Watford Observer

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Hertfordshire Archive

• Hornets hire Sports Council man as new chief executive

  WATFORD underlined their intention to make an impression off as well as on the field, when they announced this week the appointment of Howard Wells, the current chief executive of the UK Sports Council, as the Vicarage Road club's permanent chief executive. read more

• Lottery cash boost realises new hall dream

  BEDMOND residents will get a new village hall in time for the Millennium after they won lottery cash to the tune of £115,000. read more

• Dance leads to 60 years of marriage

  AFTER 60 years of marriage, Mr Martin Power still looks at his wife, Joan, as if she was the sprightly teenage girl he met at an Abbots Langley dance and fell in love with. read more

• Sergeant honoured for funeral escort

  A POLICEMAN received praise this week for his work at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. read more

• New leaders for Tories and Lib

  LEADERS of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat groups on Hertsmere Borough Council, Mr Peter Riches and Mr Michael Colne, have stepped down to focus on their duties as Hertfordshire county councillors. read more

• Man denied right to talk at council meeting

  A RETIRED businessman is campaigning to win the right for members of the public to speak at Watford Council committee meetings. read more

• Aiming for a perfect pitch

  WATFORD's £700,000 investment in the new pitch was likened by Graham Taylor to as significant a development at Vicarage Road as the building of the Rous Stand in 1986. read more

• Traffic fears halt cafe plan

  FEARS of an increase in traffic have stopped a cafe being opened in Courtlands Drive, Watford. read more

• Dentist who stole from patients allowed to practice

  A DISGRACED dentist who was struck off after being jailed for stealing a couple's "nest egg" money, won back his right to practice on Friday. read more

• Tory leader

  COUNCILLOR David Coe has stood down after two years as leader of the Conservatives in St Albans District Council. Former deputy leader, Councillor Pat Johnston, will lead the group with immediate effect. The new deputy leader is Councillor John Smith. New vicar THE new vicar of St Peter's Church, London Colney, is the Rev Hilary Derham, previously curate at Holy Trinity in Stevenage, who was granted her licence by the Bishop of Hertford on Monday. read more

• Life in the House of Commons - one year on

  "THAT was the most thrilling night of my life. read more

• Club opens new pavilion

  A CRICKET club will show off its new second pavilion at an open day on Bank Holiday Monday. read more

• Deal struck on former post office

  AN upmarket pizza restaurant is to open on the site of the former post office in Market Street, Watford. read more

• Unemployment rates fall as county thrives

  UNEMPLOYMENT is falling faster in Hertfordshire than anywhere else in the country. read more

• Success for workers

  EIGHT workers who were sacked by Three Valleys Water have won a two year battle for compensation. read more

• Chairman aims to aid children

  CHARITY work is to be a priority for the new chairman of Three Rivers District Council during her term of office. read more

• Boats stream in for town's canal festival

  CANAL boat enthusiasts had plenty to whet their appetites when they visited Rickmansworth Canal Festival at the weekend. read more

• Accident verdict

  A VERDICT of accidental death has been recorded at the inquest of an Abbots Langley woman who was killed in a road crash with an ambulance. read more

• Woman injected with used needle

  A WOMAN faced an agonising 16-day wait for the all-clear from the HIV virus after a nurse at Watford General Hospital injected her with a used needle. read more

• Instrument invented at Mount Vernon

  A MEDICAL instrument invented at Mount Vernon Hospital looks set to revolutionalise the treatment of cancer patients throughout the world. read more

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