News in Barry

The Vale of Glamorgan council has set up a service which means that residents in Barry can order essential recycling bags if necessary.

They said: ''As public buildings are closed due to COVID-19, please complete this form for a delivery of a replacement reusable recycling bags or containers.

Barry Coastguard faced their first socially distance call out on Sunday amid the Coronavirus pandemic.

At 00.16hrs on Sunday the Volunteer team were paged. The call was to a person in possible difficulty at the Old dock, Barry Waterfront.

Pupils in Barry who receive free school meals will now be able to claim them using supermarket vouchers in Asda and Tesco as they are sent out by the Vale of Glamorgan council.

Vale of Glamorgan Council staff has been working flat out to ensure no child eligible for a free school meal goes hungry during the Coronavirus outbreak.

South Wales Police are appealing for information after a man was seen assaulting a woman on Barry Road by a passerby.

The Police are appealing to a witness of an assault that occurred on Barry Road and Robbins Lane in Barry between 4.15 pm and 4.30 pm on Saturday 4th April 2020.

Barry Residents are encouraged to give blood when the donation centre is available in the area next week amid the pressures of coronavirus on the services.

Welsh Blood has pleaded with the public to continue donating amid the coronavirus pandemic and confirm it is deemed essential travel.

The Vale of Glamorgan Council has created a new directory providing information about community groups and businesses in Barry and the wider area that are offering support to those in need during the Coronavirus crisis.

The main group in Barry is the Barry COVID-19 Mutual Aid group. The hope is the council list will bring all of these initiatives together and under one roof.

Residents from Barry have shown their gratitude for Waste Removal council staff who remain in work to deliver the services on which they rely.

While most staff are now working from home and Council offices are closed, a number of frontline employees continue to operate in much the same way as before to keep the County moving.

Garden waste collections will start again for Barry and the rest of the Vale of Glamorgan from next week.

The collection will recommence in the week starting Monday 13 April 2020.

Despite it being a stressful and demanding time for for a number of people as we adapt our lives due to COVID-19, each volunteer lifeboat crew at Barry Dock RNLI is still ready to respond to pagers with some being frontline staff and keyworkers.

Like a number of lifeboat stations across the coast, Barry Dock RNLI have volunteers who are also front line and key workers.

An author from Barry has created a number of creative writing resources for primary school children that parents can use as part of their teaching at home routines during the coronavirus outbreak.

Suddenly, parents across the UK have found themselves homeschooling their children as the schools across the country have shut down.