Penarth Breakfast Briefing: Friday, January 7

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

Top Story

Rare bee first discovered in Penarth spreads wings across the Vale of Glamorgan.

Penarth weather forecast

Sunny spells and further wintry showers throughout much of the day, with a period of more persistent rain and hill snow set to effect southern parts of the Vale in the afternoon. Feeling cold. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Pollution: Low

UV: Low Sunrise in Penarth today: 08:17

Sunset in Penarth today: 16:22

Penarth Traffic

Queueing traffic on A4055 Cardiff Road at B4267 Redlands Road (Merrie Harrier traffic lights ).

Penarth Job Opportunities

Check out the latest vacancies around Penarth in our Jobs Section.

What's Happening in Penarth

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

On this day

Following the first national elections in 1789, the election of George Washington to be first president of the USA.

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