Councillors have tonight granted outline planning permission for the construction of the £1 billion Watford Health Campus. Once again much of the debate centered around the need for a new link road, which will be built on playing fields next to Oxhey
Watford MP Claire Ward will vote to lower the abortion limit to 20 weeks, if an amendment is added to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill when it is heard in Parliament next week. Following an appearance on the BBC show The Daily Politics,
OJAY ABRAHAMS, Watford's first professional champion for half a century, will step into the ring for the 100th and final time at the home of boxing, York Hall, Bethnal Green on Fathers' Day. The enigmatic Abrahams, who goes by the moniker me, myself
A house which has stood in a quiet corner of Rickmansworth for more than 400 years is being sold. The Priory, near Church Street, is a Grade II listed, semi-detached home originally built by the church. Historians believe its earliest usage was as a
FEISTY 18th Century literary heroine Moll Flanders gets a serious makeover this month as Brute Farce Theatre brings her right up to date for The Radlett Centre stage. First appearing in 1722, Moll Flanders is the English novel's first leading female
A POLICE helicopter and ground search for a missing man is underway in Bricket Wood after his mobile phone was traced to the area. Conrad Max, 27, was last seen between 7pm and 8pm on Tuesday, May 13, at his home address in St Albans Road, Watford.
HARPENDEN writer Carol Hedges is a formidable woman to interview. Like her tell-it-like-it-is children's spy series, Carol comes across as very focused and exactly what you'd expect from an A-Level English tutor who previously worked as a children's librarian
BANGS, crashes and a host of pyrotechnic effects are in store for Watersmeet audiences this month as the PHEOS Musical Players presents Gilbert & Sullivan's first full length opera, The Sorcerer. Reading up about the work, I point out to Bedmond director
The Health Campus WILL be discussed by a planning committee tonight - despite a last minute hitch. It emerged earlier that the Highways Agency has today renewed its holding objection on the scheme. The agency has concerns about the impact the £1 billion
A £5,000 donation by sixth formers in Bushey has bought solar powered hearing aids for 50 deaf children in Africa. Year 13 students from Queens' School raised the money for the Mramba School for the deaf in Tanzania after already working to repair
Solar powered heaters, toilets flushed by rainwater, and an energy efficient clothes line are among the pioneering features of an award winning house unveiled in Watford today. The Barratt Green House, designed by architects Gaunt Francis, is the first
The next Princes Trust training programme for 16 to 25-year-olds begins at Centrepoint Community Centre in Watford on Tuesday, May 27. The programme involves a series of community based activities and voluntary work and usually results in a City and
The past few months haven’t been easy. Not because of any real problem mind; I’ve gotten used to being constantly shekel-less and boyfriend-less and cleaning the bathroom is as automatic as waking up. Nope, the real tragedy lies in the knowledge that
Ten months after they received plans to build the Watford Health Campus, councillors are due to deliver a verdict on the £1 billion project tonight. However, the meeting is expected to be the subject of a demonstration from environmentalists who are
Aidy Boothroyd declared himself "gutted" by last night's play-off semi-final defeat but said he had no qualms about the result. "I thought we played very well," said the manager. "We stuck to the gameplan, played some terrific football but we conceded
