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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Cowbridge weather forecast

Dark clouds and a 10% chance of rain will start the day from 07:00 and continue throughout the rest of the morning. Clouds will become lighter in the afternoon. Top temperature of 15°C.

Pollution: Low

UV: Medium

Pollen: High

Sunrise in Cowbridge today: 06:23

Sunset in Cowbridge today: 20:06

Cowbridge Traffic

Busy traffic this morning on Llantwit Major Road towards Nash and Cowbridge High Street and Aberthin Road. Also, the road is closed due to the gas main work on St Athan Road between A4222 Eastgate and Brookfield Park 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

Ancient Egyptians used dead mice to ease toothaches.

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