Plans to transfer the management of three council-run community centres to third party organisations are “not about cost cutting”, Watford Mayor Dorothy Thornhill has said. A Watford Borough Council report in 2005 found community centres across the town
A disused and dilapidated shop has been transformed into an art gallery displaying the work of artists from across south-west Hertfordshire. Watford Art Space, in Charter Place, is the town centre's first “pop-up art gallery”, where painters
Watford could be asked to provide more than 5,000 new homes by 2031, amid fears of “massive pressure” on the town's borders and infrastructure. Watford Borough Council's Cabinet was last night (Monday) asked to respond to a consultation on
A group of five young people were honoured at a Prince’s Trust award ceremony last night after setting up a project to help disabled school children. Kathleen Hollis, 16, Emma Hawkins, 17, Kayleigh Williams, 16, Minhaal Datoo, 16, and Ellen
A doctor who has travelled the world preaching the message that prevention is better than cure is visiting Watford. Dr Liesbeth Van Eerten will be holding a free seminar covering all aspects of people’s health and mindset. Through personal
Fire Service volunteers have generated almost a thousand home fire safety checks in the last year, helping to keep some of Hertfordshire’s most vulnerable residents safe. The volunteers work alongside firefighters and officers from Hertfordshire
A Bovingdon pub is to hold a night of bonfire celebrations this Friday. The Royal Oak, on Bovingdon Green, will host a professionally co-ordinated fireworks display with a huge bonfire from 6pm. A range of real ales, organic ciders,
As the value of the pound begins to return to a competitive level, international trading opportunities are being increasingly sought after by UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Last month alone, Business Link’s online UK Trade and Tariff tool
Saracens' director of rugby Brendan Venter has picked up the Guinness Premiership award for the second month in a row. The South African won the the director of rugby award in September and three more wins last month earned him the honour
A variety of blooms will pop up all over Kings Langley next year, thanks to the efforts of local parish councillors. Braving the wind and rain, councillors Gerry Angiolini and Alan Anderson were joined this afternoon by parish warden Derek
With the shopping days before Christmas slowly ticking away, customers in Rickmansworth were reminded to keep their cool in the run-up to the festive period. Staff at the Tesco supermarket on Harefields Road were championing the Union of Shop
A six car smash on the M25 this afternoon has resulted in a man being hospitalised. Emergency services were alerted to the M25 between junctions 16 and 17 on the anticlockwise carriageway at 1.31pm, following reports of a multi-car collision
Staff from a health and beauty salon underwent the ultimate transformation on Saturday, all to raise money for wounded soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. Beauty therapists from Maria Elena Health and Beauty Salon in Tudor Parade,
British Heavyweight champion Danny Williams is set to put his title on the line at the Watford Colosseum later this month. The boxer, who stunned the world when he knocked out Mike Tyson in 2004, will make a shock appearance in Watford on Sunday
A school in Rickmansworth has donated more than 50 rugby shirts to a leading sports charity. St Joan of Arc School, Rickmansworth High Street, handed the boxes of shirts to SOS IRB Kit Aid today. Kit Aid will distribute the kit to one
Highwood Primary celebrated its 60th birthday last month, a landmark year and the last in its current form. Work is set to begin on rebuilding the school next year, with an aim to open on September 2011. The school in Bushey Mill Lane
A group of intrepid colleagues from Citygate Volkswagen in Watford who dreamt of taking on a notoriously tough climbing challenge for charity have completed their mission raising £4,000 for charity in the process. Simon Bennett, 36, Simon
A long-awaited GP surgery serving Watford will open its doors to patients this week. The Meriden Surgery has been built on the site of the former Meriden Primary School, in Harvest Lane, to replace the “current inadequate” services at 2 Butterwick
November sees West Herts College welcome those considering their next steps after school, thinking of higher education or wanting to study part-time, with a series of events. On Saturday, November 7, the college’s Construction and Engineering
Children in Watford will benefit from a £6,500 donation from a county councillor. Councillor Nigel Bell, who represents Vicarage and Holywell wards, has handed £5,000 to Westfield Children's Centre and £1,500 to Home-Start Watford and Three
A horse-drawn carriage pulled into West Hertfordshire Crematorium as family and friends gathered to remember Watford footballer Chris Reynolds. Chris, 22, was found dead in woodland close to Foxlands Close, on Friday, October 16, two days after
A smash and grab team from Chesham has been apprehended by Hertfordshire police, a parish council meeting heard yesterday evening. PC Nicholas Pringle described to a meeting of the Bovingdon parish councillors how the group, who have targeted
The decline in UK manufacturing output has eased considerably in the past three months, and the sector's prospects look brighter, with sentiment improving and modest growth expected in the three months ahead, the CBI said today. Its latest Quarterly
Hertfordshire Constabulary’s choir is offering its collective voice to charitable events over the coming year. The choir of 35 performs free of charge throughout Hertfordshire. The only request is for refreshments to be provided as some
With Christmas approaching, the producer and cast of a Rickmansworth's show talk to the Watford Observer about the magic of the pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs starts its three week run at Watersmeet on Friday December 11.
A Watford town centre store has launched a Christmas appeal aimed at donating presents to a children's charity. Disney Store Watford, based in The Harlequin shopping centre, has teamed up with Noah's Ark Children's Hospice as part of its Magical
Police have launched a missing person appeal following the disappearance of a 27-year-old man from Rickmansworth. Christopher Lyons, from Tudor Way, was last seen at his home at about 8.30am yesterday (Monday). He is described as 5ft
A bazaar in aid of Leukaemia Research will be held in Radlett this month. The Radlett and Borehamwood branch of Leukaemia Research will host the sale of Christmas cards, a tombola, raffle and much more on Sunday, November 22. The event
Graduates thinking about starting their own business are being encouraged to visit next week’s University of Hertfordshire FlyingStart: Make it Happen day and turn their business idea into reality. The free, one day event, held at the University
