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  • Penarth Bowling Club report

    GAVIN and Stacey were replaced on Barry Island by the visit of Penarth Bowling Club last Wednesday in what proved to be somewhat of a comedy of errors in the latest Munro Cup affair. The only rink that saw the funny side of the trip was that of

  • Winning week for the Villagers

    CONGRATULATIONS must go to Alan Thomas, Dave Curtis and Brain Griffiths who, on Sunday, won the County Senior Triples title. Well done men. On Wednesday, in the Munroe cup, the villagers travelled to Cadoxton for the last time before the club unites

  • Mixed fortunes for Sully CC

    IT was one win and one loss for the Spartans on Saturday. The first team got back to winning ways with a comprehensive 145-run victory over Blackwood. Saeed Ali (74 ) and Andrew Davies (15) made a steady start taking no chances on a still drying

  • Penarth, the sea, life and me: Alison Powell

    IF you are a seemingly extroverted person in your day to day life, an assumption may be made that pop you on a stage and stick an audience in front of you and you become a witty raconteur to rival Graham Norton or a storytelling genius like Steve Jobs

  • Crime and Wine evening with authors at Penarth Pier Pavilion

    BESTSELLING author Shari Lapena joins fellow crime writer Gilly Macmillan on Wednesday, July 24 at Penarth Pier Pavilion for a Crime and Wine evening. The event, held from 7:30pm, will be hosted by Griffin Books and chaired by B. E. Jones. Ms

  • Penarth Darts League: Summer Singles Special

    THE Penarth Darts League Summer Singles continues to be played throughout this summer utilising the two Cogan venues of the Coronation Club and the Station Hotel. It consists of two pools (pool A & pool B), with the top four from each pool and the

  • Youngsters’ show embodies the circle of life

    WHILE many will be looking forward to seeing the new remake of Disney classic The Lion King hitting cinemas this week, audiences in Penarth got something event better. On Monday, July 15 and Tuesday 16, all of the junior children at Albert Primary

  • More than 840 Vale homes stand empty

    ALMOST 850 homes are standing empty in the Vale of Glamorgan with some becoming a “magnet for crime and anti-social behaviour,” the council has said. The council says a total of 846 properties in the Vale are classed as “long term empty” after spending

  • Penarth GP surgery moving – but not until 2021

    A DOCTOR’S surgery on Albert Road will be moving one mile down the road to the new Wellbeing Hub in Penarth Leisure Centre, Cogan. The Albert Road Surgery has confirmed all staff and patients will be transferred to the new Wellbeing Hub when it