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Storey Court fire started accidentally by workmen

Storey Court blaze raging

12:20pm Friday 25th May 2012

A fire that ripped through the roof of sheltered accommodation in Bushey was accidentally caused by plumbers replacing heating and hot water boilers, a report has concluded.

Free Watford health checks to battle dog obesity epidemic

Free Watford health checks to battle dog obesity epidemic

11:30am Friday 25th May 2012

Dogwalkers in Watford will be able to get free health checks for their pets as part of a new scheme to combat the obesity epidemic afflicting the nation’s canine population.

Have you got a Big Idea?

Have you got a Big Idea?

11:00am Friday 25th May 2012

WATFORD is a great place in which to live, work and socialise, but the town’s MP Richard Harrington has had an idea, and it’s turning into a Big Idea.

CAB and Trading Standards unite to fight mass market scams

10:20am Friday 25th May 2012

Watford CAB and Hertfordshire Trading Standards are urging scam victims to speak out to help stop the ever-growing wave of con artists during May: Scams Awareness Month.

South Oxhey fire raiser's jail sentence cut on appeal

9:20am Friday 25th May 2012

A fire raiser who set ablaze seven rubbish bins while drunk and depressed has had his sentence cut by a third in London’s Appeal Court.

Homelessness charity launched new crisis line

8:55am Friday 25th May 2012

The homelessness charity Watford New Hope Trust (WNHT) is launching a new crisis service on Monday.

Abbots Langley pub applies for permission to build extension

5:34pm Thursday 24th May 2012

An Abbots Langley pub is applying for planning permission to make significant changes inside and outside.

Three schools clinch government re-building cash

5:00pm Thursday 24th May 2012

Schools in Watford and Kings Langley will be rebuilt after successfully bidding for funding.

Watford schoolgirl becomes one of youngest qualified scuba divers in the world

Ella-Marie Lopez - at ten years old one of the youngest qualified scuba divers in the world

4:52pm Thursday 24th May 2012

A ten-year-old girl from Watford is one of the youngest people in the world to become a qualified scuba diver.

New leader for Watford Labour group

Councillor Nigel Bell

4:56pm Thursday 24th May 2012

Watford Borough Council’s Labour group has a new head after its former leader and deputy leader decided to swap places.

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