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 planning applications: Ten property plans near you - including a proposed orangery and a car port to shelter tractors.

Cowbridge weather forecast

Today will begin with some dark clouds from 07:00 until 09:00, then will start to break up throughout the rest of the day. There will also be a 20% chance of rain early morning. Top temperatures of 10 °C from 11:00 until 16:00.

Pollution: Low

UV: Low

Sunrise in Penarth today: 07:50

Sunset in Penarth today: 17:07

Cowbridge Traffic

Overall, clear traffic throughout the centre of Cowbridge this morning, with some slow traffic starting to build up on St Athan Road and Aberthin 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.

Quote of the day

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