A man has warned that “Watford could become the next Paris” after he filmed bedbugs crawling on his hotel bed. The business consultant, who is also a qualified hotel manager, had booked into the Premier Inn Watford Croxley Green, in Ascot Road,
Watford Under-21s will play their next two home games at Vicarage Road, with free admission for season ticket holders. The first of those games is against Swansea on Tuesday (April 2), at 2pm. Then, on Monday April 8, Hull City will be the
Two Herts Police officers breached standards after over their sexual relationship, a misconduct hearing has concluded. The male and female Police Constables, who have not been named, admitted having sexual activity on three occasions in February
The owner of a Watford restaurant has been jailed for two-and-a-half years over fraudulent use of a Covid bounce-back loan. Ilhan Kekec, of Abbotts Drive, Waltham Abbey, was also banned from being a company director for three years at Isleworth
The excitement was continuing to build 42 years ago this month as Watford’s quest for promotion to the promised land gathered pace with the season entering the closing stretch. The Hornets began March 1982 with a goalless draw at home to Cambridge
A 300-year-old grade II listed building in Watford could soon be back in use as it has gone on the market. Frogmore House, in Lower High Street, underwent a £2 million refurbishment in 2020 before it was put up for sale with a £950,000 guide price
Striker Tobi Adeyemo was back on target as Watford Under-21s made the long trip home from Barnsley this afternoon with all three points thanks to a 2-1 victory. Adeyemo grabbed national media headlines on January 14, 2023, when he scored minutes
UFO hunters in Hertfordshire may have "summoned" a spacecraft as part of a new Amazon Prime documentary on aliens. UFO Encounters of the Fifth Kind, a documentary by award-winning filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee, investigates the so-called CE5 protocols
Luton fans' appeals for Coldplay to switch their lyrics to spite their rivals have been mocked in Watford. When it was announced that the chart-topping band would be headlining Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Stockwood Park, Luton, at the end of May,
Plans to make a Kings Langley road one-way have been scrapped after residents narrowly backed the existing layout. There was a consultation in October on proposals to limit Vicarage Lane to eastbound traffic between the Five Acres and Marwood Close
A video has captured the moment thieves stole an oven from outside a disabled man’s home in Watford. Gavin Rickett, 54, had moved the appliance outside his front door in Tolpits Lane while his kitchen was being renovated. Around two weeks ago
Herts Senior Cup Semi-Final For a third consecutive season, the county’s senior Sunday cup competition will be contested by teams from the Watford Sunday League and the Herts Advertiser League after WD Bushey defeated Lord Haig 5-2 to set up a
A “luxury” care home which boasts an in-house cinema is set to be unveiled next month. Carpenders Park Care Home, in Oxhey Lane, is already welcoming residents after opening on March 18 and will hold an official launch event between 10am and 4pm
The Co-operative Bank has said it plans to cut around 400 jobs, more than one in 10 of its workforce, as part of plans to slash costs. The bank said that it was embarking on a consultation and restructure which will lead to a net reduction of 12%
Herts Police have released a photo of a man they want to contact in relation to alleged shoplifting in Rickmansworth. A suspect entered the BP petrol station in Uxbridge Road at around 4.05pm on Thursday, March 21, and left without paying for £80
A major pizza chain is set to close in Watford alongside 42 other locations across the UK. Papa Johns has confirmed the locations of 43 UK restaurants it will shut within the next two months. The list of confirmed locations comes after the
Six points from safety with only 12 left to play for – and next up for Watford Women is a home game at Vicarage Road. If the situation wasn’t hard enough, then hosting Championship leaders Sunderland on Sunday afternoon is about as difficult as
Meet the family running Watford’s new cafe serving up traditional Portuguese food. Iberia Lounge, at 85 Queen's Road, opened on December 23 and is run by the Carvalho family hailing from Barcelos in north Portugal. It has been set up by couple
Watford High Street will be the subject of a new exhibition taking place in the town. 'Back in time with Watford High Street' will offer visitors a trip into the history of the town's main shopping street. This engaging presentation, made possible
Over the last two years hotels in the UK have seen a 278 per cent increase in the levels of bed bugs but 2024 is set to be the worst yet according to recent research. A bed bug outbreak in Paris made national headlines at the back end of 2023
