News in Barry

Barry Island Pleasure Park has applied for planning permission to keep the popular Star Flyer ride as a permanent attraction.

The ride was installed at the beginning of July and was meant to be a temporary summer addition for Barry Island residents and visitors.

A drug dealer who had more than 1,000 ecstasy tablets has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison.

Michael Iannucci, aged 20, of Barry, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drug –MDMA and two counts of offering to supply MDMA.

August Bank Holiday is almost here and with it comes a run down of the weather from Nub News.

The Met Office predicts that Saturday will be the hottest day in Barry, reaching temperatures of 26C, perfect for any weekend activities.

A bucket and spade bin to encourage the reuse of beach toys has been unveiled at Barry Island ahead of August Bank Holiday weekend.

The measure is the latest in a series of initiatives designed to cut littering and single use plastics at the resort by the Vale of Glamorgan Council.

Parley, a charity addressing major threats towards our oceans, were at Barry Island on Wednesday as part of their one-day beach clean project.

This follows a lot of very big talk about cleaning up plastic from the world's beaches and oceans but when it comes to a local beach like Whitmore Bay what is the reality?

Vale of Glamorgan schools have once again received an outstanding set of GCSE examination results, with pupils from the County performing way above the Welsh and regional averages.

Following on from last week's A Level success, 27.1 per cent of students from the Vale achieved A* or A grades, which was 8.7 per cent higher than the average across the Country and 6.8 per cent above the average across Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf and the Vale.

RJ has to learn everything through touch and said he was 'overwhelmed' by his results

As a community we are very proud of our students' achievements as they celebrate their GCSE results.

Students have once again, sustained notable performance as in previous years. Significant improvements have been made with the proportion of students achieving 5A*-A rising to 32% of the year group achieving this measure.

This year has seen a phenomenal set of GCSE results being achieved by Pencoedtre High School and its pupils.

The school is extremely pleased with its sixteen year olds this year who have achieved superb results across the board with 72% of its pupils getting at least a C-grade in English, 62% of its pupils getting at least a C-grade in Mathematics/Numeracy and 68% of its pupils getting at least a C-grade in Science.

Officers were on patrol in Barry at the weekend as part of a campaign to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation.

Since Operation Brake was launched in April, officers have been out in town centres in Bridgend and the Vale of Glamorgan to educate those who work in the night time economy on the signs of child sexual exploitation (CSE).