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                

Man airlifted to hospital after fall at beach near Penarth. A man was airlifted to hospital on June 21 after falling on the rocks at the beach in Swanbridge near Penarth.  

Penarth weather forecast                 

YELLOW WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORM. Sunny skies and a less than 5% chance of rain will start the morning from 07:00 but the afternoon will be cloudy. Top temperature of 24°C.                

Pollution: Medium               

UV: High                

Pollen: High                

Sunrise in Penarth today: 04:56                

Sunset in Penarth today: 21:34             

Penarth Traffic                

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

Terra Nova Way, Penarth CF64 1SA                

Open until 23:00                

Interesting fact of the day                

The longest fingernails ever were over 28 feet in total. American Lee Redmond started growing them in 1979 and set the record in 2008. Sadly, she lost her nails in a car crash in 2009.   

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