A-LEVEL economics and business students of a secondary school in Kings Langley have won a place in the finals of a national business challenge. Slammin FM team Natalie Gray, Mahmood Riaz, Kimberley Ryan and Matthew Stokes of Kings Langley school in Love
WITH the climax of The Watford Observer's World Cup competition moving ever closer, Mr R Bailey is looking a strong favourite to take home the first prize of a portable colour TV. Mr Bailey, who has led since the conclusion of the group phase, currently
Young people's theatre company Traffic Lights Productions is looking for performers to take part in a dance choreography project. People with a background in Jazz and contemporary dance would be welcome. Rehearsals will take place on Tuesdays and Sundays
The Elstree Film Evening, celebrating 75 years of production at Borehamwood's studios, will be held at the BBC Elstree Centre on Saturday, June 29. The event will feature celebrity guests, the BBC Elstree Concert Band and film clips. Tickets 4 in advance
Borehamwood fire and ambulance stations will hold open days on Saturday, June 29. At the Elstree Way police station, from 2pm to 5pm, visitors will see major incident equipment, and find out more about becoming a special constable, security, motorcycle
Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council's Festival Quiz Evening, which will take place at 7pm on Friday, June 28, at the Three Ways Community Association, Arundel Drive, Borehamwood. Entry is free and there can be up to five people in each team, and a licensed
Presented by Novgorod artist Yuri Eryshef; Palace Theatre, Green Room, Clarendon Road, Watford; runs until Saturday, July 6. June 24, 2002 21:00
By Tracie Law and Jane McGill; The Bull Gallery, High Street, Barnet; runs until July 30. June 24, 2002 21:00
Presents Singer, songwriter and musician Sandra Kerr; The Old School Room, The Hollybush PH, Church End, Redbourn; Thursday, June 27, 8.15pm; admission 4. Tel: 07710 471862. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets in the Village Hall; Thursday, June 27, 8pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets at Little Green School, Croxley Green; Thursday, June 27, 8pm to 10pm; new members welcome. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for friendly duplicate bridge for players of all levels, no partner necessary; Holy Trinity Parish Church, Frogmore; Thursday, June 27, 1.30pm. Tel: 01727 867460 for further details. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for painting and drawing; Manor Lodge, Gallows Hill Lane, Abbots Langley; Wednesday, June 26, 8pm to 10pm; new members welcome. Tel: 01923 662204. June 24, 2002 21:00
Welcomes safe and enthusiastic new members to shoot indoors at six yards and ten metres range; Christ Church hall, St Albans Road, north Watford; Wednesday, June 26, 7.30pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets at Meriden Community Centre, Garston; Wednesday, June 26, 7.30pm. New members very welcome. June 24, 2002 21:00
698 St Albans Road, Garston; Wednesday, June 26, 10.30am. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets at Oddfellows Hall, Kings Langley; Wednesday, June 26, 10am; new members welcome. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets at the Carpenders Park Community Centre, Gibbs Couch, Carpenders Park; Wednesday, June 26, 2pm to 4pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for various speakers, demonstrations; St Peter's Church Hall, Bushey Mill Lane, Watford; Wednesday, June 26, 2.30pm; new members welcome. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for a country weekend demonstration by Jacky Eyre; St Thomas Church hall, Langley Road, Watford; Wednesday, June 26, 7.30pm; visitors welcome, admission 3. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for a varied programme of speakers, demonstrations, slides etc; Yorke Meade School, Dulwich Way, Croxley Green; Tuesday, June 25, 8pm to 10pm. Everyone welcome. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for evening walk from Rickmansworth, meet in long stay car park opposite Coach and Horses PH, High Street; Tuesday, June 25, 7.15pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for personal development for the 21st Century by Melody Cheale; Cassio Lodge, The Avenue, Watford; Tuesday, June 25, 8pm; membership is open to any woman who is working or on a career break. Tel: Membership Secretary on 01923 236775 for more details
People across Hertsmere are being invited to give blood at an event in Borehamwood later this month. The Joely Bear Appeal has organised a donor session at Elstree and Borehamwood Synagogue in Croxdale Road, from 10am until 4.30pm on Sunday, June 30.
