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  • Tyson to the fore as Green lift Plate

    It was a final in which neither side was able to claim the upper hand for long until the very end but Dave Tyson’s control and experience was to prove key as Leverstock Green got the better of Bushey by 12 runs to win the Watford Observer Fourteen14

  • Woman's 25 year service breaks charity's record

    A woman has been commended for 25 years service to the disability charity Walsingham, making that the organisations longest serving employee. Petrina Goodwin, a locality manager at Walsingham’s residential care service in Bushey, started working

  • Injury update on Abdi, Murray, Forestieri and Cathcart

    Almen Abdi is back in full training after missing Watford's last friendly due to illness but the club are still waiting to conclude assessments on Fernando Forestieri and Craig Cathcart's injuries. Abdi did not travel with the rest of the squad

  • Business expert to host networking event tomorrow

    An "international expert" in business networking will be giving advice to Bushey Heath businesses tomorrow via Skype at a specially arranged event. Lirone Glikman, will be giving advice to nearly 30 businesses from Israel at Ruby’s Restaurant &

  • Croxley Green residents left without water

    Residents were left without water in Croxley Green this afternoon. Properties along Norwich Way suffered problems to their water supply as engineers from Affinity Water carried out work in Little Green Lane. Sue Pavey, a spokesman for Affinity

  • Watford observed - stories from July past

    The rescue, under thrilling circumstances, of a little boy from drowning in the Grand Junction Canal is reported from Boxmoor. On Friday evening, Jack Riddell, aged two years, who resides with his parents in Two Waters Road, fell into the canal

  • Help shape our sports coverage in print

    What do you think about how we cover sport in the Watford Observer? What do you think we do well or which areas do you believe we can improve upon? There is now an opportunity for you to have your say and help influence our sports coverage in the newspaper

  • Watford firefighters called to 'smouldering tree'

    Firefighters extinguished a smouldering tree in South Oxhey. One crew from Watford were called to Hampermill Lane following reports that a large tree was smouldering in a wooded area at 11.42am. A hose was used to put out the fire, which was

  • Free swimming pool and gym use for under 19s in Watford

    Watford residents 18 and under can go swimming and use council gyms for free this summer. Watford Borough Council leisure centres are offering the scheme during the five-week school summer holiday period, from Monday, July 28, to Friday, August

  • Free gym membership for women and girls in Hertsmere

    Women and girls living in Bushey and Radlett are being offered a second chance to have a free three month gym membership in a project undertaken by Hertsmere Leisure in partnership with Hertsmere Borough Council. The leisure trust wants to hear

  • Watford consider move for ex-Arsenal midfielder

    The Hornets are considering a move for former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong, the Watford Observer understands. Frimpong is currently unattached after his short-term deal with relegated Barnsley ended. The Golden Boys are keen to add

  • Sun shines on charity fun day in Abbots Langley

    A mother of two from Abbots Langley said "something must have been looking down" favourably on them as the sun shone for a family fun day to raise money for charity on Saturday.  Sian Turnbull, 30, organised the event at Evergreen Football, South

  • Asda staff help to refurbish a Christian community centre

    Managers from Asda at the Dome roundabout in Watford have helped refurbish a Christian community centre in the town. Residents at Betel’s community home in Rickmansworth Road, Watford, raised £3,000 to renovate their home by bag packing at Asda

  • Quiz: How well do you know your town?

    How many people in Holywell are under 16? What proportion of Cassiobury residents own their home? Test your local knowledge with this quiz from the Office of National Statistics. Statistics can give a rich and surprising view of the everyday world

  • Watford reject another Leicester bid for Deeney

    The Hornets have turned down another bid from Leicester City for striker Troy Deeney, which the Watford Observer understands was a £7.5m offer. The Foxes made the second bid after the Golden Boys had previously rejected a £6.5m offer for the 26

  • No let up in Championship as great World Cup unfolded

    So the World Cup is over and Watford fans’ focus now turns to the 2014/15 Championship season. But those who were totally engrossed by the brilliant football spectacle in Brazil have missed a lot. Signings have been completed, squads are being

  • On this date in Watford FC history

    Saturday, June 22, 1922 Geoff Morton was born in Acton, Middlesex. Signed by Eddie Hapgood from Chelmsford City in 1948, Morton was the last line of a defence that earned a club-record eight consecutive league clean sheets the following season

  • July 22, 1960

    Traders and shoppers would be well advised to be on the lookout for forged one pound Treasury notes, five of which have turned up in this area during the past week. Three were handed over to Bushey Police by a motorist who found them on Stanmore