Watford Observer

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Hertfordshire Archive

• Hornets: Jackett looks ahead to new challenges with QPR

  KENNY JACKETT has been appointed assistant manager at Loftus Road. read more

• Plans for 300-home estate welcomed by neighbours

  PLANS for a 300-home housing estate on the former Metropolitan Station Approach site in Watford are set to be considered by Watford Council by the end of September. read more

• Garston Manor: Youngsters to breathe new life into allotment

  GREEN fingered enthusiasts of a special needs school in Garston have joined forces with members of a Watford youth voluntary group for a three-week environmental project designed to regenerate and restore a local allotment site. read more

• Pupil launches business website

  A TEENAGER sick of revising for exams has launched his own business website. read more

• Parmiter's: Grant kicks off appeal

  A GARSTON secondary school has received a healthy kick-start to its appeal for a new music block, thanks to a donation from developers Linden Homes. read more

• Headteacher retires after 29 years

  THE headteacher of a Watford primary school has attributed 40 happy years in teaching to a sense of humour, commitment and patience. read more

• Gunman holds up pub staff

  STAFF at the Coy Carp public house in Coppermill Lane, Rickmansworth, were held at gunpoint in the car park on Monday. read more

• Watford FC to be floated on stock exchange

  WATFORD FC'S directors are to increase their investment to help contribute more than half the £5 million the club is hoping to raise by floating on the stock exchange. read more

• Funding emergency for St John's

  The Barnet branch of St John Ambulance is setting out on a crusade to raise £10,000 for a new ambulance. read more

• Green fingered school is blooming good example

  CHILDREN are getting green fingers at Manland JMI School in Harpenden, which is encouraging its pupils to care about their environment through gardening and conservation work. read more

• Schoolgirl tells court she was raped by her great uncle

  A ST ALBANS schoolgirl told a jury on Wednesday, June 27, she was twice raped by her great uncle. read more

• Fury over planning committee procedure

  RESIDENTS stormed out of a meeting at St Albans District Council on Monday after it gave planning permission for a mosque in London Colney that will never be built. read more

• Hornets: Glass is Vialli's second signing

  GIANLUCA VIALLI has completed his second signing as Watford manager by recruiting left-sided midfielder Stephen Glass on a free transfer from Newcastle United. read more

• Apathetic response to parking survey

  JUST 900 people have responded to a Watford Council survey into the controversial matchday parking scheme, even though more than 6,000 homes and businesses in the area were asked for their views. read more

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