MORE than 1,000 people turned out to hear the best local bands perform at Parmstock on Saturday, July 16. The fifth Parmstock musical festival took place at Parmiter's School, Garston, and featured music acts of all styles and genres, ranging from
CONCERNS over local employment and late-night noise led to the deferral of a decision for a development in Kings Langley in July. The application was for the erection of commercial/industrial buildings on land opposite the Ovaltine site on Station
AFTER 30 years shaping the lives of young people in Abbots Langley, a Divine Saviour School teacher is set to take a well-deserved rest. Friday, July 22, was the last day of teaching for Kathleen O'Sullivan at the school in Broomfield Rise, Abbots
INCREASING services at Watford General Hospital before its multi-million pound redevelopment could affect the standard of care, it has been warned. Acute care services may be moved from Hemel Hempstead Hospital to Watford in less than a year as a cost-cutting
WATFORD cancer sufferers may be forced to spend more than £500 on transport to and from hospitals for treatment sessions, it was revealed in July. A report on the issue was released by Macmillan Cancer Relief on Tuesday, July 19. It also said that
CHILDREN, staff, parents and governors at two Watford schools were "sad" to see them close on Thursday, July 21. Lea Farm Junior and Garston Infants school, which stand on the same site in Fourth Avenue, Garston, will merge with Meriden Primary to
ALMOST a third of children from the Rickmansworth area applying for secondary education last year did not get allocated a place at any of their chosen schools. Figures from Hertfordshire County Council reveal that 46 children out of 163 did not get
MORE than 100 people attended a public meeting on Friday to discuss the future of Watersmeet. At the meeting, Friends of Watersmeet urged Three Rivers district council leader Ann Shaw to re-engage in talks with the Rickmansworth Centre Trust Ltd (RCTL
POLICE in Hertsmere are stepping up their fight against car crime after 16 offences in Bushey and Aldenham over a 13-day period. From Friday, July 8, until Thursday, July 21, the area was averaging more than one instance of theft or attempted theft
THE frontline services provided by Bovingdon fire station have been praised by Hertfordshire County Councillor Richard Roberts who is urging villagers to fight to save it from closure. Councillor Roberts, who is also the Dacorum Borough Councillor
TOM RYDER's move to Vicarage may not feature prominently on the list of major summer transfers in the Guinness Premiership but his decision to swap Leicester Tigers for Saracens speaks volumes for the level of ambition currently enveloping the Men in
