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• Youth cash 'disgrace'

  A PENARTH councillor has slammed the Vale Council for failing to end an eight-year wait for a new Penarth youth centre and leaving 40,000 in the kitty unspent - which he says could help rid the town of its anti-social behaviour. read more

• Time of extremes by Mr T Joseph

  October 1941 read more

• Plea to veterans

  AS we commemorate the end of the Second World War, Vale of Glamorgan MP John Smith has urged all those in the Vale who served in the forces to apply for a lapel badge recognising their status as Armed Forces Veterans. The badge has been developed by the government with veterans' organisations and can be worn as a lapel badge with civilian dress. read more

• Veterans enjoy trip to the Arboretum

  THE Cardiff and District National Malaya and Borneo Veterans Association, based at the Penarth Ex-Servicemen's Club, enjoyed a lottery-funded trip to the National Arboretom at Litchfield. read more

• What's on in and around Penarth

  THURSDA - Trinity Community Centre, Woodland Place, Penarth. read more

• Wider issues

  THE "Save Our Seafront" public meeting on June 27 was always intended to be about the wider issues of the seafront, including the state of the pier pavilion, the Italian Gardens and public shelter, and the unpainted railings and benches on the promenade. read more

• Sorry tale

  I AM astonished at the reaction of the Vale of Glamorgan Council and Penarth Town Council to the recent proposed demolition of the Beachcliff terrace and its replacement by a new four-storey building for commercial/residential use. read more

• Memories

  THE picture of Beecroft Clinic in Stanwell Road (Penarth Times, June 23) brings back many memories of when my mother, Mrs Emily Massey, used to take me, my two brothers and my sister there to be weighed and to make sure we were fit and well. I would have been about ten, my brothers nine and six, and my sister four. read more

• Planning woe

  I REFER to your article about Foxy"s Deli and its problems with a planning application (June 23). read more

• Still a ruin

  I MAY be wrong, but I can"t help thinking that now the opposers of the Beachcliff redevelopment scheme seem to have had their way, the Beachcliff buildings will remain as they are for a very long time - maybe decades. read more

• Mal's Memories

  DO YOU remember when you learnt to swim? read more

• I remember that...

  EVERY week the Penarth Times will be running a picture which, like this one, looks back at the people and places of Penarth past. read more

• Trophy brought home

  THE young rugby players of Ysgol Pen-y-Garth proved they are made of the right stuff by winning an Anglo-Welsh trophy event held in Wiltshire. read more

• Centurions put plenty of runs on scoreboard

  WHAT A frustrating season it is turning out to be for the majority of Sully Centurions players, with only one game out of four possible last Saturday. read more

• Team of golden oldies in promotion play-off

  THE men's teams at Penarth Lawn Tennis Club are reaching the end of a highly successful season in the Courtstall South Wales Summer Doubles Leagues and it's been the usual roller coaster ride. read more

• AM has new patron role

  THE Marie Curie Hospice in Penarth has a new patron - former Holme Tower nurse Lorraine Barrett AM. read more

• Boatman's lone picket

  THE man whose family's houseboat was evicted from Penarth Marina is keeping up his fight against corporate giant Crest Nicholson. read more

• Major investment!

  A VICTORIAN country estate near Dinas Powys that was once owned by the Morel shipping family has been put on the market for almost £2 million. read more

• Vale crime crackdown is a success

  POLICE made 28 arrests in the Vale as part of the tenth Operation Arrowhead, designed to tackle crime across the South Wales area. read more

• Pier bid backed

  THE Penarth Society has thrown its weight behind the Nutopia bid to launch an international film festival in Penarth, centred on the Pier building. read more

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