Save Farm Terrace campaigners are petitioning the Government to give more protection to allotments. Watford’s Sara Jane Trebar, who has led the fight to stop Watford’s historic Farm Terrace allotments being built on in the Health Campus plan, started
Meteorites and samples of moon rocks landed in Rickmansworth last week, giving pupils the chance to touch a piece of Space. Pupils at Rickmansworth School, Park Road, were able look at and touch hand-sized meteorites during a week-long visit of
Detectives have released images of jewellery stolen during a burglary in Rickmansworth. Hertfordshire Constabulary was called to a property in Uxbridge Road after a break-in on Sunday, January 25. Officers said a two piece chain, two personalised
A homeless charity is still £10,000 short of saving its Transition Service – which has been called “‘vital to the dynamics of Watford”. As the WO reported in December, Watford New Hope could be forced to axe its Transition Service in May unless
A water company has apologised after a burst water pipe in Chorleywood. Affinity Water carried out emergency repairs today after a pipe burst in Rickmansworth Road yesterday evening. Engineers from the Rickmansworth-based water company carried
Watford’s Parade and market is to be turned into a romantic foodie haven to celebrate Valentine’s Day as part of the Big Events series. On Friday, February 13, from 5pm to 8pm, the New Watford Market will be open for dinner and drinks, with entertainment
FILM OF THE WEEK SELMA (12A, 128 mins) Drama/Romance. David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey, Alessandro Nivola, Common, Dylan Baker. Director: Ava DuVernay. Released: February 6 (UK & Ireland
A drama group from Kings Langley are proud to present their upcoming show The Pajama Game, from the novel 7 1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell. Kings Langley Light Opera Company will be performing the musical at the Community Centre in The Nap, Kings
Watford Chess Club’s Dhruv Radhakrishnan and Kian Shah tied for first place in the Under-8 category at the South of England Junior Championships. A third Watford youngster, Michael Lee, finished fourth in the championship but it was Radhakrishnan
A Watford taxi driver who helped his jihadi cousin back into the UK has today been sentenced to 21 months in prison. Tahir Bhatti, from Clarke Way, admitted driving his terrorist cousin Imran Khawaja from Bulgaria back to the UK in June 2014.
A motion to remove the Christmas tree in Croxley Green has been thrown out by parish councillors. Councillors Frank Brand and Robert Ridley jointly presented a motion to remove the Christmas tree, which is positioned outside Croxley Green Library
A warning has been issued to all dog walkers in the Kings Langley area by Kings Langley Parish Council. A message was posted around the village this week making dog walkers aware of an incident, which happened on Tuesday, February 3, when a dog
More than 160 school and college students marked Holocaust Memorial Day at an event hosted by Watford Synagogue. Year nine to 13 pupils from Watford Boys’ Grammar, Watford Girls’ Grammar, Hemel Hempstead School and Cavendish School, Hemel Hempstead
Evergreen Ladies hit Kings Langley for eight on Saturday, with Natalie Maher scoring a hat-trick in an 8-1 win. Louisa Johnson gave Evergreen an early lead before Becks Freeman doubled up with a fine lob. Pagie Lacey-Akers and a brace from
Fullerians secured a bonus-point 28-5 win against Welwyn to extend their lead at the top of London North West Three on Saturday. In a clash of first versus second, neither side gave an inch in a free flowing encounter. It was the visitors who
IT is years ago since we wrestled with the problems of choosing a name for the imminent baby. In fact it was so many years ago, although post-Tudor England, that actually we did not know the sex of the imminent arrival until it popped out. So we had
How often have you checked your phone today? How many times have you looked at your emails, or looked at the news, or maybe checked your Facebook page? The answer, I suspect, is more than you might be happy with. For many of us, smartphones
Students from Bushey and Radlett have reached the finals of the nationwide CIPS 2015 Negotiation Challenge. Adam Dullop, 17 from Radlett and Lewis Silver, 19, from Bushey are part of a talented team of up-and-coming entrepreneurs from Amersham
VIOLA AND ORCHESTRA Joe Bronstein and Watford Symphony Orchestra Clarendon Muse, Saturday 24 January, 2015 Because the opera Hansel and Gretel is based on a fairy tale, it is often felt to be suitable for children as an introduction to
