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  • Record number of volunteers sign up

    RECORD breaking numbers of volunteers signed up in the past year to help people in Three Rivers. A report presented at the Centre for Voluntary Service in Three Rivers' AGM on Wednesday said that more than 500 new people registered at the centre to help

  • Police station opens in village

    AFTER 40 years of waiting, Abbots Langley residents finally got their own police station when it was opened in an official ceremony on Tuesday. The new community office, in a former parish council-owned building at Manor Lodge, will be used as a base

  • Author enthralls school pupils

    AUTHOR Michael Morpurgo kept an audience of pupils and teachers enthralled when he spoke at the Royal Masonic School for Girls last week. Michael is one of the country's best selling writers for children and young people and was the Children's Laureate

  • Ex-commando sets new world record

    A NEW world record was set in Watford on Saturday when a former French Foreign Legion commando managed to carry the equivalent weight of rugby player Richard Hill, 10,000 metres. Ciro Gallo, 43, from Hemel Hempstead originally intended to bear his burden

  • Final line-up decided

    WATFORD TOWN B will meet Rickmansworth in the Final of the Watford Observer Knockout Plate competition, after both sides triumphed in the semi-finals at Aldenham Road last night. Watford chased down Met Police Bushey's total of 145 with five balls