Radlett Art Society will present its Summer Exhibition from Saturday, June 22, at The Radlett Centre. The exhibition features pieces from all members of the society wishing to show their work. Admission free. Open 3.30pm to 6pm on June 22, 10am to 4pm
Young bands are invited to play at a Live Bands Gig Night on Sunday, June 30, at Boreham Wood Football Club, as part of Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council's Festival 2002. Audience tickets, costing 1, can be bought in advance from the council in Brook
Meets in the town hall assembly rooms, St Albans; every Tuesday, 6.30pm and 7.15pm; details from Ann on 01582 733271. June 24, 2002 21:00
Watford Musuem, Lower High Street, Watford; runs from May 18 to August 3. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meetings every Thursday; St Stephen's Church hall, Watling Street, St Albans; every Thursday, 7.45pm to 9.45pm; all welcome; for more details call Brenda on 01727 846606. June 24, 2002 21:00
School of Dancing, 14 Nascot Road, Watford; Thursdays, 8pm, followed by practice session; no partner required, complete beginners welcome. Tel. 01923 210016 for further details. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for badminton, bowls, Scrabble and other activities; YMCA, Charter Place, Watford; Wednesdays, 2pm to 5pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for photographic demonstration by various speakers and competitions; Williams Hall, Seventh-day Adventist Church, St Albans Road, Garston; Wednesdays, 7.45pm; new members and visitors welcome. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets at the Bedmond Village Hall, Bedmond; every Friday, 7.30pm. New members are always welcome. June 24, 2002 21:00
Every Wednesday, hosted by local band organised by St Albans blues/rock trio Mojo, guest performers and floor spots are welcome and all performers get a free drink get there early to book your place; Mermaid pub, Hatfield Road, St Albans; admission free
Every Monday, traditional and contemporary songs, everyone welcome as singers or spectators; The Bull, High Street, Redbourn; 8.30pm; admission 1; more details from John on 01923 404566. June 24, 2002 21:00
A warm welcome for all every Thursday evening at the Hollybush Folk Club; informal singers night; Old School Room, Hollybush pub, Church End, Redbourn; 8.15pm to 11.15pm; admission 2 on the door; further information on 07710 471862 or 07850 163241. June
THE Liberal Democrats retained one of their ward seats in Oxhey following a by-election on Thursday, June 20. The new Liberal Democrat councillor to join the Oxhey Lib Dem team will be Shirena Counter after she secured 1, 024 votes. The seat became available
Ballroom dancing; Orbital Community Centre, Haines Way, Watford; new members welcome; every Tuesday, 2pm to 4pm. Tel: 01923 681054. June 24, 2002 21:00
Remember that chirpy character strutting his stuff on your windowsill? He might not be there for much longer. The cockney sparrow' is in such decline it could become an endangered species in years to come. The public is being asked to complete a survey
A new exhibition about life in the area during the First and Second World Wars; Welwyn Hatfield Museum, Mill House, Mill Green, Mill Green; Tuesdays to Fridays 10am to 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays 2pm to 5pm; admission free; until July 14
I would like to congratulate council leader Victor Lyon and his Conservative colleagues for having the courage to reopen and quash the action of the last Labour administration for attempting to sell the freehold of the Barnet football ground for a pittance
Your front-page story Bees deal off' and editorial Bees in peril' (Times Group, June 20), is alarmist, if not scare-mongering. It is not true that Barnet FC would have to find a new home outside the borough, if the plan to build a second stadium south
David Miller (Times Letters, Freehold was a real bargain', June 20) has ably demonstrated the maxim a little knowledge is a dangerous thing'. As a chartered surveyor, and the Barnet FC director who negotiated the Underhill purchase with the council's
A-LEVEL economics and business students of a secondary school in Kings Langley have won a place in the finals of a national business challenge. Slammin FM team Natalie Gray, Mahmood Riaz, Kimberley Ryan and Matthew Stokes of Kings Langley school in Love
