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AFTER banging on about all the brilliant beer cooking over in Bruges the other week, as compared to our own "beer gastronomy", I've had to eat my words a bit. Not that I mind, since it also involved eating some first-rate food to partner beer, created

League Tring Tornadoes v Evergreen Youth; Acorn Raiders v Hemel Celtic Red; Hemel Celtic Blue v Berkhamsted Raiders; Woodhall Wanderers v Little Gaddesden; Garston Boys v Bovingdon. December 10, 2002 12:30

League Sun Postal Yellow v St Albans City; Sun Postal Blue v Acorn Raiders; Berkhamsted Raiders A v Tornados A; Berkhamsted Raiders B v Tornados B; Woodhall Wanderers A v Watford Youth Sports A; Woodhall Wanderers B v Watford Youth Sports B; Everett Rovers

League Cup Round Two: Borehamwood Youth v Riverside Hibernian; Hemel Celtic v Leverstock Green; Hemel Hempstead Town v Whetstone; Garston Juniors v Garston Boys. Red Division: Enfield v Evergreen. White Division: Northwood v Hertsmere; St Albans Rangers

Challenge Cup Round Two: Borehamwood 2000 v EDRS Stonegrove; Sun Postal Scorpions v Echoes Youth or Harpenden Pumas; Finchleians Youth Red v Cassiobury Rangers Giants; Harvesters North v Garston Boys; Hemel Lions v Hemel Irish; Hertsmere v Finchleians

Middlesex County Cup Round Three: St Joseph 88 or Belmont v Pinnacle Youth; Whetstone Wanderers v Parkfield or Hayes End; Edmonton or Ruislip Manor v Chalden or Hillingdon. Red Division: Cassiobury Rangers Claret v Suffolk Youth Eagles; Garston Juniors

League Red Division: Oakhill Amber v Belmont; Bushey Eagles v Cassiobury Leopards; Whetstone Lynx v Cassiobury Lions. White Division: Sarratt Rebels v Bushey Hawks; Aldenham Leopards v St Albans Rangers; Cassiobury Pumas v Oakhill Tigers Cubs. Blue Division

Herts County Cup Stvenage Colts 1 St Albans City Youth 6; Hertsmere 1 Borehamwood 2000 3. December 10, 2002 12:00

Herts County Cup Borehamwood 2000 3 Harpenden Colts Pumas 1; Garston Boys 0 Bishop's Stortford 2; North Mymms 1 Hemel Rovers 1 (aet - Hemel win 13-12 on pens); Hertsmere 2 Panshanger 7; St Albans Rangers 1 Letchworth 3; St Albans City 2 Ware 3. Middlesex

League Red Division: Whetstone Pumas 3 Southgate Adelaide 2; London Colney Amber 2 Northwood Red 2. White Division: Northwood White 1 Omonia 2; Hemel Hempstead Youth 5 Enfield Rangers 0. Blue Division: Riverside AFC 2 Herons 2; Oakhill Tigers 7 Edmonton

Herts County Cup Round Two: Oxhey United 1 Bedwell 3. Round Three: Hemel Celtic 0 Echoes Amber 7; Cuffley 2 Borehamwood 2000 6; St Albans City North 1 Hoddesdon United 3. Middlesex County Cup: Norseman Youth 0 Edmonton Rangers Panthers 7. Challenge Cup

League Red Division: Blemont 8 Cassiobury Lions 1; Cassiobury Leopards 1 Whetstone Lynx 0; Oakhill Amber 3 Bushey Eagles 2. White Division: Bushey Hawks 1 Oakhill Tigers Cubs 5; St Albans Rangers 7 Cassiobury Pumas 3; Sarratt Rebels 4 Aldenham Leopards

League Red Division: Echoes Amber 1 Harvesters North 3; London Colney 1 Strides 2; Omonia 6 Wood Boys White 0. White Division: Alexandra Park 1 Eaton Bray Lions 3; Bushey Rangers 4 Echoes Orange 2; Harvesters South 2 Whetstone Wanderers 2. Blue Division

OBJECTIONS have been lodged by parish councillors in North Weald, Moreton and surrounding areas over the Government's plans to expand Stansted Airport.o Both North Weald parish council and Moreton, Bobbingworth and The Lavers parish council have lodged

IT HAS turned out to be quite an end to 2002 for Theydon Bois singer Suzi Jari. Not only is Suzi currently wowing audiences up north in her first professional acting role, but she has just been offered a two-week run at the West End's Shaftesbury Theatre

