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Police are investigating an alleged stabbing at the Warner Bros studios

Crew member 'stabbed' on Warner Bros studio set

Tennis triumph for former Bond stuntman

Education minster full of praise for schools in Watford

New panto revealed six months before Christmas - and it features an EastEnders star

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Flytippers dumped this pile of rubbish because 'all the waste sites were shut'

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Police appeal for witnesses to bus crash

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Letter: England made Shakespeare, but the Bible made England

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Meet boy, 11, who has given up presents all his life to help others

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Hertfordshire residents are 'safe, satisfied, and saving money'

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Maternity ward put on lockdown as a precaution

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Theatre company goes on tour with two new shows

This community hero teaches disadvantaged people how to live independently

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Torrential rain and thunderstorm warning issued

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Job losses expected at ASOS centre

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Watford man organises protest against decision to scrap free TV licences for over-75s

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Letter: Turn to the Bible for moral lessons

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Power cut in parts of Watford - this is when you can expect power to be restored

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Youths on bikes believed to be responsible for tree vandalism

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Crash witness describes how he held hand of woman killed by bus

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Orchestra ends season with a celebration of British music

Walkabout sickness outbreak was norovirus

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John McDonnell on Watford FC and companies paying all staff a living wage

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Raiders blasted cash machine with gas canister

Your pictures and video of the Red Arrows - including from inside the cockpit

Letter: A radical overhaul is needed to prevent climate breakdown

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Two charged with assault in this week's court lists

Updated

Missing teenager safely found

Broken down vehicle and heavy congestion on M25

Will 'voluntary pledge' put pressure on housebuilders to end leasehold rip offs?

Amazing sights as Red Arrows fly over Hertfordshire

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Lucy Bee on how she overcame challenges to set up her own business

The day Jack Lemmon was an extra at Sir Laurence Olivier's memorial service

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Letter: Images of refurbished Watford General Hospital are misleading

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Chocolates and cake for staff at care home

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Eager beavers have signed up, but now they need adults to help run group

Nostalgia: World Cup and Queen's Jubilee give people a reason to celebrate in June 2002

A Channel 5 show is looking for ill-behaved dogs in Hertfordshire

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Woman involved in collision with bus has died

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Pedestrian 'caught under bus' in Rickmansworth town centre

Big Bandstand returns with free music in Cassiobury Park every Sunday

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Art lover inspired to open her own gallery

Super smart family to go head-to-head with other brainiacs in new TV quiz show

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Lessons to be learned after baby drowned in bath

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Trains on the move again after emergency services called to train station

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We may soon get Sausage McMuffins after 10.30am as McDonald's trials new breakfast hours

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Herts will need new 'super site' tips and recycling centres to cope with future demand

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Hospital meeting a 'total sham' but NHS groups stick by 'realistic' £350m investment plans

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Ambulance service staff win landmark holiday pay case

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Council underspends - then cannot agree how to use the money it has saved

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What's on in Watford this weekend, 15th and 16th June, 2019

Letter: Even 'healthy' products can be high in sugar

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How your MP voted in the Tory leadership contest

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Morning update: Travel and the weather outlook for today and the weekend

Time to nominate the people who make Watford a better place

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Mayor: Time for talking is over - we need to get behind hospital improvement plans

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ATM ripped from wall as Co-op targeted again

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Food & Drink Week returns with a host of fantastic deals

Three keyless cars stolen from driveways

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Watford MP visits care home which was threatened with closure

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M&S staff make over care home garden

The room that helps children with autism watch live football

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Honour for councillor who set out to inspire women from all backgrounds

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Letter: Watford's traffic problem is the elephant in the room

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Herts and north London Tory MPs vote for new party leader - recap

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Broken down lorry gridlocks traffic on M25 clockwise

Stores to close and jobs to go as fashion empire strikes new deal

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British strawberries could be a rarity next year due to Brexit

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Call for CCTV cameras after small trees are vandalised again

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Fans invited to redesign Watford crest

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intu Watford shopping centre opens 'man cave' to celebrate Father's Day

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Road accident causes severe traffic delays on M1 between Watford and Bricket Wood

Passenger reveals why he thinks driver kicked people off bus

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Sport

Todibo unlikely to join Watford

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Cathcart honoured by award

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Lukebakio: 'I'm worth 20 million'

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Wallace targets repeat performance in Germany but has major focus

Weather ends run-chase hopes at Radlett

Watford to play pre-season friendly at home in August

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Sport

Three Watford fans arrested for racially related incidents in four year period

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Watford make contact with PSV midfielder's agent

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Draw on cards as Finn claims first five-for of season

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Centuries put Middlesex in charge at Radlett

Bomber looking forward to bear-pit battle

Jokanovic to manage in Qatar

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Lukebakio plays in Euro defeat

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REPORTS: Watford want Craig Dawson

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Watford step up preparations for next season

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Wallace moves top of Race to Dubai rankings

More Radlett delight for Robson

REPORTS: Gueye to sign before leaving on loan

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Wallace fights back to stay in US Open hunt

How to submit your design for a new Watford badge

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Wallace moves into US Open contention

Prime have no plans to end free trials

Sportsbet.io become Hornets' new main sponsors

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National sport

Lionesses primed to attack in last 16 – Neville

Shelley Kerr: Scotland feel very hard done by

Geraint Thomas confident he will be able to defend his Tour de France title

England stay perfect as Ellen White double downs Japan

Scotland pay penalty as Argentina comeback ends World Cup campaign

New Zealand will learn from South Africa performance – Kane Williamson

Feliciano Lopez ‘absolutely denies’ match-fixing link ahead of Murray match-up

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Watford FC News

Gracia raring to go again

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Updated

Brighton at home on first day for Watford

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Updated

Cathcart pens new four year deal

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Fluminense president wants to review Joao Pedro deal

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Cathcart helps Northern Ireland to clean sheet

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Fans invited to redesign Watford crest

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Leaked photo claims to show opening day fixtures

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Nostalgia

Nostalgia: World Cup and Queen's Jubilee give people a reason to celebrate in June 2002

Nostalgia: Fans pay tribute to retiring football manager Graham Taylor in June 2001

Nostalgia: Watford Springs faces threat of closure in May 2000

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Nostalgia: Football fever takes over Watford in May 1999

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Nostalgia: Hornets fans celebrate championship win in May 1998

Nostalgia: Elton John returns as Watford Football Club chairman in May 1997

Nostalgia: Plans for brewing to return to Watford in May 1996

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Interviews

Lucy Bee on how she overcame challenges to set up her own business

Bestselling children's author on her writing inspiration, her new book series and working with Hollywood

Rock star returns to the stage for new UK tour

Jools Holland promises surprises at new music festival

Strictly Come Dancing duo’s movie-inspired new show

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National news

Butlin’s ‘bar fight’ leaves man dead

David Gilmour to donate guitar auction proceeds to climate change charity

What the papers say – June 20

Battle to take on Johnson as Tory leadership race narrows to final two

Global poll places US near Russia and Saudi Arabia in ‘using influence for bad’

Alesha MacPhail school unveils memorial for pupil who ‘will never be forgotten’

Gap in fire service’s capacity could cost lives in terror attack, report warns

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