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• £6m plan scrapped

  PROPERTY developer Decourcy has pulled the plug on the Penarth seafront cafe quarter scheme. read more

• Depleted Penarth pull through to win

  PENARTH 1st XI travelled to the Diamond Ground without a few key players to face a Cardiff team who themselves were lacking a few of their top players. read more

• Michael to make first-class impression

  VALE cricket star Michael O'Shea will make his first class debut for Glamorgan against Bangladesh A in a three-day match this week. read more

• US sailor relives his days of war

  LAST week saw the visit to Penarth of a veteran United States sailor, Mr Arthur La Chance of New Hampshire. read more

• 'I loved years in ATS'

  MARCH 6, 1942, as an underage volunteer in the ATS I set off to do my initial training in Wrexham and then on to Devizes, Wiltshire where I became a radar operator. read more

• Development

  WHAT on earth do the women, opposing the development of the building owned by the Rabaiotti family, hope to achieve as a result of their so-called victory at stopping the proposed development? read more

• Political 'spin'

  PERHAPS it was not entirely unexpected that my recent letter to the Penarth Times, which cast doubt on the role of local Labour politicos in moving forward the Penarth Headland Link, would go unchallenged. Indeed the response from at least two of your contributors was not only underwhelming, but also highly personal, in their unwarranted attacks on me (July 21 issue). read more

• Festival events

  THE PENARTH Summer Festival has this year offered a varied and interesting programme, but not all the events have attracted the support they deserved. read more

• Purrfect home

  FURTHER to the letter from Chris Arnold "Feline Friend" (Penarth Times, July 21). read more

• Mal's Memories service award

  DO you remember when newspapers cost just a few old pence? read more

• Unusual tactics pay off for Centurions

  SULLY Centurions 1st XI took an under-strength side to Pontypridd, but still came away with an emphatic seven-wicket victory. read more

• Mixed results for Belle Vue bowlers

  THE LAST two weeks have seen a variety of results for Belle Vue Ladies, drawing two matches, winning one and losing one. read more

• Injuries and holidays are taking toll on Dinas

  DINAS Powys First Eleven entertained Creigiau last weekend at an overcast Bryn-y-Don. read more

• Thoroughly modern

  A PENARTH woman will take audiences back to the roaring 1920s as part of the cast of West End musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, showing at the Wales Millennium Centre until August 20. read more

• "Write" way to get on TV

  A TELEVISION writer for ITV's hit series The Bill, who lives in Penarth, has told how nights out on London's backstreets with real-life officers provided inspiration for scenes in the gritty drama. read more

• Pub owners' last orders

  THE Vale Council says pubs and clubs in Penarth could face closure by Christmas after calling last orders for new alcohol licences. read more

• Lifesavers celebrate

  PENARTH Lifeboat Station, which has saved 165 lives and rescued 1,235 people since opening in 1980, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. read more

• Let's see the power of play

  TWO teenage brothers, fed-up with having nothing to do, have kick-started a campaign to bring youth activities onto their estate. read more

• Head for Heights

  THE final plans for the dramatic transformation of the Billybanks site have not been submitted to the council - but they are already the talk of the town. read more

• Black tie affair for charity summer ball

  PENARTHIANS donned ball gowns and black tie to raise 7,000 at the inaugural summer ball of the town's Save The Children group. read more

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