A new Portuguese coffee and tapas bar is coming to the Vale

Lisboa which is the Portuguese word for Lisbon (the Portuguese capital city) will be hitting the streets of Penarth next month. The business is a family run venture operated by 53-year-old Joao Silva. Café owner Joao Silva (Image: Joao Silva) Speaking …

Stiff + Trevillion’s Maida Vale Studios overhaul for Hans Zimmer OK’d

Councillors on the City of Westminster's planning committee gave their unanimous consent to the scheme at a meeting on Tuesday night (1 April), just over a year and a half after the BBC sold the studios to composer Hans Zimmer and film producers Steven …

Prices surge at Moss Vale weaner sale as buyers compete for heavier cattle

Bangadilly Pty Ltd, Canyonleigh, sold 19 Angus heifers carrying Gilmandyke bloodlines, and weighing 265kg, for $1010, 21 Angus heifers weighing 227kg for $850, an Angus cross heifer weighing 310kg for $1200, and an Angus cross heifer weighing 310kg for $ …

Local opinion on proposed Vale aqua park divides community

A petition with called ‘Halt the Installation of the Aqua Park at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, Penarth’ has received over 2,000 signatures. Local opinions remain mixed. In the online group ‘PENARTH Chat, Help & Information’ Seimon Fford wrote: ‘It may …

Fate of informal RV parks in Vale rests on costly engineering

No sign hints of an RV park in place on a commercial lot on Vale’s north side. A dirt driveway leads off U.S. Highway 26. Two homes sit in the center of the property. There is no name for the park, no publicly listed telephone number. But travel trailers …

See the latest Vale of Glamorgan football results

Vale Madrid clinched the VoGAFL Championship title and with it promotion to the VoGAFL Premier Division after their title rivals Cwm Talwg lost to Rhoose Social 4-3. The result leaves Vale Madrid four points clear at the top with Talwg only having one more …

Having a bowl at McLaren Vale

Vale church to get its first toilet after more than 700 years

St Nicholas Church, in the village of St Nicholas, near Cardiff, is to be fitted with an accessible toilet and kitchen facilities, thanks to an urgent funding payout of £584,081 from the National Churches Trust. The 14th-century church, which is a Grade II …

Vale school celebrates joining academy trust

A VILLAGE school founded in 1864 is celebrating joining a multi-academy trust that already supports schools in the Vale. Church Lench CE First School officially joined the Bengeworth Multi Academy Trust on April 1, following approval from the Department …

Bradford City manager Graham Alexander takes responsibility 'on the chin' after changes fail to pay off in loss at ...

BRADFORD City manager Graham Alexander took responsibility for the decision to make two unforced changes to his backline which failed to pay off in the Bantams' 2-0 League Two loss at promotion rivals Port Vale as they failed to find the net for a …