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.

Top Story

Penarth secondary school first for sanctuary in the Vale. St Cyres School in Penarth has been recognised as the first School of Sanctuary in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Penarth weather forecast

Some light clouds will start the day with a 10% chance of rain at 07:00. The morning should remain dry and sunny spells should appear by 15:00 in the afternoon. Top temperature of 11°C.

Pollution: Low

UV: Medium

Sunrise in Penarth today: 06:31

Sunset in Penarth today: 18:16

Penarth Traffic

Some traffic on Stanwell Road and Cornerswell Road this morning, as well as the B4267/Lavernock Road towards Sully and Westbourne 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

Terra Nova Way, Penarth CF64 1SA

Open until 23:00.

Interesting fact of the day

The circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long.

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