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In association with Woolworths The Prisoner of Azkaban

EAGERLY awaited in the cinema, it only stands to reason that the third Harry Potter film flew straight to number one in the movie charts as soon as it was released.  more...

Penarth Features

Memories from 25 years ago

EXTRACTS from the Penarth Times of December 7, 1979:  more...

Penarth Letters

Good Boys

COULD the parents of the two young lads who found my purse in Victoria Playing Fields on Tuesday, November 30, call to my house with the boys so I may thank them?  more...

Take Pride

I FELT I had to respond to your article on page three of last week's Penarth Times concerning Prisks' sweet shop closing down and the pedestrianisation of Glebe Street being blamed as one of the principal causes of the shop's decline.  more...

Sea stories

WE ARE preparing a book about the experiences of Welsh men and women who served at sea in the Second World War. We wish to talk not just to Royal Navy personnel, but also those who served in the Merchant Navy, on lifeboats, or worked in the Welsh docks at the time.   more...

Sea Stories

WE ARE preparing a book about the experiences of Welsh men and women who served at sea in the Second World War. We wish to talk not just to Royal Navy personnel, but also those who served in the Merchant Navy, on lifeboats, or worked in the Welsh docks at the time.   more...

Triumphant

Penarth's Cantemus Chamber Choir of Wales's concert at St Augustine's Church last Saturday was a triumph of choral virtuosity.   more...

Whingers

I am sick and tired of self righteous Tory politicians continually whinging about the council tax revaluation by the Valuation Office.  more...

Penarth News

Big battle rages on

CAMPAIGNERS are still battling to stop a superquarry threatening the countryside around Penarth and Dinas Powys.  more...

Anger as street trees are axed

PENARTHIANS are up in arms this week over the Vale council's decision to chop down dozens of trees in their streets.  more...

'Gherkin' returns

DEVELOPERS seeking to build a massive 18-storey housing development, dubbed the "The Gherkin" the first time around, have submitted an amended application to Vale planners.  more...

A helping hand

A NEW service has been launched by the Vale of Glamorgan Council to support young people who are away from their families.  more...

Births blueprint

THE VALE of Glamorgan and Cardiff Local Health Boards have unveiled their plans for the future of maternity services in the Vale.  more...

Lama pays visit

A TIBETAN Buddhist lama paid a special visit to St Cyres Comprehensive School last Friday.  more...

Boundary upset

SULLY residents are up in arms over their constituency being moved to join South Cardiff.   more...

First brick laid

HEALTH minister Jane Hutt this week laid the first brick of the new 10.6 million ortho-paedic unit at Llan-dough hospital, which should cut waiting lists dramatically in the Vale.  more...

Mal's Memories

DO YOU remember when Penarth had its own magistrates' courts?  more...

Dickensian evening pulls

DINAS POWYS held its annual Dickensian evening which was a great success.   more...

Penarth Sport

Craig sets sights on a faster new year

LLANDOUGH-based kart racer Craig Llewellyn managed to salvage a top ten championship position, despite struggling for pace throughout the 2004 season at Llandow Kart Club.  more...

Lot to be proud of

SULLY Colts U14s kept up their unbeaten league run with an emphatic 8-1 win at St Athan. The goal scorers were: Sam Wooster two, Haidn Dibble two, Peter Fordham, Lewis May, Matthew Green and Nat Taylor-Moore. The game, however, will be best remembered for a number of achievement medals awarded to the players.  more...

Weakened side so close to win

November 27  more...

Strong display from Old Boys

The fielding of three sides at the weekend was a breath of fresh air to the Old Penarthians and, even though the results were not as might have been hoped, it produced a buoyant atmosphere within the club.  more...

  
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