council of jeopardising crucial Assembly funding for the proposed physical link with Cardiff Bay
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Be a firefighter
PENARTH firefighters are backing a national recruitment campaign. They visited the town's Jobcentre Plus as part of a campaign to boost the number of women and ethnic minority groups joining the South Wales Fire and Rescue service as full time firefighters
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Memories of 25 years ago
EXTRACTS from the Penarth Times of October 12, 1979: Councillors, and tenants of the Harbour View and Royal Close Estates, are faced with a £250,000 question. A group of Penarth traders have banded together to fight the suggested pedestrianisation of
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Evil deed
TO the person or persons who removed the wooden plaque and memorabilia from Angharad's Oak at Cwm George, Dinas Powys. This despicable act has caused further distress to Angharad's family. I sincerely hope that when you lose loved ones that your conscience
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Golden memories for John and Jean
A PENARTH couple will be celebrating a golden moment this Saturday when they mark their 50th wedding anniversary. John and Jean Hawkins of St Marks Road, met and fell in love in London in the 1950s when they both worked for the Post Office. They married
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CD Review - Tom Jones & Jules Holland
WHEN you bring together two immensely talented individuals and tell them to make music, you're pretty much guaranteed to have a success. And Tom Jones' collaboration with Jools Holland is just the proof you need to give this theory credibility. Their
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Tribute to 'one of life's nice guys'
TRIBUTES have been paid to a Penarth man who will be remembered as "one of life's truly nice guys." Bob Jones collapsed suddenly on the platform of Queen Street station in Cardiff on September 30 aged 49. Despite the help that was immediately on hand
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Inspectors praise 'very good school'
A PENARTH primary school celebrating its 35th anniversary has been praised by inspectors for serving its pupils and their community with distinction. Describing Evenlode as a "very good" school, the inspectors say academic standards achieved by pupils
