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• Barry Rugby Football Club has lodged plans for extensions to its clubhouse and other works

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• Plans scrapped for new boat depot on Cardiff Bay peninsula

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• Welsh legend Max Boyce and record-breaking footballer Jess Fishlock honoured at St David Awards

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• New care home could be coming to Barry is council approves plans

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• 50+ Forum Radio Show highlight by World Health Organisation as leading age-friendly initiative

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• “Long-established rural enterprise hub” has applied for retrospective use of a base to provide services to the “wider rural community”.

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• Vale Council named Employer of the year for Apprenticeships

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• Vale Council has the 4th highest rate of complaints of any local authority in Wales

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• Average Vale House Price rises to £300,000

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• Penarth Library shortlisted for Library of the Year Award

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• Keep Wales Tidy launch "Drive your litter home" campaign

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• Members return to the Senedd Siambr following redevelopment

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