Back in the mid 1930s, the Watford Observer ran a series of articles based on an old London and Birmingham Railway Guide which had been published more than 80 years previously. Now, I know many people will see the word “railways” and think I’m going
A 26-year-old man has been jailed for his part in the high value, daring and audacious smash and grab raid on three jewellers at intu Watford last August. Gheorghe Cretu, of no fixed address, helped pull off one of the biggest and most elaborate
Slavisa Jokanovic admits he is not especially happy with Watford’s failure to sign a centre-back and midfielder before the January transfer window closed. The Hornets head coach had expressed on numerous occasions he wanted to add another centre
The Hornets’ former head of medical Richard Collinge is set to return to club, the Watford Observer understands. The highly-regarded Collinge spent nine years at Vicarage Road before following Malky Mackay to Cardiff City in 2011. He joined
Watford-born Steve Easterbrook was announced as McDonald's new president and chief executive last week, and members of West Herts Cricket Club remember his time playing for the team. Mr Easterbrook was a member of the club for many years, according
Organisers of a new, weekly running event in Aldenham Country Park are looking for volunteers. The free, 5km timed runs, organised by Parkrun UK, are one of the health initiatives funded by Hertsmere Borough Council's public health fund. It
Watford demolished bottom of the league Ickenham 51-0 to secure a play-off spot in Herts/Middlesex Two on Saturday. The signs were ominous from the outset for the hosts when lock Dave Kingsford showed a clear pair of heels to score a superb early
A resident in Bovingdon has been investigating land ownership of an alleyway after public access was denied by the tenants living next to it. According to the resident, who wished to stay anonymous, the problem regarding the alleyway, which is
Northwood Through Time, by Eileen M Bowlt, is the latest in the popular nostalgia series from Amberley Publishing that takes a look at local areas as they once looked and as they look now. The book contains a fascinating selection of photographs
North London’s Pete Firman was given a magic set by his mum when he was an eight-year-old lad in Middlesborough and proceeded to wow his friends and family with his amazing cigarette trick. Now the 34-year-old star of The Magicians is coming to Radlett
Lloyd Daniels, the former X Factor contestant and the current star of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, has got where he is today thanks to his innate singing talent and his own hard work. But there are also three people without whose help
Three people have been taken to hospital after a kitchen fire in Oxhey Hall. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue was called to a semi-detached house in Hillcroft Crescent at 11.21pm last night and found the kitchen alight. But three people, a man
Dozens of people on Facebook have changed their profile picture in support of brave Brooke Cornwell who is in a critical condition in intensive care. The nine-year-old is one of just 125 people across the UK born with Diamond Blackfan Anaemia,
Watford are expected to get their promotion challenge back on track with three points against Blackburn Rovers tomorrow. The Hornets were harshly treated at Bournemouth last week after a first-minute red card scuppered their hopes but the bookies
Three new information boards will be unveiled at Chorleywood Common next week. Chorleywood Parish Council will be installing the information boards, which have been funded by the Heritage Lottery and organised by The Chiltern Conservation Board
“Growing old is Compulsory, growing up is Optional” so said comedian Bob Monkhouse and I’m so glad to have grown up in the generation that I did. There was no benefit system, no washing machines or dish washers and owning a car was a luxury, and
Hornets striker Odion Ighalo has surprisingly missed out on the Championship player of the month award for January with Middlesbrough’s Lee Tomlin receiving the honour. The Nigerian striker struck seven times in four games last month and averaged
Startled passengers at Watford Junction narrowly escaped injury this week when a huge slab of tiling smashed to the floor from the subway wall. Now they are calling for urgent repairs to the station beforer someone is seriously hurt. One man
