A car overturned and fell into an embankment near South Oxhey yesterday. Police were called to the incident involving a Peugeot 406 on Hampermill Lane, Watford, at 5.08pm. The driver, a 41-year-old man from Bricket Wood, was taken to Watford General
An 85-year-old woman from Watford made 117 A&E visits in more than a decade, when doctors failed to treat the cause of persistent, paralysing pains in her rib cage. Philippa Rees was told the pain, which began in 1994, stemmed from chronic heart problems
Postal workers went on strike today, after last-minute talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union failed. Union members walked out at midday, signalling the start of two 48-hour strikes over a dispute about pay and Royal Mail's modernisation
A fire involving around 4000 straw bales at a farm in Bushey today is being treated as suspicious by firefighters. Fire engines from Watford, Rickmansworth, Hertford, St Albans and Garston were called to a fire at Tylers Farm, Little Bushey Lane, which
Two teenagers have been charged with criminal damage, after a trail of graffiti was found between Bushey and Watford. The 16-year-olds, from Harrow Weald, will face charges relating to graffiti found between Bushey Arches and Station Road, Watford, via
ANDY FARRELL'S World Cup could be over after he suffered a calf injury after training yesterday. The Saracens centre was set to make his second World Cup start with England in Saturday's quarter-final clash with Australia on Saturday, but the miserable
DANIEL VAN DER MERWE has been handed the chance to carve out a career at Saracens after the Canadian wing was drafted in on a short-term contract. The 21-year-old jetted in to the UK this morning where he will strengthen Sarries' injury-hit backline
Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union are locked in last minute talks, ahead of the proposed walkout by postal workers at midday. The CWU announced a series of two 48-hour strikes, to begin today and on Monday, over a dispute about pay and Royal
More than 30 horses were rescued by firefighters from a barn fire in Bricket Wood in the early hours of the morning. The fire was discovered at 11.40pm at Little Munden Farm in School Lane. Firefighters arrived to discover half of the building alight
People can learn about their family heritage at a worldwide family history day next weekend. The event organised by Hertfordshire archives and local studies, will be held at County Hall in Pegs Lane, Hertford between 10am and 4pm on Saturday, October
