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• McDonald's makes a difference to sport

  ON-the-ball South West Wales AM Alun Cairns scored for his local school when he won them ten new footballs in a McDonald's Keepy Uppy fundraising challenge at this year's FA Community Shield. read more

• Mal's Memories

  DO YOU remember the Kymin war? read more

• Story of a brave pioneer in Wales

  A PIONEERING Penarth man who touched thousands of lives has been immortalised in a biography nearly 50 years after his death. read more

• Walkway

  PUTTING a walkway around Dock Beach would be an act of vandalism. It would be a "carbuncle" on a beautiful stretch of coastline that contains fossils, plants and some shy birds. If this monstrosity was built, it would be covered with green algae within 14 to 18 months (look at the stones by the old seafront car park, now demolished). read more

• Tennis season ends on a high note

  THE JUNIORS at Dinas Powys Tennis Club ended their season with an invitational 21-and-under tournament at the club. Many of these 'older juniors' made a special trip home from their universities to participate in this popular event. read more

• A legacy

  MY STORY is of tears of sadness and tears of happiness. Recently, my brother Dean died, very suddenly and unexpectedly. He was still a young man, in the prime of life, and his abrupt death was a terrible blow to the many people whose lives he had touched. With the nature of his passing, there had been no time for anyone to prepare themselves, and the ripples of shock were widely felt. read more

• Are you in the pink?

  A PENARTH colour therapist will take part in Wales' largest Natural Health and Healthy Living Show in Cardiff next weekend. read more

• Listings

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• Something to sing about

  A PENARTH woman was popping the champagne corks this week as she celebrated her 100th birthday. read more

• Police confident they'll nab thieves

  PENARTH police say they have a strong lead in connection with the theft of the town's precious paving stones, and are confident they can shortly make an arrest. read more

• Animals?

  IN LAST week's Penarth Times, Miss Simons suggests in her letter, human beings are no more than animals. Indeed, we see people who do behave that way, but, lacking the innocence of animals, their behaviour is inhuman. read more

• Footballer jailed for jaw breaking

  A DINAS POWYS footballer was jailed this week for breaking an opponent's jaw in a 'friendly' match. read more

• A thought

  YOUR correspondent, Miss Shane Simons, in her letter (Penarth Times, October 14), about Timothy's Thought for the weekend, in which she says he is very arrogant about humanity, has overlooked two important points. Having stated he is a father, he hardly needs a lesson on the facts of life. read more

• Clever architect scoops award

  A PENARTH architect has scooped a prestigious award at the 2004 Welsh Design Awards. read more

• CD Review - Rock Chicks

  ROCK CHICKS is a compilation of soft-rock classics from the wind-machine-blown, leather-clad divas of the 1980s. This 2-disc set includes power-pop stormers from the likes of the gravel-voiced Bonnie Tyler, the big-gun-straddling Cher, the pouty Jennifer Rush and the slinky black-velvetted Alannah Myles. read more

• I bet you!

  THE GOVERNMENT is currently giving the green light to increased gambling in Britain. read more

• 'We want police out on the beat'

  MORE POLICE on the beat is the top priority Vale residents, according to results from the South Wales Police Authority. read more

• Memories

  EXTRACTS from the Penarth Times of October 26, 1979: read more

• George celebrates his 90th knockout

  THE 13TH annual presentation of prizes for Penarth Conservative Club's £1,000 knockout skittles competition took place in the Prince William Suite last Saturday. read more

• Top prize for school lecturer

  A FORMER Penarth man has been awarded a prize in a national competition for the "2004 Millennium Medal for Britain's Younger Scientists, Engineers and Technologists". read more

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