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left to right – Chief Constable Charlie Hall, Police and Crime Commissioner David Lloyd and Rural Sergeant Jamie Bartlett.

Senior police officers quizzed on rural crime

Church to host Christmas market fundraiser

Review: Discover the oldest hotel in Cambridge

Patient left waiting two years for operation says it is 'ridiculous' to fine hospital over waiting time targets

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New post office is open eight 'til eight, seven days a week

Parents say final goodbye to Nascot Lawn

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Are house prices going to rise or fall?

Travel review: Planters Inn, Savannah

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Watford teenager murdered in Cambridge

Watch: the moment the intu centre's Christmas lights were turned on

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MP backs Prime Minister's Brexit deal but other parties reject it

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What's on in Watford this weekend, 17th and 18th November 2018

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Volunteers full steam ahead with community clean-up

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County council annual budget savings 'misleading'

Two arrested after tip-off

Crash on M1 causes delays for commuters

Evening update: Broken down car causes rush hour delays on M25

Teenagers appear in court

Deadline for Local Plan consultation extended two weeks

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Town remembers those who made ultimate sacrifice

Promotion-winning goalkeeper dies aged 87

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Ticket office closure met with overwhelming resistance

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Appeal for key witness after women racially abused

Supermarket raises money for Children in Need

Events to enjoy this Christmas

Watford Mayor highlights campaign to prevent shop worker abuse

Patients asked to buy their own painkillers before operations

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Roads to avoid this morning

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Lifetime achievement award for hospice volunteer

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Police called to station after man 'seen with knife' was chased away

Event will help keep the tools in your van safe

Armed Forces supporter to take on Himalayan challenge

Shop raided overnight

Community centre scores grassroots boost with new initiative

Tattoo scoops 'best' award in show

Primary school need your votes to win cash for new equipment

Man reported missing found safe and well

Plans for fire and rescue service 'inadequate'

Hospital trust fined £500,000 a month over waiting times

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MP hosts online Q & A

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Have your say on how council spends your money

Plaques unveiled bearing the names of 1,429 servicemen who died during the war

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Evening update: Vehicle fire and collapsed manhole cover to watch out for

Taxi driver not 'fit and proper person' to hold licence

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Admission arrangements and pupil numbers could change at some schools - here's how

Man left with facial injuries after attack

Wallet stolen from office building

Swans decapitated in spate of horrific killings

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Burglars steal safe

Chain to open this week and will be giving away the first 50 pizzas for free

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Morning update: A10 reopens after fatal crash

New novel puts a dark spin on the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale

Weather, traffic and tube info on a miserable Monday afternoon

Plane crash that killed student pilot was 'accident'

NHS bosses respond to 'inaccurate' letter about Nascot Lawn closure

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Community hold special parade and service for fallen

Letter: How the EU works

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Anti-bullying week 2018: everything you need to know

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'She is a beautiful lady' - Vanessa 'braves the shave' for best friend

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Have you seen him?

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Mother at boiling point after being left with no kitchen for seven months

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Air ambulance £10m pledge 'good news' - but 'no guarantee'

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Letter: Put a curb on gambling

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Court lists 12th-25th October 2018

New health group helping to tackle 'life purpose'

Morning update: Road and rail issues

Winners - The number one spots in town for a number two

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Armistice centenary: How Watford celebrated the end of WWI

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Letter: Keep street lights on

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Armistice centenary: How Watford recovered from the war

Armistice Centenary: Memories of a gardener during WWI

Mayor cuts ribbon on new £100,000 facility

Sport

Success helps Nigeria qualify

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Pereyra remains on the bench as Argentina win

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Wallace stays firmly in the hunt in Dubai

Cathcart helps Northern Ireland keep clean sheet

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Doucoure: Capoue partnership took time to develop

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Superb Wallace leads by one in Dubai

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Sport

VAR set to be introduced in Premier League

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Gracia: Deeney return important for Watford

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Latest Tales from the Vicarage on sale now

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Record crowd raises thousands at Remembrance Day game

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Fine finish gets Wallace off to a good start

Under-18s enjoy double-figure success

Promotion-winning goalkeeper dies aged 87

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Bushey move level in second

Rovers open up six-point advantage

LOAN WATCH: Bachmann on song in rare run out

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All eyes on Liverpool, says Holebas

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Jokanovic sacked by Fulham

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Dinnage is Premier League's new boss

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Kewell sacked by County

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FA aims to limit overseas players with Brexit plan

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Host of Hornets set for international action

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Unicorn show battling qualities again

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National sport

Santos felt Portugal deserved draw that secured Nations League progression

Alex McLeish wants to hear Hampden roar for Nations League decider

Harry Kane has sights set on Wayne Rooney’s England record

Southgate will let England’s football do the talking at Wembley

Claudio Ranieri excited about challenge that lies ahead at Fulham

All Blacks boss Hansen calls Ireland World Cup favourites

Alexander Zverev says sorry after controversial win over Roger Federer

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Watford FC News

Gracia: Capoue among Premier League's best midfielders

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Chalobah bemoans 'bizarre' penalty decision

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RATINGS: Hornets forced to battle for Saints points

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Gracia: 'I didn't see the penalty...but Chalobah told me it was clear'

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Controversy surrounds Hornets draw at St Mary's

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RELIVE: Holebas earns Hornets a point at St Mary's

Deeney and Success can form partnership, says Gracia

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Nostalgia

Nostalgia: Complaints about too much sex and violence in entertainment in November 1971

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Nostalgia: Town switches to six-day shopping week in November 1970

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Nostalgia: School stands empty after 100 years in October 1969

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Nostalgia: Town responds to new drink driving laws in October 1967

Nostalgia: Watford is changed forever as demolition of the High Street begins in September 1965

Nostalgia: Watford's printing reputation takes a blow in September 1964

Our history: The events that shaped Watford

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Interviews

Meet the stars of this year's panto

Meet the five-time gold Chelsea Flower Show winning designer

New British film is ‘a brutish statement on economic inequality’

The ‘birthplace of modern stationery’

Get to know the bands playing at the first Cool Britannia Festival

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National news

Lord Lester hopes decision to block suspension ‘means the end of my ordeal’

What the papers say – November 18

Students could be charged 20% more per year for accelerated degree courses

Surge in number of solicitors withdrawing from legal aid rota

Brexit plan means long-term economic uncertainty – Nicola Sturgeon

Consultation to consider tighter restrictions on fireworks

Raab accuses PM of failing to stand up to ‘Brexit bullies’ in Brussels

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