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.

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Penarth weather forecast

Light clouds and a 10% chance of rain will start the day from 07:00 and darker clouds will appear from 11:00. There will be a 50% chance of rain at 18:00. Top temperature of 16°C.

Pollution: Low

UV: Medium

Pollen: Low

Sunrise in Penarth today: 05:07

Sunset in Penarth today: 21:13

Penarth Traffic

Busy traffic on Windsor Road towards Cogan. Slow-moving traffic on Lavernock Road/B4267, Plassey Street and Cornerswell Road. Queueing traffic on A4055 Cardiff Road Northbound at B4267 Redlands Road (Merrie Harrier traffic lights).

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

Nearly half of the world's population watched both the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup games.

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