A 28-YEAR-OLD Bishop's Stortford man suffered serious injuries after his red Peugeot 406 car hit fencing and trees on the B1383 Cambridge Road, near Stansted Mountfitchet, at 7.50pm on Wednesday, December 4. The man was driving towards Stansted Airport

ESSEX Ambulance Service is seeking the views of patients and carers in an effort to continue to improve all aspects of the service, including NHS Direct. A freephone number has been established for patients and the public to contact the Essex Ambulance

SARACENS will head to the tiny village of Colomiers in France on Saturday defending a precarious ten-point cushion, although Buck Shelford's men should have had this Parker Pen Challenge Cup tie sewn up by half-time after completely dominating the opening

Sunday, December 8 KEEPER Richard Dormer and the defensive line up of Amar Khoriya, Jamie Palmer, James Wills and Alex Irvine were made to work hard as Croxley Guild Falcons secured a 1-1 draw with St Albans City West. Falcons' goal had been under constant

Sunday, December 8 A DETERMINED Kingsbury team swept into a 7-0 lead by half-time thanks to a fantastic five-goal showing from Luca Bishop, and furher goals from Tom Gillespie and Chris Rowland. Although Pinnacle had their chances, hitting the post and

TEACHERS in Harlow and Bishop's Stortford have praised staff and pupils' commitment to learning following the publication of this year's SAT league tables. The percentage of 11-year-olds at schools in both Essex and Hertfordshire achieving the standard

A HARLOW lorry driver is recovering at home after he was bundled into the back of a van when he stopped at the Shell petrol station on the A414 at Hastingwood. Police said the man was held for more than two hours following a lorry hijacking at the London

MORE than 60 budding swimmers from across the district will take centre stage on this week when they receive a coveted award for their swimming abilities in a Leisure Connection swim presentation. The event aims to award outstanding children from four

DESPITE the icy cold on Friday night more than 280 people slept out in the grounds of St Albans Abbey to raise money for Open Door centre. It was the biggest turnout in the event's eight-year history and more than £12,000 was raised on behalf of the St

POLICE are warning drivers in the St Albans district not to get complacent over drink-driving this Christmas as officers step up patrols to catch those who fail to heed the message. In recent years, incidents of drink-driving have dropped significantly

CAMPAIGNERS against plans to expand Luton Airport have vowed to use the extra time granted to them to get the Government to reconsider its plans. Last week the original public consultation period on plans for Luton was extended to Easter next year, following

THE Alpine restaurant in Bushey Heath must be the oldest in the village, at about 100-years-old. Hanging proudly on the wall is a photograph dated 1905, when the business was a tearoom, and it was a recommended resting-cum-meeting place during the Edwardian

THIS is the pub next to the unsightly bridge to the north of the village. Don't let that put you off, it's something of a goldmine, winter and summer. Outside there is lots of CCTV-monitored parking, masses and masses of seating and an extensive children's

MIND your head. Ouch! Too late. The front door to this high street boozer is very, very low. Being more than a few inches less than 6ft, I felt rather big bashing my head on the way in, even if it did throb a little as I stood at the bar waiting to be

DEFINITELY a pub for locals. As I walked in heads turned in the customary fashion, but rather than the cold, mean stares often thrown at strangers in a pub like this, there were friendly smiles and words of welcome. The pub looks rough and ready, but

SLEIGH bells will be ringing on the streets of West Watford this week as Santa and his reindeer are joined by the Watford Clarendon Rotary Club to collect for local charities. The Club have made this outing each December since 1980 and are always well

POLICE are appealing for information following an attempted robbery in Bushey at the weekend. The incident took place at Wine Rack in High Road, Bushey Heath, at 7.55pm on Saturday, December 7. The offender entered the shop and demanded the money from

A SAFETY campaign aimed at reducing the number of fire deaths and injuries in Hertfordshire over Christmas, is this week focusing on fires started by Christmas decorations around the home. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue service warns there are more deaths

DINERS at several restaurants in the Watford area are being asked to donate £1 when they pay their bills in order to raise money for a local charity facing closure. The Lemarie Activities Club is run by Watford and District Mencap and helps children who

AFTER banging on about all the brilliant beer cooking over in Bruges the other week, as compared to our own "beer gastronomy", I've had to eat my words a bit. Not that I mind, since it also involved eating some first-rate food to partner beer, created

Herts County Cup Round Three: Nascotwood 0 Evergreen 9; Cheshunt Youth 3 Garston Boys 1 (aet). Red Division: Enfield 4 Garston Juniors 0. White Division: Bovingdon 4 Cassiobury 1; Hertsmere 4 Northwood 8; Whetstone 4 St Albans White 5. Blue Division:

