Cowbridge Breakfast Briefing is a daily column dedicated to morning 'must-knows' from around town and other useful bits: weather, traffic, travel, and trivia news in a nutshell.                       

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UP CLOSE: The video academy coming to Cowbridge to help children boost confidence and become YouTube stars. A video and acting academy for children in South Wales will be coming to Cowbridge for the first time on September 6. 

Cowbridge weather forecast                       

Light clouds and a 10% chance of rain will start the morning from 06:00. There will be some sunshine and light clouds in the afternoon. Top temperature of 18°C.                       

Pollution: Low                     

UV: High                      

Pollen: High                      

Sunrise in Cowbridge today: 05:03                       

Sunset in Cowbridge today: 21:33                  

Cowbridge Traffic                       

Some busy traffic on Aberthin Road towards Cowbridge Comprehensive School as well as Eastgate and Cowbridge High Street. Slow-moving traffic on Llantwit Major Road.        

What's On in Cowbridge                       

Over in our What's On section, find theatre, comedy, live music, and other events coming up in Cowbridge.                       

Interesting fact of the day                       

The teddy bear is named after President Theodore Roosevelt. After he refused to shoot a captured black bear on a hunt, a stuffed-animal maker decided to create a bear and name it after the president.  

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