A ROUTE has been chosen for a long-awaited Dinas Powys bypass. bypass between Cardiff and Barry. Vale of Glamorgan Council has announced a route for the bypass between Cardiff and Barry that it will take forward into an outline business case.
THE recent letter from Penarth head teachers about school funding in the Vale of Glamorgan has understandably caught public attention. Our son attends a local primary school and I completely understand why parents and carers are concerned about
A TRADE union has put out a stark warning over children's education cuts. UNISON Cymru Wales has said that children’s education across Wales is being undermined by the school funding crisis and annual redundancies to school support staff. The
This week’s From the Archive looks at the fascinating column of a Penarth historian, detailing the seedy history of the town. The column describes how during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, “Penarth in the Severn Sea” was described as being a “foul
OLD Penarthians played their penultimate home match of their WRU Division 3 East Central (B) league season against Tonyrefail. It was a match of two distinct halves with a 0-0 scoreline at half time that eventually resulted in a four try bonus point
WITH summer nearly upon us, the cricketers of Penarth Cricket Club have almost completed their pre-season preparations for the 2019 season. Penarth will be aiming to go one better than last season when the first team narrowly missed out on a return
I AM tapping this out, feeling sated from a sumptuous Sunday dinner that included sweet and succulent belly pork (or pork belly as it is usually called in gastro pubs). That feeling of comfort as the weekend peters out and gives way to a new week
One of the consequences of the Brexit chaos is that there are many issues the Government and Parliament are not spending enough time on, such as benefit changes leading to poverty, or issues like climate change and knife crime. I’m keeping up my
PEOPLE living in Barry and Penarth may have to pay to park outside their own homes. Vale of Glamorgan Council is planning to introduce new charges to resident parking schemes in Barry and Penarth town centres which are currently free. The charges
A GREAT grandmother spent her final days in hospital in “severe pain” after falling and breaking her pelvis – which her family claim was not x-rayed for two days. Jean Amesbury suffered at least five falls in a five week stay at Llandough Hospital
Penarth and District Skittle League Ladies Premier Division Dolly Mixtures 248 v Coronation Angels 251 Mably Maids 291 v Brandy Belles 320 Comebacks 252 v Cariads 272 Lower Girls 276 v The Blues 266 Jubilees 297 v Kestrels 277