League Hertsmere v St Albans Rangers; Riverside AFC v Evergreen Youth; Greenacres v St Albans City. December 10, 2002 12:30

League Bovingdon A v Herons; Bovingdon B v Watford Youth Sports; Tring Tornadoes A v Acorn Raiders A; Tring Tornadoes B v Acorn Raiders B; Hemel Aces A v Comets A; Hemel Aces B v Comets B; Croxley Guild A v Garston Boys Lions; Croxley Guild B v Garston

League Abbots Youth v Oxhey United; Comets A v Acorn Raiders; Comets B v Evergreen Youth; Cassiobury Rangers A v Little Gaddesden A; Cassiobury Rangers B v Little Gaddesden B; Everett Rovers A v Croxley Guild A; Everett Rovers B v Croxley Guild B; Hemel

League Red Division: Evergreen Youth v St Albans City North; Hemel Hempstead Blue v Leverstock Green; London Colney v Bushey Rangers; Pinnacle Youth v Sun Postal; Riverside Hibernian Green v Borehamwood 2000. White Division: Alexandra Park North v Gosling

League Red Division: Hemel Hornets v Chorleywood Blue; Hertsmere Town v Harvesters North; Evergreen Youth v Echoes; Omonia v Northwood; Harpenden Colts Panthers v London Colney. Green Division: Hertsmere Town v Harvesters South; Berkhamsted Raiders B

League Red Division: Borehamwood 2000 v London Colney Amber; Woodhall Wanderers v St Albans City South. White Division: Harpenden Sharks v Echoes Amber; Echoes Gold v Riverside Hibernian; Hemel Hempstead Youth v Hertsmere. Blue Division: Whetstone Lions

League Red Division: Alexandra Park East v Sun Postal; Borehamwood 2000 v Comets; London Colney v Evergreen; St Albans City North v Echoes Amber. White Division: Croxley Guild Eagles v Everett Rovers; Harpenden Colts Jets v Alexandra Park West; London

League Cup Round Two: Borehamwood 2000 v Hadley Rangers North; St Albans City East v Whetstone Sabres. Round Three: Everett Black v Pinnacle School; Whetstone Panthers v Hemel Aces A; Cassiobury Lions v Echoes; Bushey Tigers v Bedmond Ajax Red; Edmonton

League Cup Round Two: Alexandra Park Youth v Evergreen Youth; Chorleywood Lions v Aldenham Lions RD; London Lions v Wood Boys; Borehamwood Scorpions v Bushey Eagles; Abbots Youth v Echoes; Oxhey Jets Blue v Edmonton Rangers; Enfield Blue v Oxhey United

League Red Division: London Colney v Abbots Youth; Omonia v Echoes Amber; Strides v Elstree Vale; Harvesters North v Wood Boys White. White Division: Harvesters South v Alexandra Park; Select Soccer v Bushey Rangers; Whetstone Wanderers v Eaton Bray Lions

Herts County Cup Sun Postal Youth 15 Symonds Green 0; Berkhamsted Raiders 1 Letchworth Eagles 3. Premier Division: Bovingdon 1 Hemel Hornets 3; Hammer Youth 6 Kings Langley 2; Watford Youth Sports 3 Woodhall A 2; Comets P Hemel Aces A P. Division One:

Herts County Cup Hemel Celtic 0 Echoes Youth 7. Premier Division: Bovingdon 5 Evergreen 6; Woodhall Wanderers P Garston Boys P. December 10, 2002 12:00

League Division A: Bovingdon A 5 Herons A 1; Croxley Guild A 0 Hemel Town Youth A 0; Tring Tornadoes A 1 Garston Boys Lions 0. Division B: Bovingdon B 0 Herons B 0; Croxley Guild B 1 Hemel Town Youth B 3; Tring Tornadoes B 4 Garston Boys Tigers 0. Division

Herts County Cup Round Two: Radlett Rangers 0 Bushey Rangers 8; Borehamwood 2000 3 Letchworth 1. Round Three: Garston Juniors 10 Gadeside Rangers Youth 0; Croxley Guild 0 East Herts Youth 6. Red Division: Cassiobury Rangers Claret 4 Harpenden Colts Eagles

Herts County Cup Round Three: Evergreen Youth 1 Bishop's Stortford Youth 0; Gadeside Rangers 4 Harvesters North 1; Leverstock Green 4 Redbourn Juniors 1; Royston Town Colts 2 Sun Postal 3; St Albans City North 3 Bedwell Rangers 2 (aet). Red Division:

