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Stories for 19 June 2003

Penarth Arts

What's on in and around Penarth from Thursday June 19 to Wednesday 25

THURSDAY  more...

Cinema Review: Bringing Down the House

THE FUNNIEST man in Hollywood during the 80s is back again and he has teamed up with Chicago star Queen Latifah. Yes, Steve Martin is back.  more...

CD Review: Stereophonics 'You Gotta Go There To Come Back'

THEY ARE back. How long has it been since the Stereophonics last released album? It seems like ages - especially to all the fans out there.   more...

DVD Review: Hannibal

GORY, bloody and vengeful. Hannibal Lecter takes his time in getting even with his past incarceration - and then just enjoys death to the full in this movie.  more...

Penarth Features

Extracts from the Penarth Times of 25 years ago

EXTRACTS from the Penarth Times of June 16, 1978:  more...

Penarth Letters

No choice

AS A DISABLED driver I can no longer support the small businesses in the Glebe Street area as the parking facilities are atrocious.  more...

Clowns!

I NOTICED in the Penarth Times the "usual suspects" supporting the pedestrianisation of Lower Glebe Street. I also looked at the pretty artist's impression you printed of how it should look.  more...

Failures

I HAVE read with interest Councillor Mike Harvey's "exclusive" a fortnight ago, and wonder if he has actually been down to Penarth Marina recently.   more...

Opponent

I WAS surprised to read the recent letter from Graham Robertson, chairman of the Penarth Society, concerning the experimental traffic scheme at Penarth Town Centre, in which he asserts that the entire Penarth Town Council were in favour of the scheme.  more...

Eyesore?

THE FRONT page of the Penarth Times, on June 5, courageously reported yet another destruction of Penarth's Victorian heritage.   more...

Left out

IN REPLY to Mr W G Robertson's recent letter to the Penarth Times, we should like to point out that the town manager has never been into our shop to introduce himself, or to ask how we feel about the pedestrianisation of Lower Glebe Street immediately outside our premises.  more...

Disgusted

I was disgusted to read the lead article in Penarth Times (Thursday, June 5), about proposals for a new luxury development on what was described as a 'waterfront eyesore', consisting of the old Penarth baths and the car park behind it.  more...

Parking

I AM writing in support of Paul Church's recent letter in the Penarth Times regarding the need for extra parking in the centre of Penarth.  more...

Penarth News

Campaigners win support from MP

DINAS Powys will be the centre of media attention later this year when two pressure groups meet to campaign for the release of jailed former headmaster Derek Brushett.  more...

Town mourns loss of popular citizen

PENARTH has lost one of its most popular citizens, the chairman of Penarth RNLI Eric Dutfield.  more...

Role model town could be mirrored

IN recent weeks Cowbridge has been cited by some Penarth councillors and businessman as the model our town centre should follow if it is to become a rejuvenated area.  more...

Town is leading in care

PENARTH is leading the way in Wales for the care of people from the cradle to the grave, according to Vale of Glamorgan Council Member for Community Services, Health and Children Services.  more...

Town is 'one of the jewels in the Vale'

MEET Justina Simpson, the TV reporter with a love of the Vale, a respect for Penarth and a vast collection of alarm clocks!  more...

Garden plans finally flower

DELIGHTED Penarth school pupils have finally finished a TV garden project which was stalled by atrocious weather last month.  more...

Resident's worry over 'unsafe' wall

A WORRIED Queen's Road resident is furious that nothing is being done about a wall he and a councillor say is highly dangerous.   more...

Lucy calls on old friends for her dream wedding

NEWS beauty Lucy Cohen hopefully won't be short of offers after her appeal for someone to put her up in a Welsh village.  more...

Support for poet

A BARD who showed her disgust at Penarth pier's disrepair has been inundated with words of support.   more...

Big interest for des res

IT'LL cost you around £600,000, and it's billed as the most exclusive penthouse in Wales - would you like to have the Bute Penthouse in Penarth Haven as your second home?  more...

Battle hotting up!

THE Glebe Street controversy raged on this week when traders presented the council with 400 customer statements - the vast majority of which oppose the much-debated scheme.  more...

Promising future for Welsh radio

HE'S the Penarth punk rocker with a rockabilly sidekick, a hatful of tunes and an exciting vision for radio.  more...

Penarth Sport

Charity match raises £500 for Penarth's Holme Tower

A CHARITY soccer match held at Jenner Park, Barry, raised the magnificent sum of more than £500 for Holme Tower, the Marie Curie Hospice, in Penarth.  more...

Watch out - Eddie's about!

THE DPRC played home to the Cogan this week and looked like going down on their own board but Eddie stepped up in the last Singles to take the point and then repeated it again to take the last leg of three-a-side to win the match 6-5.  more...

Three out of six for Penarth bowlers

PENARTH Bowling Club recorded three wins in last week's matches with victories in the friendlies against Waddeston and Barry Athletic and a return to form in the Munro Cup.  more...

Centurions prove far too strong for Usk

SULLY entertained Usk in the South Wales Cricket Premier League last Saturday, on what was to prove a record breaking afternoon.  more...

  
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