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• Mayor to host community events

  The Mayor of Barry is preparing to hold two community events later in January.

• Council tax set for 6.9% hike

  Council tax payers in the Vale are facing a 6.9% rise under budget proposals for the next financial year.

• Eastbrook: calls to make station more accessible

  People living in Dinas Powys say they are put off from using public transport because they can’t access their local train station.

• RNLI volunteer welcomes new arrival

  An RNLI volunteer at Barry Dock has welcomed a potential future crew member into his family.

• Campaigners call for better access at Eastbrook Train Station

  A petition has been launched calling for better facilities at Eastbrook Train Station in Dinas Powys.

• Gething backs ‘long overdue’ leasehold reforms

  Vaughan Gething called for "long-overdue" reform to the leasehold system, warning of injustice, iniquity and unscrupulous landlords fleecing households.

• Barry Trader calls on Council to work with them, not against them

  The Vale of Glamorgan Council's Cabinet has signed off on proposals to close Court Road multi-storey car park, although a date for its closure is yet to be set.

• Petition against proposed Barry Island parking charges reaches 1,200 signatures

  Vale Council's Cabinet has approved plans to introduce On Street Parking charges at a number of locations in the Vale of Glamorgan.

• Council Cabinet agrees in principle to introduce new parking charges

  The proposal will soon see drivers have to pay to park their cars at several popular seaside locations in the Vale of Glamorgan, along with the closure of the Court Road car park in Barry.

• Aberthaw: concerns over demolition firm

  A construction group which includes a company fined for conspiring to rig bids for contracts was appointed to demolish Wales’ last coal-fired power station.

• Cash-strapped councils ‘facing £559m shortfall’

  Councils in Wales face budget pressures of £559m next year, equivalent to a 26% council tax rise or the loss of nearly 14,000 jobs, a committee heard.

• Sully: unattended car stolen while defrosting

  Thieves made off in a stolen car after it was left unattended while defrosting in Sully.

• Demands on council care services increasing

  A councillor has called for members of the public to be shown the full extent of some of the pressures faced by care services in the Vale of Glamorgan.

• Morgan vows to deliver 'real change'

  First Minister, Eluned Morgan, has pledged to deliver 'real change for Wales' in the year ahead, with the next Senedd election looming in less than 18 months.

• Vale MS condems Elon Musk's 'appalling smears'

  Welsh Minister Jane Hutt has condemned Elon Musk for attacking Jess Phillips, the UK's safeguarding minister.

• GVS Big Volunteering Fayre returns for 2025

  GVS is a leading provider of volunteering services in Wales and focusses on the Vale of Glamorgan and surrounding areas.

• Barry Town Council sets out budget plans

  Barry Town Council is planning a 5% rise in its council tax precept as it prepares to set its annual budget.

• Cardiff: budget proposals set for consultation

  Some people benefiting from council help for care home placement fees in Cardiff may need to start partly funding them next year.