Vale of Glamorgan

British

/ ɡləˈmɔːɡən /

noun

a county borough of S Wales, created in 1996 from parts of South Glamorgan and Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Barry. Pop: 121 200 (2003 est). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)

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At the start of last year, Enfys Foundation Reuse & Restore charity store in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, put up a customer notice on its social media pages after donations were left outside over the Christmas period.

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Joe Dilling, a physiotherapy technical instructor from St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, has had a stammer since he was six-years-old.

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Chelsea Ann Buckler said the fire, which started in the hallway of the house in Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan, had "completely destroyed our home and everything inside it".

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New Year 2026 is "really significant" for Welsh agriculture, said Abi Reader, NFU Cymru's deputy president, who owns a dairy farm in Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan.

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The black leather boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, were discovered by volunteers cleaning up rock pools on Ogmore By Sea Beach in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales.

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