Watford Harriers boasted a number of impressive finishes at the Herts with Middlesex County Veterans Cross Country Championships. Julian Critchlow finished second in the V40 8,000m race with a time of 30.12, winning the V50 title. Paul Edwards
It’s "not an impossible ambition" Watford’s new Health Campus could be built in seven years, according to hospital chiefs. The "struggling" NHS trust in charge of the hospitals at Watford, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead is due to finish the financial
A 23-year-old man from South Oxhey will appear at court next month after being charged with threatening to destroy or damage a property. Aaron Tucker of Otley Way will appear at St Albans Magistrates Court on Tuesday, April 7. He was charged
Pre-schoolers at Busy Bees nursery in Watford have taken part in an Enormous Crocodile Workshop with members of Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity. After being read an animated version of the tale of a greedy croc, who enjoys nothing more
Last month, we republished an excellent poem which Barbara Murray from Lancashire had written in 1970 to celebrate Watford FC’s FA Cup win against Liverpool that year. The Hornets won 1-0 thanks to a spectacular diving header from Barry Endean.
Two primary schools from the Watford area have qualified for the Hertfordshire School Games finals rugby competition after coming out on top against 19 other schools at Fullerians Rugby Club. St Paul’s Church of England School ran out Three Rivers
Given their form against the top eight Championship sides this season it came as little surprise when one journalist described Watford as flat-track bullies after Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to Ipswich Town. A quick glance at the Hornets’ results this
Each week we delve deep into our archives to bring you a selection of images taken in and around Watford by our staff photographers throughout the decades. We would love to hear from you if you are in any of these pictures. This week we take you back
AFTER our Christmas visit, we came back to the UK in mid-January to celebrate a friend’s 50th birthday. We organised our trip so as to return to France with our newly-purchased (and insured) car, and also for Ellie to receive some dental treatment.
A controversial claim the council could be landed with a bill of up to £2.5 million to clear contaminated land in Carpenders Park has been rejected by a senior council official. The claim emerged during a Three Rivers District Council meeting last
Captain Henry Hindley led from the front as Rickmansworth School beat St Joan of Arc 29-17 in dramatic fashion to retain the Chess Cup on Wednesday. A last-gasp try 12 months ago meant Rickmansworth went into the tenth annual meeting of the two
Improvement works totalling £114,000 have just been completed on the Grand Union Canal in Watford. The work, which has been carried out over the winter months by the Canal & River Trust, forms part of the charity’s major five-month £45 million
Winning your first professional fight would by most people’s definition be cause for raucous celebration. Not so Dave Abraham, who was in church the day after triumphing in his first bout. The 29-year-old from Watford made light work of Moses Matovu
It’s time, once again, to throw the Nostalgia pages open to you, our readers all over the globe, and we’ll begin with the Watford Junction to Euston Overground railway line. You may recall that earlier this month, I republished details of a competition
John Salomon is hoping for a record-breaking crowd tomorrow (Saturday) when Watford Ladies host Aston Villa at Vicarage Road for the first time. With the Hornets’ first team not in action due to the international break, the ladies will take centre
Tommie Hoban captained Republic of Ireland Under-21s to a 1-0 victory over Andorra last night as Noel King’s side got their European Championship qualifying campaign off to a winning start in Waterford. Having been deployed at left-back or left
Matthew Connolly says Watford first tried to sign him on loan from Cardiff City in January but he is delighted to have returned home to join the Hornets’ promotion bid. The 27-year-old surprisingly completed his temporary switch to Vicarage Road
A mother is running her first marathon in memory of her friend who died of bowel cancer. Jane Bennett, who lives in Radlett, will take on the Virgin Money London marathon next month to raise money for Beating Bowel Cancer. The 49-year-old decided
The chairman of the trust that oversees Watford General and St Albans City hospitals is to stand down. Mahdi Hasan has announced he is moving to Scotland to be closer to his family and will be standing down as chairman of West Hertfordshire Hospitals
Firefighters were called to Rickmansworth last night after smoke was discovered in an office building kitchen. Fire crews from Rickmansworth and Watford were called to Swan House, formerly known as Comet House, at 12.39am after smoke was seen in
Kings Langley's lead at the Premier Division summit was stretched to 13 points this week as they picked up maximum points whilst those beneath them faltered. Ritchie Hanlon and Paul Hughes’ side also have a game in hand on Sun Sports and AFC Dunstable
A family from Bushey will be appearing in a brand new quiz show on sky1. The show, titled Relatively Clever, will be aired on Friday, April 3 at 8pm and will feature the Ferro family, of School Lane. It is part of sky1's new quiz strand that
It’s Friday already, grab the chocolate digestives, and pull up a chair. There seems to be an enormous amount of doom and gloom around at the moment so with that in mind, I thought I would concentrate this weeks main feature on something light hearted
Watford defender Joel Ekstrand is unlikely to play again this year after damaging the cruciate ligament in his left knee. The 26-year-old suffered the injury during the Hornets’ 1-0 defeat to Ipswich Town on Saturday when attempting a challenge
In the last 12 months, 5,723 aliens registered in Hertfordshire. Of these, 1,135 were Italian, 1,025 Polish, 902 German, 362 Hungarian, 344 American and 259 Spanish. Of the rest, there were 57 Russians (but only three from the USSR), ten Chinese
