Abbots Langley Methodist church’s unusual method of afternoon worship has gone down a storm with local residents. Messy Church, a monthly event organised by Abbots Langley Methodist church and St Lawrence’s Parish church, encourages children
Kings Langley parish councillors are to get their hands dirty this weekend by planting bulbs on the corner of Watford Road and Home Park. On Sunday from 10am, councillors will be planting a mixture of daffodils and crocuses to brighten up the
An awards ceremony is taking place to mark the achievements of members of the African Caribbean community that settled in the town after arriving in England on-board SS Empire Windrush in 1948. The Windrush Diamond Awards are part of the Watford
Master butcher Dave Butler, of W H Higgins, Chorleywood, does his bit to promote British Sausage Week, which is taking place across the country from Monday. Organised by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, the week aims to promote
Donations, treats or letters of support are being gathered by a publican to distribute to troops serving in Afghanistan over the festive season. Pub landlord Ray Dicastiglione decided to make The Royal Oak in Kitters Green, Abbots Langley,
A long-running and unpopular plan to build four family homes in a leafy corner of Rickmansworth has again been rejected by councillors. Developers have been fighting for more than a decade to win approval for the scheme, in Nightingale Road
A couple from South Oxhey, who have enjoyed the ups and downs of caring for other people’s children for more than two years, have encouraged more families to consider fostering. Stephen and Alison Stack, of Northwick Road, said a “fundamental
A woman who collided with a bus while riding her push bike yesterday has been treated at Watford General Hospital. Emergency services were called to Watford Field Road at 5.29pm after the woman, believed to be in her 30s, collided with a
Emergency services are currently on scene in Watford High Street investigating an apparent flat fire. Fire crews remain at a block of flats in the Parade, investigating reports of smoke and a smell of burning. No fire, however, has been discovered
House fires in Radlett have been on the increase over the last two years, since the closure of its fire station. Recent statistics were finally released after Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) refused a Freedom of Information request
Michael Jackson fans flocked to cinema theatres en masse this morning, to catch a glimpse of the late superstar’s final film. Red carpets were rolled out across 18 simultaneous premieres on five continents and there have been numerous reports
The exact cause of a horrific motorway crash in which a Rickmansworth woman was killed will never be known, a coroner has said. Divya Shah, 47, died on the afternoon of March 15 this year when the Land Rover Freelander she was travelling in
A bankrupt man has denied failing to disclose a house sale alleged to have netted him more than £50,000 and obtaining £27,000 of clothes by fraud. Stuart Hirt, of Larken Drive, Bushey, pleaded not guilty to five charges at St Albans Crown Court
An investigative journalist has gone deep undercover in order to expose Bushey residents wasting energy. The Energy Saving Trust’s representative Oliver Cox, of Bushey Mill Lane, concluded his week long mission to observe and monitor his family
WATFORD: A gang of up to five people launched an unprovoked attack on a man in the town centre in the early hours of Sunday. The victim in his early 20s, was struck on the head with an object, knocking him to the ground where he was kicked
A contentious planning application which has gone back and forward between committee and appeal was approved at a planning meeting last night. The site at 124 High Road, Bushey, was previously an off-licence and has been empty for a number
A Burger King manager who fled the Taliban in Afghanistan claimed he earned £69,000 a year to fraudulently re-mortgage his Watford home. Wajatullah Ahmad, who has permanent leave to remain in this country, bought the home in Southsea Road,
A Kings Langley businessman has climbed the highest free-standing mountain in the world in remembrance of his father and to raise money for charity. Andrew Harman, 45, who runs Annodata, a business communications company in Kings Langley, chose
Saracens have halted ambitious plans to sign South African stars Bryan Habana and Schalk Burger on loan. The Men in Black have been linked with the players over the last year and there were reports they were keen on bringing them in for ten games for
Fishers Field Nature Reserve Society is holding its annual general meeting next month. Guest speaker Keith Barker will present the talk An Introduction to Bat Life at the Bushey Scout hut in Link Road. The meeting takes place at 7.30pm
A blind martial arts enthusiast from Bushey is hoping to win her green belt next week. Jessica Marshall, 10, who lives on Bushey Meads Lane, has been climbing the ranks of Ju-Jitsu since she was six, despite being completely blind. She
A man from Croxley Green wants to change the law in Great Britain, so he can die with dignity in his own home. Chris Handley, 55, from Linksway has lived with a degenerative disease for 15 years. He said: “I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
The husband and wife team behind a popular Rickmansworth newsagent are celebrating their 30th year in business. Keddy and Indumati Vithlani purchased the Hollands newsagents, in the High Street, in November of 1979 and, in between working mostly
