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  • Sarries suffer Warriors defeat

    Saracens suffered their second consecutive Premiership defeat after losing 16-11 at Worcester Warriors this evening. It had all started so promisingly for the defending champions after Michael Tagicakibau raced clear to get an early try. But

  • Sarries forward Brown agrees new contract

    Saracens and Scotland forward Kelly Brown has agreed a new contract with the club. American international back Chris Wyles has also extended his stay with the Premiership champions. The Men in Black have also agreed contract extensions with George Kruis

  • Watford Come Dine With Me airs tonight

    Watford will be taking centre stage as the setting for this evening’s episode of Come Dine With Me. The show, in which four contestants competitively host dinner parties for a £1,000 cash prize, will be showing on Channel 4 at 7.35pm.

  • Roadworks in Oxhey Lane to run over into rush hour

    Road works in Oxhey Lane look set to carry on into rush hour. Technicians from Veolia Water have been working on a burst water main near Oxhey Lane Farm since Wednesday and temporary lights are in place. The company hoped to have the

  • Keith Lemon fans meet their idol in Watford

    Celebrity game show host Keith Lemon was giving out awards to Watford residents in the town centre today. Leigh Francis, who plays the fiction TV presenter, was filmimg outside La Tasca restaurant, for a new programme called “Lemonaid”.

  • Bringing Jane Austen's novel to the stage

    Two sisters, one prudent, the other romantic, are out for a walk in the rain. One slips in the mud and falls and is rescued by a passing gentleman and the two promptly fall in love. The sisters are of course Sense and Sensibility’s Elinor and Marianne

  • The last record on the turntable

    The Hacienda in Manchester went from coaxing black-clad students through its doors with a free drink and 50p entry to being packed to the rafters with dayglo-clad sweating bodies in the blink of an eye. For those of us around at the time, the scene

  • Dyche hopeful of further signings

    Watford are still looking at transfer targets despite signing two loan players from Premier League clubs this week. The Hornets secured the services of experienced Manchester United goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak on loan until the end of the season

  • Spoof celebrity Keith Lemon filming in Watford

    Celebrity spoof character Keith Lemon has been spotted in Watford town centre filming for his new show LEMONAID. Leigh Francis, who plays the fiction TV presenter, has been doing vox pops this afternoon for the six-episode series, which is

  • Traffic-Problem-That-Must-Not-Be-Faced

    HERE’S a question to drivers: when you want to get to a particular place, what’s your choice from the following two options: (a) get to a station, take a train, then at the other end, wait for a shuttle bus with a load of other people, or (b) get

  • Three doubtful for Saints clash

    Watford have three players doubtful for tomorrow’s match with Southampton as they look to bounce back from last week’s 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace. Sean Murray and Troy Deeney both missed Saturday’s defeat at Selhurst Park and Lee Hodson is

  • Praise for Kings Langley car parks

    Two car parks in Kings Langley have been added to the list of those awarded Park Marks by the British Parking Association. The Dacorum Borough Council-managed car parks in The Nap and Langley Hill were given the accreditation following an assessment

  • Photo exhibition opens at Harlequin

    Photos of people digging, planting and raking Watford’s parks and green areas have gone on exhibition at The Harlequin shopping centre. The pictures, taken by photography students in Watford, were unveiled in the centre’s gallery area yesterday

  • Unique goods available at next weekend's guest artisan market

    Shoppers in Watford will have a chance to buy locally-made arts, crafts and other goods at a guest artisan market next month. The event is being held in Watford Market on Saturday, March 3, from 9am to 5pm and will feature jewellery, ceramics, paintings

  • Radlett tailor's portrait to hang in Cambridge college gallery

    The image of a Radlett tailor and beekeeper is to hang in a prestigious gallery in Cambridge. Stuart Thorne, who owns a tailor’s shop of the same name in Aldenham Road, is having his portrait painted by life-long friend John Walton, a member of the

  • Watford 2012 & 5 Gold Rings

    It’s going to be a very “eventful” year!! The Olympics will be upon us before we know it, not to mention the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and a little more local will be the BIGGEST Community Event - “Watford 2012”.

  • 'I feel good, I feel confident and I feel prepared'

    “Right place at the right moment” is how Tomasz Kuszczak described his loan move to Watford and the Manchester United goalkeeper has not ruled out the switch becoming permanent at the end of the season. Since leaving Hertha Berlin as a 22

  • Three Rivers announces cut in Council Tax

    Three Rivers District Council has announced a cut in its Council Tax for the third year running. In Three Rivers, the latest reduction of 0.66 per cent means that the average Band D Council taxpayer will be charged £1 less from April. This means that

  • Grieving families' blind cords warning to parents

    Two grieving families in Hertfordshire have warned other parents in the county after their children died by becoming entangled in blind cords. Arthur Winfield from Markyate and Emily Warner from Royston, both two, have died in similar accidents

  • 'He has to get in the team and deliver performances'

    Sean Dyche is confident the loan signing of Tomasz Kuszczak will not have a negative impact on the confidence of the goalkeepers already at the club. Watford previously had three goalkeepers hoping to secure the number one spot at Watford

  • Sky Andrew

    In our February 17 edition we published an interview with Laurence Bassini, the owner of Watford FC, during which Mr Bassini said that Sky (the player's agent) would only let Marvin Sordell, the former Watford FC striker, sign a new contract if