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• Town robbery

  POLICE are hunting a man who carried out a robbery on the Abbey National building society in Penarth yesterday morning. read more

• From four to 90, tennis has something for all

  DO YOU want to play an aerobic sport, which you can start at age four and still be playing at 90? read more

• Promotion joy for sides

  PENARTH Hockey Club's 1st and 2nd XIs were both celebrating championship-winning seasons on Saturday - and promotion to North 2 and South Wales 1 of the Gerrard Hockey League respectively. read more

• Old friends, new friends, then back to league

  SULLY Sports RFC hosted a memorial game and function, following the recent tragic death of a former player, Nigel Westall. read more

• Theres a final flourish, but it wasnt Penarthians

  HOPES that a final flourish would enable Old Penarthians to end a disappointing campaign in some style were washed away in the deluge that threatened to drown the village of Deri last Saturday. read more

• Injustice

  BEING one more of the not very happy owner-occupiers whose band went from D to F, I feel compelled to protest at the injustice of it all. read more

• Sailing bill

  I HAVE just received a fascinating sailing bill from 1932, the details of which your readers might find interesting. read more

• Barrage

  A FEW comments about the proposed Barrage across the Severn (Penarth Times, March 23). read more

• Weigh cost

  I RECALL back in the 60s some feasibility studies were in progress regarding a Severn Barrage to generate electricity. read more

• All still to play for at top

  THE monsoon struck the Athletic Field last Saturday. read more

• Hmm, very a-peeling

  PENARTH Assembly Member Lorraine Barrett spent an hour working in the kitchens at Marie Curie Cancer Care Hospice, Penarth, to highlight the charity's latest fundraising initiative. read more

• Family: 'Verdict brings no comfort'

  THE mother of a St Cyres pupil who died in an horrific car crash last year has said she and her family take "no comfort from the verdict", after the driver was fined £1,000 and banned for 30 months for careless driving. read more

• Donkey came from nowhere in crash

  A PENARTH cabbie is counting his lucky stars after escaping serious injury when a donkey ran from the roadside into the path of his vehicle. read more

• Progress on Penarth Heights development

  THE VALE of Glamorgan Council has moved to dispel fears of delays to the Penarth Heights project - and announced this week that a deal has now been struck with the developer Crest Nicholson. read more

• Firefighter guilty in attempt to claim insurance by deception

  A FIREFIGHTER from Penarth has received a suspended sentence after claiming his murdered brother's 50,000 life insurance policy by deception. read more

• Dire warnings on air pollution

  POLLUTION testing has revealed that Cogan has become an air-quality blackspot. read more

• Headland link: Leaders fears

  THE LEADER of the Vale of Glamorgan Council this week admitted that the Penarth Headland Link project will be left hanging in the balance unless negotiations to acquire a 300-metre strip of land needed to build to the walkway are concluded rapidly. read more

• Itll be an epic

  A PENARTH man, who was nearly killed by an avalanche in Turkey, is leading an eight-man expedition to Scandin-avia to recreate the epic journey of a Norwegian wartime resistance hero. read more

• Undercover success

  SHOPKEEPERS have been selling life-threatening goods to children, according to a recent survey by the Vale of Glamorgan Council's Trading Standards department. read more

• Too afraid

  I AM writing to the Penarth Times with regard to the article about Mr and Mrs Denner Brown in the paper (March 16). read more

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