News in Barry

The CUBE in Barry has just received the transformative sum of £500,000 in National Lottery funding to help lay their foundations in the community as well as ensuring they can continue their vital work in and around Barry for the foreseeable future.

Barry Nub News held a number of interviews in the run up to the lottery funding announcement in order to find out a bit more about the fantastic work the team have been doing and their plans for the future.

Vale of Glamorgan Mayor, Cllr Christine Cave, will be taking part in the D-Day Memorial Race to mark 76 years since the Normandy landings.

A key event in the Allied victory during World War II, D-Day saw thousands of troops invade and liberate German-occupied France, with many losing their lives.

McDonald's in Barry is open for business today following the 'slowly, but safely' reopening approach the business is taking across the country.

The Barry store is expecting large queues today as the previous opening of stores in May did not include any in the local area.

Barry Coastguard faced a very early morning call out in the search for a missing person in the Llantwit major area.

They said: ''At 02.00hrs this morning our Team were paged with Llantwit major CRT, to Llantwit major beach to conduct a search for a missing person.

Cllr Lis Burnett, Vale of Glamorgan Council Cabinet Member for Education and Regeneration, attended a turf-cutting ceremony to mark the start of redevelopment work at Pencoedtre High School.

A new school is being built following an investment of nearly £35 million as part of the Council's 21st Century Schools programme. That will see more £135 million spent on transforming educational facilities across the County.

Shortly after 11.00 pm on Sunday night police officers in Barry carried out a routine stop check of a car on Port Road.

Following a search, two people have been charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine.

The Vale of Glamorgan Council has urged businesses in Barry and across the Vale to apply for the financial support they are entitled to before time runs out.

Nearly 2,000 grants totalling more than £23 million have been issued by the Council to companies hit by the coronavirus crisis.

Detectives in Barry are appealing for information and potential witnesses following a suspected arson attack which affected two neighbouring homes.

They said: ''We were called to assist South Wales Fire and Rescue at Clos Tear shortly after 3 am today after a resident reported a fire affecting the rear of two properties.

Barry Coastguard were called out today to reports of an inflatable dinghy with two men who had been drinking.

They said: "Tonight at 17.34 pm, our volunteer team were paged. The location was the Old Dock in Barry, 2 males in an inflatable dinghy.

Detectives in Barry are appealing for information or witnesses following an attempted robbery in the car park of Morrisons supermarket.

The victim was packing shopping into his car near to the steps towards Millennium Bridge at approximately 3.30 pm - 3.45 pm on Wednesday, May 27th, when he was approached from behind.