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  • Man stabbed three times in Watford released from hospital

    A man who was stabbed three times in Watford town centre yesterday has been released from hospital, police said. The man in his forties was found slumped near a bike rack in Queen’s Road at 2.52pm on Wednesday after being stabbed twice in the upper

  • Inquest: Watford man died in Ireland from heart failure

    A Watford man died from sudden heart failure in Ireland, an inquest was told. John Parrott of Halsey Road, died on May 18 at St James's Hospital in Dublin. Hertfordshire's Senior Coroner Edward Thomas ruled the 70-year-old died of natural causes

  • Brothers bike to Berlin in RBL charity challenge

    Intrepid brothers cycled through some of the world’s most historic war memorials to raise money for fallen soldiers. Jonny Ellis, of Whitehall Road, Harrow, and his older brother Chris Ellis, of west Watford, spent three weeks cycling from London

  • Who was your man-of-the-match against Forest?

    Some of Watford's attacking play during the first half of yesterday's match with Nottingham Forest was scintillating and it resulted in several fine attacking performances. But who was your stand-out performer for the Hornets? Matej Vydra looks

  • HIGHLIGHTS: Hornets' 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest

    Watch highlights of Watford's 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest here. The video is via Watford's YouTube channel. To watch the controversial incident involving Matej Vydra and Michael Mancienne, which could have led to the Forest centre-back

  • New kit for roller hockey club after donation

    A roller hockey club in Rickmansworth is celebrating after officially unveiling their new kit. A donation from the North Watford Masonic Lodge and sponsorship from Cafe Amici, Baldwins Lane, has allowed Rickmansworth Roller Hockey Club to buy new

  • New Harry Potter 'dark arts' area at Warner Bros

    A new Dark Arts area encompassing Horcruxes and other sinister wizarding artifacts has been unveiled by Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter. In what is the Studio Tour's first permanent addition since opening, visitors

  • Bushey care home plan thrown out by council chiefs

    Plans to build a care home for the elderly in Bushey have been thrown out by council bosses – to the delight of campaigners. Hertsmere Borough Council’s Planning Committee rejected an application for a three storey 2,500sq metre care home that

  • On this date in Watford FC history

    Saturday, October 22, 1887 Watford Rovers recorded their first FA Cup victory against Chesham at Rose & Crown Meadow, Walter Coles amongst the scorers in a 3-1 victory. Chesham had 'won' the tie at their own ground a week earlier, but had

  • October 22, 1974

    Rocketing crime figures and a tendency towards public disorder which the chief of Hertfordshire’s seriously under-strength police force describes as “disturbing”, are certainly reflected in the situation in “C” Division, said Watford deputy police