LEE HARDING, St Albans City FC's former controversial chairman looks set to return to the game and take charge of Long Melford FC. It is reported that Harding who sold his majority shareholding in City in January with the club facing closure will be installed
An evening of Film Music hosted by Terry Pettigrew; Prince Edward Hall, Hatfield Campus, University of Hertfordshire; Sunday, June 23, 7.30pm; tickets 12 from the box office on 01707 284004. June 24, 2002 21:00
Radlett Art Society will present its Art Society Summer Exhibition from Saturday, June 22, at The Radlett Centre. The exhibition features pieces from all members of the society wishing to show their work. Admission free. Open 3.30pm to 6pm on June 22,
A Festival baby show will be held at Allum Hall, Allum Lane, Elstree, from 1.30pm on Tuesday, June 25. Babies can be entered on the day. June 24, 2002 21:00
Presented by Friends of Bushey Museum; Bushey Museum and Art Gallery, Rudolph Road, Bushey; Saturday, June 22 to November 3; open 11am to 4pm, Thursday to Sunday only; admission free. June 24, 2002 21:00
Exhibition by Ben Okri, Birds of Heaven; The Bull Foyer, High Street, Barnet; runs until July 6. June 24, 2002 21:00
Watford Grammar School for Boys, Rickmansworth Road, Watford; Thursday, June 20 to Saturday, June 29, 7pm; tickets 4 adults, 3 conc. Tel: 01923 208900. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets at Methodist Church hall, Berry Lane, Rickmansworth; Thursday, June 27, 2.30pm to 4pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for lecture by Tom Doig entitled The Folklore of Births and Baptisms; Oracle Centre, 12 Market Street, Watford; Thursday, June 27, 8pm; visitors welcome, admission 4.50. Tel: 01923 229784. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for badminton, bowls, Scrabble and other activities; YMCA, Charter Place, Watford; Wednesday, June 26, 2pm to 5pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for various speakers, demonstrations and outings; United Reformed Church Hall, High Street, Bushey; Wednesday, June 26, 7.15pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for a talk and demonstration by Sean Miller; Chorleywood Arts Centre, Chorleywood; Wednesday, June 26, 8pm to 10pm; visitors welcome, admission 5. Tel: Sarah O'Niell 01494 782240 for further details. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for the chrystal decanter competition; St Michael's Church hall, St Michael's Street, St Albans; Wednesday, June 26, 8pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for a varied programme of speakers, demonstations, slides etc; at Bushey Heath Primary School, The Rutts, Bushey Heath; 8pm to 10pm; everyone welcome. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for a lecture by Alicia Salter; The Bushey Centre, High Street, Bushey; Tuesday, June 25, 8pm; visitors welcome, admission 3. June 24, 2002 21:00
A Pregnancy and Baby Fair, hosted by the Radlett, Shenley and District branch of the National Childbirth Trust, will be held at the Old Chapel, in Porters Park Drive, Shenley, on Saturday, June 29. The event, between 11am and 3pm, will feature stalls
A Borehamwood charity helping young families will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, June 27. Home Start Borehamwood and District, based in Berwick Road, will present certificates to newly-qualified volunteers and those who have served for a year. Future
Young people who would like to improve their singing, dancing and acting skills can attend Youngstars Theatre School at Allum Hall, in Allum Lane, Elstree. Classes are held every Saturday during term time for eight to 16-year-olds. Coralyn Canfor-Dumas020
Hertsmere Borough Council's Summer 2002 Art Fun Weeks run from Monday, July 29 until Friday, August 23, and will include T-shirt printing, model making, drama, dance, music and games. The courses will be held in Borehamwood, Shenley and Radlett and will
Elstree Productions, the amateur musical and dramatic society, is looking for more people to take part in its exciting spring show, Cabaret. Actors, singers (especially a male tenor) and dancers, aged 16 or above, are required. The society is also searching
Exhibition based around life and death in Ancient Egypt; Museum of St Albans, Hatfield Road, St Albans; Mondays to Saturdays, 10am to 5pm, Sundays 2pm to 5pm; admission free; until October 20. June 24, 2002 21:00
Floor spots welcome, free drink to performers; The Blue Angel Acoustic Caf; The Horn, Victoria Street, St Albans; every Sunday 7.30pm to 10.30pm; admission free. June 24, 2002 21:00
Watford Musuem, Lower High Street, Watford; runs from May 18 to August 3. June 24, 2002 21:00
