If you make jewellery, accessories, cards, homeware, pictures, postcards – anything crafty or homemade – and are looking for a regular place to sell your wares, then New Watford Market is looking for you. Starting on June 7, the market will become
Watford will unveil their home kit for the 2015/2016 Premier League season on Friday. The Hornets will launch the new strip at 1.38pm which will then be available to buy in-store and online. Betting company 138.com remain the club’s shirt sponsor
The county’s “expensive” mobile library is being axed with a council looking to expand its home delivery service and save £2.5m a year. Hertfordshire County Council will put the brakes on the mobile library, which it says costs three times as much
Fire crews put out a small kitchen fire in St Albans Road this afternoon. Crews from Watford and Garston were called to attend the fire at 4.22pm which started in a domestic kitchen above Clay Pot Asian Street Food takeaway. The road was closed
A man was smashed over the head with a bottle after “mass brawl” in a Rickmansworth pub. Witnesses took to social media to say there was a “mass brawl” at The Pennsylvanian in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police confirmed they were called
An animal blessing service will take place at St Michael and All Angels Church, in Mildred Avenue, Watford, on Sunday, May 31, at 3pm. All animals and their people are welcome, as are people without animals. Those with timid animals are advised
Motorists travelling towards a major junction in Rickmansworth could face delays as BT repairs one of its telephone poles. The phone provider will be repairing a telephone pole in Harefield Road and workmen are due to start at the site near the
Schoolchildren took on the Elected Mayor of Watford at the launch of an innovative new fitness initiative. Mayor Dorothy Thornhill and pupils from Laurance Haines Primary School tried out the Beat The Street ‘game’ which was unveiled today.
A teenager from South Oxhey has been chosen as a patron for a charity after taking up singing to help him overcome bullying. Ryan Wiggins, 14, has Asperger’s and took up singing, along with writing his own songs and playing the guitar. He has gone
A grandmother who has dementia felt "emotional" after her sons and their friends completed a charity bike ride in Mallorca to raise money for research. Daniel Frankel-Pollen, of Aldenham Road, Radlett, and Simon Frankel-Pollen, of Alexandra Park
The Five Ways Friends group in Watford and Three Rivers is celebrating its first anniversary by inviting older residents to join them for a taste of the Five Ways Friends club experience. At the Anniversary Taster Week, members of Five Ways Friends
Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes has signed a new three-year contract with the Hornets. The Brazilian joined the Golden Boys last summer on an initial one-year deal but has penned a new contract which will keep him at Vicarage Road until 2018.
A Watford day centre hosted a community lunch as part of national dementia week. Guests to the Victoria House event spent time with the day centre's service users and enjoyed a sit down lunch. The centre's Nemo Singhvvi said: "When someone
Elderly residents of Watford housing association bungalows "broke down in tears" at the prospect of losing their homes in a new 32-flat development. Watford Community Housing Trust propose knocking down 10 bungalows in Hemming Way, in the Leavesden
A 13-year-old boy was taken to hospital after a "horrific" collision in Rickmansworth on Sunday. Emergency services were called to Uxbridge Road on Sunday afternoon after an accident involving a 13-year-old boy and a Fiat 500. One witness said
Virgin Trains has cancelled all of its services on Monday and Tuesday due to proposed strike action by union members. All Virgin services in and out of Watford Junction on the West Coast Mainline have been put on hold due to the planned industrial
Businesses in Dacorum can now seek the support they may need through the council's new live chat system free of charge. Dacorum Borough Council has teamed up with award-winning online business support service My Incubator Ventures, and businesses
A free music project is launching for young people in Abbots Langley. Supported by Youth Connexions, the Music Box is giving young people aged 14-19 the opportunity to work with a professional musician for eight weeks, where they can try their
A professional cook has sort to inspire the next generation of masterchefs at a Watford primary school by teaching the children how to make a posh three course meal. Chef Danny Walsh visited Knutsford School, in Balmoral Road, on Friday to show
Members of the Watford Floral Society have won a gold medal at Chelsea Flower Show for a "wow-factor" pedestal arrangement. Stanborough Park Church's flower arranger Audrey Balderstone, along with her friend and colleague Geoff Fox were presented
The infection rate at West Herts hospitals has fallen over the last five years according to new figures. Hospital chiefs say the results at the hospitals in Watford, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead are reflective of improved processes for cleaning
A familiar face in Abbots Langley has been elected as the new chairman of the parish council. Councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst, who was re-elected to the parish council to represent Leavesden ward in the council elections, will do a second term
There is a misconception among some Watford fans that Lloyd Dyer was a hugely disruptive influence during his time at Vicarage Road but Troy Deeney wants to put the record straight. Dyer turned down a one-year contract extension with Premier League
Women fighting dirty for Cancer Research UK took part in a new mud-filled challenge in Kings Langley at the weekend. Over 1,600 women gathered in Phasels Wood on Saturday, May 16 to take part in the charity’s new Race for Life Event, Pretty Muddy
A plaque commemorating the efforts of the late Alf Kelly in establishing the Watford Council for Voluntary Service and his voluntary work for the people of the town - which resulted in his award of an MBE from the Queen - was presented to his daughter
Hornets goalkeeper Jonathan Bond has been named in the provisional England Under-21 squad for this summer’s European Championship finals. The 22-year-old, who has been capped six times by England at under-21 level, made only six appearances for
Burglars smashed glass to gain entry into two Radlett homes say police. The first break-in happened between 4am on Thursday, May 14 and 12.40pm on Monday, May 18 in The Ridgeway. The thieves gained entry to the house by smashing the glass in
Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing Watford man. Thirty-one year old Samuel Brett was last seen in the early hours of Saturday, May 16 in central Watford. Mr Brett is described as white, around 5ft 10ins tall
X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson brought the curtain down on Watford’s Big Summer Sounds music festival. The talent show’s 2010 runner up gave a sultry rendition of Billie Holiday classics to close the free event in The Parade on Sunday. Other
Herts fire services were called to a car fire early this morning. A neighbour called 999 after seeing the Toyota well alight in Springfield Road, Watford at 5am. It took 30 minutes for the fire crew to extinguish the fire. They are now investigating
Garden designers from Bushey have won a bronze medal at an annual flower show. Patricia Thirion and Janet Honour entered their Magna Carta inspired garden in the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show. Ms Thirion, of Merry Hill Road
Teenage secretary Stephanie Pettitt looks all set to enter the record books – she writes shorthand faster than most people talk. Stephanie, 19, who lives in Stanbury Avenue, Watford, recently picked up a certificate for writing at 190 words per
