THROWBACK THURSDAY: The hero who saved an elderly woman who fell from Penarth Pier
From the archive this week: Local man, John David Wilce, accepting an award from the town mayor for an act of bravery in 1970.
No new coronavirus cases recorded in Vale
THE Vale of Glamorgan has recorded no new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, according to the latest figures released by Public Health Wales.
Penarth Cemetery reopens to public on trial basis
PENARTH Cemetery reopened to the public earlier this week following a review by the Penarth Town Council.
Worker turns the barrage blue to support the carers
A MAN from Penarth has used his own money to create a blue light display on the barrage control building in Cardiff Bay as a thanks to frontline workers during the coronavirus outbreak.
Delight as grandmother, 93, beats coronavirus
A 93-YEAR-OLD great-grandmother who has previously had cancer, heart attacks, a stroke, bronchitis, and pneumonia, has beaten coronavirus and is returning home.
Hairdresser who died of virus was a ‘family man’
THE son of a hairdresser who worked in Penarth for over fifty years has paid tribute to a ‘family man’ who died of the coronavirus after returning from a cruise ship in South America.
14 Covid-19 deaths in Penarth, figures show
THE CORONAVIRUS has claimed 14 lives in Penarth and the surrounding areas to date, new figures released by the Office for National Statistics have shown.
Coronavirus could be levelling off as cases fall in Vale
NEW cases of the coronavirus in Wales appear to be levelling off, Public Health Wales has said.
School to make 24,000 masks for key workers
THE HEAD teacher of a special school in Penarth has said that staff can produce 24,000 face visors for essential workers.
