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Stories for 21 February 2002

Penarth Arts

Cinema Review

From Hell (18)  more...

CD Review

HOT ON the heels of Gwen Stefani and Eve's Let Me Blow Ya Mind comes No Doubt's hot new album Rock Steady.  more...

DVD/Video Review

HOLLYWOOD maestros Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts pair up for the first time in the excellent film The Mexican, out to buy now.   more...

What's On

EVENTS IN AND AROUND PENARTH FROM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 UNTIL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27  more...

Opera tale told

A PENARTH opera singer has published a novel based on his own experiences.   more...

Penarth Features

Glyn's a man on a business mission

WITH the economy looking tighter, businesses in the Vale of Glamorgan need to be able to focus their efforts on serving current clients and winning new customers. The last thing they need to worry about is getting paid on time.  more...

Penarth Letters

Sully hospital

I NOTE with trepidation the proposal to house asylum seekers in Sully hospital.   more...

Clear danger

FURTHER to your article regarding the doors at either end of Windsor arcade. Mark Andrews obviously has no understanding of disability and, in my opinion, very little common sense.   more...

Hostility threat

CAROLINE Fairclough, Clive Place, commented in her letter (Penarth Times, February 14), that it is unthinkable that people who have already suffered a great deal should also face the hostility of the people of Sully.  more...

Car problems

THANKS to last week's letter entitled "car woes" I can confirm that parking in Windsor Road is "even more problematic". We also frequently have to park over 100 yards from our home with the ensuing problems for senior citizens of carrying shopping etc.  more...

Bye bye Buster

A FEW words on the passing of Buster Jones, February 11.  more...

Free speech

THE LETTER by Caroline Fairclough goes on about incitement to racial hatred, regarding the "special feature" on asylum seekers in the Penarth Times.  more...

Small risk

IN AN article headed "Really Disgusting", in a recent edition of the Penarth Times a Dinas Powys resident quotes "Dog muck can even cause blindness". I would like to correct this statement for the benefit of your readers.  more...

Penarth News

What is going on?

FRUSTRATED residents at the Harbour View estate have again demanded information on their unclear futures.   more...

Views aired on plans

VALE residents, furious at controversial proposals to turn Sully Hospital into a refuge for asylum seekers crowded into Sully's Jubilee Hall last Friday night.   more...

'Asylum prejudice must end'

A PENARTH woman whose grandfather fled Turkish Armenia to seek asylum in Britain says local residents' "ignorant" attitudes must change.   more...

Talk of Penarth town square

ONE OF Penarth's busiest town centre roads could be made one-way or pedestrianised if plans currently under discussion go ahead.   more...

Store relaunch is good for kids

ENTHUSIASTIC youngsters from a popular Penarth school are to benefit from extra cash after helping to relaunch a local supermarket.  more...

Ex-pupil's film track triumph

A FORMER Penarth pupil has had a taste of major movie success after winning a prestigious award for co-writing a soundtrack.   more...

School closure rumours untrue

ST CYRES School's Dinas Powys site will not be demolished to make way for housing.  more...

Penarth Sport

Subdued Dinas good enough

Dinas Powys 3, Pontlottyn 1  more...

Win for Old Pens Thirds

Whilst there was delight at the fact that Wales produced a much-improved performance despite last Saturday's defeat at home to France, this did not diminish the frustration felt by the players of the Old Penarthians club who were faced with another weekend of inactivity.   more...

Ski Dragons enjoy week in the 'Alps'

THE VALE Ski Dragons, a ski-ing club for children and young adults with learning disabilities and their friends and families, recently returned from a successful week's skiing in the Italian Alps' ski resort of San Simone.  more...