Dancing and social club, over 50s welcome, every Thursday; Catholic Church Hall, Beaconsfield Road, St Albans; 2pm to 4pm; details on 01727 857106. June 24, 2002 21:00
Welcomes safe and enthusiastic new members to shoot indoors at six yards and ten metres range; Christ Church hall, St Albans Road, north Watford; Wednesdays 7.30pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets for various speakers, demonstrations and outings; United Reformed Church Hall, High Street, Bushey; every Wednesday, 7.15pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets at Meriden Community Centre, Garston; every Wednesday, 7.30pm. New members very welcome. June 24, 2002 21:00
Meets at Our Lady and St Michael's Church Hall, Crown Rise, Garston; every Tuesday, 7.45pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
Every Sunday, house band plus guests, floorspots, players and singers welcome; The Portland Arms, Portland Street, St Albans; 8.30pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
HOUSEHOLDERS worn down by the constant exposure to a mountain of junk, including broken glass, rusty metal, splintered wood, and dumped furniture, have called for stricter measures to catch the culprits causing a health hazard in their community. The
Melodic jazz and bossa nova every Friday in the bar; Batchwood Golf and Tennis Club, Batchwood Drive, St Albans; 8.30pm; entry free. June 24, 2002 21:00
Every Thursday mainly English and Irish traditional tunes and songs everyone welcome to listen or to play; Rose & Crown, St Michael's Street, St Albans; 9pm. June 24, 2002 21:00
THE future of crisis-hit Watford FC is on the line after a senior director revealed if the Hornets was any other business "we would be stopping it". This dire prognosis was issued by chief executive Tim Shaw, who also refused to rule out the possibility
A FUNERAL home in South Oxhey has been targeted by thugs. The Co-operative Funeral Service in St Andrews Road was vandalised in the early hours of Wednesday, June 19, when offenders smashed one window pane and cracked three others. Mr James Stenson, manager
Remada Jarvis Hotel (A41), Watford Bypass, Watford; no denim, gentlemen shirts and ties required; last entry 10.45pm; every Thursday, 8.45pm. Tel: 020 8393 0914. June 24, 2002 21:00
YMCA, Charter Place, Watford; mainly for senior citizens; every Thursday, 2pm to 4pm; admission 1.50. June 24, 2002 21:00
OFFICE refuse is worth hundreds of pounds to the Gray Cancer Institute at Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood. Toner and printer cartridges and old mobile phones can raise cash for the institute's research into cancer diagnosis and treatment through a
OFFICE refuse is worth hundreds of pounds to the Gray Cancer Institute at Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood. Toner and printer cartridges and old mobile phones can raise cash for the institute's research into cancer diagnosis and treatment through a
The body found at the Welsh Harp on Wednesday last week has been identified as missing 57-year-old Friern Barnet man Jerzy Madrzyk. Mr Madrzyk, a candlemaker from Goldsmith Road, had been taken to the Dennis Scott unit at Edgware Hospital on May 31 suffering
World trade must work for everyone not just the rich, says DR RUDI VIS, MP for Finchley and Golders Green Last Wednesday was Trade Justice day. The House of Commons was besieged by 10,000 people who were there for a fairer world, for fair trade, for a
World trade must work for everyone not just the rich, says DR RUDI VIS, MP for Finchley and Golders Green Last Wednesday was Trade Justice day. The House of Commons was besieged by 10,000 people who were there for a fairer world, for fair trade, for a
The body found at the Welsh Harp on Wednesday last week has been identified as missing 57-year-old Friern Barnet man Jerzy Madrzyk. Mr Madrzyk, a candlemaker from Goldsmith Road, had been taken to the Dennis Scott unit at Edgware Hospital on May 31 suffering
SAMPLES of AS and senior A-level art will be on display at Watford Grammar School for Girls during July. The school, in Lady's Close, Watford, will open its art and design department to parents, friends and associates on Thursday, July 4, in celebration
As a resident who would have been directly affected by a second stadium for Underhill, I would just like to say thank you to BRASS for all their hard work and to thank the new Conservative council for following local residents' wishes and not allowing
