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  • Dinas Powys pub relaunched after £50,000 makeover

    THE CROSS Keys Inn in Dinas Powys is celebrating its reopening after a revamp with a range of events. General manager Peter Hufton and the team will be holding an opening night with singer Richie Evans performing his Michael Bublé tribute act

  • Fire service gears up for firework season

    SOUTH Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) are working with the communities and online watch schemes across South Wales to ensure that neighbourhoods stay safe during this year’s firework season of Hallowe'en and Bonfire Night.While the whizz

  • New guide tackles condensation

    THE Property Care Association has produced a guide to help homeowners tackle condensation in their homes.As the ‘condensation season’ approaches, the guide gives free and timely advice to help homes deal with the problem.The eight page guide

  • St Cyres School boosted by education watchdog decision

    ST CYRES School has been boosted by the education watchdog Estyn deciding that the school no longer requires monitoring.The Wales school inspection organisation stated in a letter to the school that owing to the excellent examination results at all levels

  • Gareth Thomas will talk about his new book

    THE Cowbridge Book Festival is pleased to host Welsh international rugby star and hero to many, Gareth Thomas, who will present his book ‘PROUD My Biography’.Gareth Thomas will be at St Quentin’s Suite, at The Bear Hotel, on Thursday

  • Penarth lifeboat called out to rescue fishing boat

    PENARTH lifeboat crew towed a stranded fishing boat to safety in the early hours of Sunday morning.The volunteer crew set out in the Atlantic 85 lifeboat to rescue a disabled 24foot fishing vessel four miles east of Newport.The boat was then towed back

  • Annual RNLI ‘Breakfast Roll’

    THE Dinas Powys branch of the RNLI is holding its annual “Breakfast Roll” on Saturday, November 1 at the Lee Hall, Dinas Powys from 8.30am until 11.30am.This year they will be serving orange/grapefruit segments, a bacon roll and the usual