Penarth Breakfast Briefing is a daily column dedicated to morning 'must-knows' from around town and other useful bits: weather, traffic, travel, and trivia news in a nutshell.

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UPDATE Local election candidates for Penarth announced: what you need to know. A final list of local election candidates for Penarth has been published.

Penarth weather forecast

Light clouds will start the day from 07:00 with bursts of sunshine appearing at 10:00. There will be a 30% chance of rain at 14:00 but the afternoon should be mostly sunny and dry. Top temperature of 10°C.

Pollution: Low

Pollen: Medium

Sunset in Penarth today: 19:57

Penarth Traffic

Some slow-moving traffic on Windsor Road towards Cogan, as well as Plassey Street and the B4267/Lavernock Road.

What's On in Penarth

Over in our What's On section, find theatre, comedy, live music, and other events coming up in Penarth.

Late shop opening times

Tesco Penarth Superstore

Open until 23:00.

Interesting fact of the day

Giraffe tongues can be 20 inches long.

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