News in Penarth

Penarth Coastguard faced another Sully Island Rescue this Sunday after a group of people and their dogs had started attempting to cross the flooded causeway.

The Coastguard team said: ''We were tasked to three people and two dogs cut off by Sully Island tide.

A sixteen-year-old boy has been arrested after Tesco Express in Penarth town centre had its window smashed in and stock burgled.

The large window was completely shattered but has since been boarded up. The shop was closed in the morning so that the staff could get it cleared.

The Vale of Glamorgan Council has confirmed that they will be purchasing five deployable CCTV cameras to help deal with anti-social behaviour in local areas.

In 2019/2020 Community Safety carried out a review of the current CCTV provision in the Vale of Glamorgan in line with the requirements placed upon the Council by the CCTV Surveillance Code of Practice.

Sgt. Johnson told Penarth Town Council in a meeting in late June that the police are currently recruiting police volunteers in Penarth for the first time as well as increasing the number of officers in the area.

It is hoped that the local community volunteers will be able to help with patrolling local areas, especially given the current climate with coronavirus and an increase in anti-social behaviour in the area.

Since the level of COVID-19 positive patients in Wales and across the health board has begun to decline, it has become essential to increase the provision of urgent surgeries and Llandough Hospital will be at the forefront of achieving this in a safe way.

Keeping both staff and patients as safe as possible during these critical operations, is Cardiff and Vale University Health Board's number one priority.

Nub News has compilated the roadworks affecting Penarth and nearby areas in the article below as well as some information about the BIG FILL going on in the area this week.

ROAD CLOSURES:

Two Rivers Tattoo has confirmed they will be the business moving into the old Royal British Legion Club at Station Approach in Penarth.

Prior to their move, the popular tattoo parlour was situated in Windsor Arcade where they have been since 2015.

The Vale of Glamorgan council is facing a £10.5 million funding black hole next year, due to the coronavirus.

The council is planning to raise council tax by 4.9 per cent next April, but even with this extra income, next year's budget "will be very difficult" as the costs of Covid-19 begin to add up.

Having been originally scheduled to open in April, The Schooner (Harvester) restaurant along Lavernock Road, is once again set to open as 'Ego at The Schooner' on 13th August 2020.

Leaving the new restaurant partially completed throughout the lockdown period, Ego Restaurants were eager to get to work again on completing the transformation.

Promises made by Natural Resources Wales to ensure proper maintenance of the Mill Stream, Dinas Powys must be kept. This is the view of members of Dinas Powys Plaid Cymru. Lengths of the stream are being inspected by Plaid community councillors to determine if obstructions to the flow are building up.

Chris Franks a Plaid Community Councillors said, "We are determined not to allow NRW to forget its promises following the abandonment of the dam proposal. The community was given a clear commitment that the NRW would not walk away from protecting vulnerable properties. We have decided that we will take them at their word and have reported substantial logs on the bank of the stream. They could easily be washed downstream."