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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