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  • Watford refuse to comment on McKinlay departure claim

    Update: Former Chelsea midfielder Slaviša Jokanović to replace Billy McKinlay as Watford's head coach Watford are refusing to comment tonight on a claim that Billy McKinlay is to leave his post as head coach only a week after taking over from Oscar

  • Lions beat Ballers in entertaining exchange

    The Gary Norman President’s Cup Group B Hertfordshire Lions beat Meriden Ballers 5-3 in an exciting goal-fest yesterday. George Benedetti opened the scoring for Lions with a header early on. Tom Carroll netted the second after half-an-hour

  • Nobody injured as car overturns in South Oxhey

    No injuries were reported after a car overturned in South Oxhey on Friday night. Hertfordshire Constabulary was called to Hayling Road at 11.21pm. When officers arrived they discovered a blue Skoda Fabia had overturned. No other vehicles were

  • Children from Watford school help harvest honey

    Children from a Watford school helped harvest honey from bee hives in Watford on Thursday. A total of 20 "Eco Warriors" from Laurance Haines School, Vicarage Road, helped harvest honey from three bee hives at Croxley Green Business Park.  "

  • Council officers 'secretly cancel' 142 roadwork schemes

    County councillors in Abbots Langley have been left with egg on their faces after a U-turn over which roads are being resurfaced this year. Officers at Hertfordshire County Council failed to inform Leavesden councillors, or people living in the

  • Car crashes into pub and then house in Bushey

    A car crashed into a house in Rudolph Road, Bushey, on Saturday afternoon. The car, a Volkswagen Golf, damaged a fence at the Red Lion public house before crashing into the house opposite.  The police and a structural engineer were called to

  • AUDIO: McKinlay praises outstanding Hornets defence

    Watford restricted Brighton and Hove Albion to just two shots on target in Saturday’s 1-1 draw. Unfortunately one of them led to an equaliser but Hornets head coach Billy McKinlay said his makeshift defence was outstanding. With injuries to Craig

  • Car crashes into house in Bushey

    A structural engineer was called to a house in Bushey after a car crashed into it. Police also attended Rudolph Road in Bushey at 2pm on Saturday. Officers said a Volkswagen Golf had driven through the wall and into the house, causing damage

  • Public workout for Joshua at intu Watford

    Olympic champion and Watford boxer Anthony Joshua returns to his hometown today for a public workout at intu Watford. Joshua is looking to land his first professional title on Saturday when he takes on Denis Bakhtov for the WBC International Heavyweight

  • Permit plans to solve 'parking nightmare' in West Watford

    Council plans to introduce a controlled parking zone on several more streets in West Watford has sparked a "say no" campaign from businesses in the area. Watford Borough Council started the consultation in 2013 following a petition from M/N zone

  • On this date in Watford FC history

    Tuesday, October 6, 1987 With misfiring Trevor Senior rested for the evening, Watford went on an unprecedented goal spree against bottom-of-the-league Darlington in the second leg of a second round League Cup tie at Vicarage Road. Steve Terry

  • October 6, 1967

    Watford is to have its second public statue. The lonely bronze maiden on the Town Hall lawn is to have the distant company of “Man and Woman”, a striking modern sculpture in white Portland stone, on the new landscaping by the Church Street multi-storey