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 bookshop to host UK launch of Gavin & Stacey star's new novel. Griffin Books is set to host the UK launch event for Ruth Jones' new novel, Love Untold.

Penarth weather forecast                                

Light clouds and a 10% chance of rain will start the morning from 07:00 and continue throughout the day. Top temperature of 20°C.                               

Pollution: Low                              

UV: Medium                              

Pollen: Medium                               

Sunrise in Penarth today: 05:30                               

Sunset in Penarth today: 21:07                   

Penarth Traffic                               

Usual morning traffic on the B4267/Lavernock Road. Busy traffic on Cornerswell Road and Westbourne Road. Some slow-moving traffic on Plassey Street and Windsor Road towards Cogan. Slow traffic on Plymouth Road, Stanwell Road and Victoria 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                               

More human twins are being born now than ever before.

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