Herts County Cup Round Three: Herons Youth 1 Tring Tornadoes 2; Echoes Youth 1 Chorleywood Blue 2; London Colney 3 Northolt United 8. Red Division: Northwood 3 Hemel Hornets 2; Omonia 7 Evergreen Youth 4; Harpenden Colts Panthers 0 Harvesters 5. White

SPEEN: a name with origins as obscure as the reason for Grim's Ditch, an iron age earthwork which encloses the village on three sides. It seems that the village was a venue for pugilists, and one died fighting here in 1836. There was no-one around at

SPEEN: a name with origins as obscure as the reason for Grim's Ditch, an iron age earthwork which encloses the village on three sides. It seems that the village was a venue for pugilists, and one died fighting here in 1836. There was no-one around at

League Red Division: Aldenham Warriors 0 Northwood 2; Harvesters North 1 Bedmond Ajax Red 3; Whetstone Panthers 1 Borehamwood 2000 4; St Albans City East 0 Echoes 1. White Division: Cassiobury Lions 6 London Colney Amber 0; Harpenden Falcons 2 Edmonton

League Red Division: Alexandra Park 3 Edmonton Rangers 7; Chorleywood Lions 3 Echoes 2; Evergreen Youth 3 Oxhey United Red 2; Wood Boys 8 Oxhey Jets Blue 2. White Division: London Colney 3 Aldenham Lions RD 3; London Lions 2 Borehamwood Scorpions 0; Bushey

Sunday, December 8 NORTHWOOD rode their luck with a great never say die team effort, against a valiant Hemel Hornets, to secure a 3-2 victory through goals from Matt Morris, Tom Nelmes and man-of-the-match Nick Pearce. December 10, 2002 09:30

PEOPLE living in the CM postcode area are enjoying marked improvements in the delivery of first class mail, according to quarterly figures published by the Royal Mail. The statistics cover July to September this year and show that Chelmsford's postcode

UTTLESFORD district councillor Alan Dean is one of three new non-executive directors of the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. Mr Dean, who lives in Stansted, is a consultant in change management. He has worked for much of his career in senior management

TEACHERS in Harlow and Bishop's Stortford have praised staff and pupils' commitment to learning following the publication of this year's SAT league tables. The percentage of 11-year-olds at schools in both Essex and Hertfordshire achieving the standard

MONEY pressures faced by people who give up their time to care for the disabled could be eased by Hertfordshire County Council. The council said a new benefits take-up project developed by its adult care services and money advice unit has given some carers

SIX people suffered serious injuries following a crash in Ridge Hill, London Colney, on Monday night. A green Volkwagen Polo burst into flames after it crossed the carriageway of the B556 and collided with a Ford Escort van. Five young men travelling

THE Alpine restaurant in Bushey Heath must be the oldest in the village, at about 100-years-old. Hanging proudly on the wall is a photograph dated 1905, when the business was a tearoom, and it was a recommended resting-cum-meeting place during the Edwardian

THIS is the pub next to the unsightly bridge to the north of the village. Don't let that put you off, it's something of a goldmine, winter and summer. Outside there is lots of CCTV-monitored parking, masses and masses of seating and an extensive children's

MIND your head. Ouch! Too late. The front door to this high street boozer is very, very low. Being more than a few inches less than 6ft, I felt rather big bashing my head on the way in, even if it did throb a little as I stood at the bar waiting to be

DEFINITELY a pub for locals. As I walked in heads turned in the customary fashion, but rather than the cold, mean stares often thrown at strangers in a pub like this, there were friendly smiles and words of welcome. The pub looks rough and ready, but

DUE to the condition of the road surfaces, Hertfordshire County Council have temporarily prohibited all vehicles from using two stretches of road in the area. Aldenham Road, Watford, is not in use from its junction with The Avenue and Bushey Hall Road

NORTHWOOD Round Table sponsored and hosted an unusual racing event last week in aid of the Rickmansworth Aquadrome Adventure Playground fund. Ferrets were pitted against each other in order to attract people who were prepared to have a bet for charity

HERTFORDSHIRE police are warning drivers of the perils of drinking and driving over the festive season. Although drinking and driving incidents have decreased in recent years, it is important to stop those who do continue to offend. Patrols will concentrate

PANTOMIME stars Jacey Salles (Ramona from Cold Feet) and Andrew Lynford (Simon Raymond from Eastenders) took a break from rehearsals on Friday, December 6, to visit Carpenders Park Nursery to pledge support for its fundraising scheme. The Peace Hospice

THE country's first full-time police search team be composed entirely of cilivians went live in Hertfordshire in November and has already been involved in gathering some key evidence. Headed by Inspector Steve Kouric, Hertfordshire Constabulary's police