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  • Super sub with a glorious heritage

    SHE was Turbulent by name and turbulent by nature, a superb fighting machine guided like a rapier by her captain, Commander 'Tubby' Linton. By the time hundreds of thousands of tons of German and Italian shipping knew HMS Turbulent was there they were

  • Fuel protests fail to disrupt supply

    FUEL protesters from Gwent are getting ready to join an M4 slow-drive tomorrow to voice their anger at rising fuel prices. A 20mph rolling blockade is being organised by South Wales Hauliers Association and could cause chaos across Gwent. But yesterday's

  • WE'RE BOWEN NOWHERE

    JASON Bowen has called for Newport County players and supporters to pull together to turn round the clubs fortunes. The influential winger is going to be helping caretaker manager Glyn Jones while the club decides the way forward and he insists that now

  • How could they do this?

    A 96-YEAR-OLD woman and her son were pushed to the floor by con men who tricked their way into the house. Police urged pensioners to be vigilant today after a separate incident where a woman in her 80s was targeted in her home by three men posing as policemen

  • Golfers on course to help hospice

    A GOLF tournament in memory of a police officer who died of a brain tumour raised money for charity. The third annual Roy Williams Memorial Golf Tournament raised £2,400 for the Hospice of the Valleys. After breakfast the 48 golfers took to the course

  • So glad I was proved wrong!

    That's it then. They're home. The Ashes that is. What can I say that has not already been said about this momentous series? Well, I can say sorry for a start. Sorry for being so negative and predicting a 3-1 win for the Aussies at the start of the series

  • 'We just want to remember our loved ones'

    IT was supposed to be a simple memorial to remember three friends whose lives were wiped out. But 18 months on, the families of Martin Connop, Emma Proctor and John Gibbings are back to square one in their bid to find a lasting memorial to honour their

  • Wasps welcome the end of the season

    Newport Wasps season - dogged by injury for much of the summer - ends at Premier League title chasing Rye House on Saturday night. Promoter Tim Stone said: "The one good thing now is that once Saturday is out of the way the league season is done and dusted

  • Irish stars set for Dragons clash

    LEINSTER have included British Lions Shane Horgan and Denis Hickie in their squad for the first time this season for Friday night's Celtic League games against Newport Gwent Dragons at Donnybrook (KO 7.10pm). There is also a chance of fellow British Lions

  • Free-care campaigners to hold talks

    CAMPAIGNERS fighting for the right to free nursing home care are holding a public meeting in Newport later this month. Union Nacods, which has already battled successfully for compensation for thousands of former miners, now hopes to do the same for another

  • 'Help us build a home of our own'

    A NEWPORT rugby coach whose team only have a pitch to their name says the growing popularity for the sport means a clubhouse is urgently needed. St Joseph's (Casnewydd) RFC mini junior and youth club is family-orientated with a history that dates back

  • Go-ahead for £5m city centre offices

    A MULTI-MILLION development will create a "gateway" to Newport and act as a catalyst for further regeneration, say city bosses. Construction work on the £5 million office block, funded by Bailey Developments, is due to begin in George Street next month

  • Leisure complex planned for town

    PLANS for a major new leisure complex in a Gwent town centre are to be submitted within the next week the Argus can reveal. Cwmbran is set to benefit from the scheme - the first stage in a major redevelopment programme involving £100m in private investment

  • 'We can't go home, our lives are at risk'

    THE husband of a woman who is the victim of a five-year race-hate campaign says he fears for her life after being bombarded by fresh abuse. Following a story about the abuse in Monday's Argus, Mark Taylor, 35, said problems had escalated, with more incidents

  • City's peers made green with envy

    NEWPORT'S groundbreaking green initiatives have won the city a place in the finals of a national award - and won praise from its peers. Newport City Council and Wastesavers are the only Welsh representatives shortlisted in the National Recycling Awards

  • Dentist pulls out of practice

    HE may be retiring, but well-known NHS dentist Roger Thwaites ensured his patients will carry on smiling. Mr Thwaites, 64, has made sure every one of his 3,000 patients, many of whom he has treated for years, are being cared for by another health service