News in Penarth

Penarth Town Council has released their latest venue updates regarding the Cemetery Chapel renovations, the Paget Rooms and the Turner House buildings.

These updates have been summarised from the council report below.

South Wales police are investigating an assault which happened near the control building of the Penarth side of the barrage at around 9.00 pm on Friday 10th January.

The incident involved two men who were fishing off the barrage near the locks.

PENARTH BRIEFING: Tuesday, January 28th 2020

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The money you pay to the police in Penarth is likely to rise by between 5% and nearly 8% next year.

The potential South Wales Police precept rises have been laid out in a report from the police and crime commissioner Alun Michael set to be considered by the police and crime panel in Merthyr Tydfil on Thursday, January 30.

The nursery school achieved an excellent rating in all five inspection areas, with inspectors giving no specific recommendations following the inspection.

Cogan Nursery School is the first school in the primary sector to have achieved this.

On December 17th 2019 the children from Shutter Hire Photography Club held their first exhibition in the Pier Pavilion to showcase what they had been working on all year.

They also held a competition that was free for all children in Cardiff and the Vale to enter with medals and trophies to be won.

Do you fancy being a part of the Downhill Derby team at Penarth's summer festival?

The well-known and well-loved event takes place every summer and draws thousands of onlookers wanting to catch a glimpse of the homemade carts.

Over the weekend, Nub learned the sad news that Penarthian and well-known blogger, Patrick Wymer, had lost his battle with stage-four Bowel Cancer at 55 years old.

Tributes poured in on social media to remember the inspirational local figure and the lives that he touched with his blog that detailed his life from the year of his diagnosis in 2017.

It was a flurry of activity for the Penarth coastguard team and the RNLI, as Friday's callouts schedule filled up.

The first incident was recorded at 17:48 after an abandoned vessel was reported on fire near the breakwater at Cardiff Barrage.

PENARTH BRIEFING: Monday, January 27th 2020

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