Watford require approximately £6.5m of funding to make up their shortfall until June 2010. Jimmy Russo made the revelation in his ‘chairman’s statement’ of Watford Leisure Plc’s final results for the year ending June 30 2009, which was released today
A pub in Abbots Langley is to raise money for charity by throwing a pyjama party. Workers at The Swan, on College Road, will sport an array of nightwear on Friday, November 20, all in order to raise money for Children In Need. Children
A 22-year-old will be sentenced tomorrow after she struck another woman in the face with a glass during a night out in Watford. Ashleigh Holliman, of Fuller Way, Croxley Green, has pleaded guilty to ABH at a previous hearing. Holliman
Thefts from cars parked at the luxurious Shendish Manor account for three quarters of all vehicle crime reported in Kings Langley. During October there were three incidents of theft or damage to cars parked at the lavish hotel and golf club
Police investigating a road accident that left a 15-year-old girl in a serious condition in hospital are appealing for witnesses to come forward. The girl was struck by a silver Peugeot 207 at about 3.45pm on Friday, on the A405, near Bricket Wood
How often do you find yourself paying for something in a shop or pub with an apology along the lines of “ Sorry, do you mind if I get rid of all this change…” ? Well hopefully you`ll read this and you`ll never feel the need to apologise again
A 45-year-old man has been jailed for 20 months for breaching his Asbo for the 11th time, theft and assaulting police who apprehended him when he went to get a stolen Rolex valued. Darren Wakeling was seen on CCTV going into jewellers Jackson
A tap-dancer from South Oxhey has contributed art work for the front of a charity Christmas card, despite having completely lost his sight over a year ago. Kelsey Trevett, seven, was diagnosed with cancer of the eye when he was just 16 weeks
Have your offspring ever caught you saying – or doing – anything you and the other half shouldn’t have been saying – or doing – in front of them? If so, be afraid – be very afraid – in case your little ’uns are going to be appearing in one of those
It’s the one tree you don’t want to hug, even if that is your thing. A prickly presence in the corner of your living room for four or five weeks, and then a reluctant recluse in the garden as you seek to hang on to it for next year. Seems like a good
A hair and beauty company based in Kings Langley is celebrating 20 years in business by donating money they receive from clients to charity. Profiles Hair & Beauty, on the High Street, will donate £1 from every client’s bill to charitable
In the normal course of a day we can pack away up to 90 grams of fat, but if your family sits down to a typical Christmas dinner, they’ll be looking at a whacking great 114.2 grams per person – in one hit. We might get away with it if we sat down for
Farce is the bread and butter of many an am dram society and the late comedy scriptwriter Dave Freeman’s A Bedfull of Foreigners, which Ruislip Dramatic Society brings to the Compass Theatre this month, is as saucy as it gets. As well as
Lighting improvements estimated to cost £268,000 will be installed in a busy shopping area in north Watford. However, Hertfordshire County Council confirmed today that the works will not go ahead until after April – the beginning of the next
Cooking a traditional roast meal is pretty straightforward. You could say it’s all a matter of timing. That’s the theory, anyway, put forward by members of the population who have never had to knuckle down and cook Christmas dinner for a dozen people
A major retail chain has announced the closure of more than 350 shops across the country, including one in Bushey Mill Lane. As part of the closure programme, liquidation sales are taking place at each of the shops in order to sell off stock
Toned and honed Gladiators Doom and Enigma are not names you’d associate with musicals, but Rickmansworth Players member Jamie Ross met Sky TV’s Gladiators Wayne Gordon and Jenny Pacey at a fitness training session and was talking enthusiastically
Nature is a strong feature in this year’s XRR Photographic Society Exhibition, which opens this week at Watford Museum. Judging by the quality of the pictures, it’s no wonder XRR member Sarah Sands was highly commended at the British Wildlife Photographic
Iconic images of what makes this country great are on display as part of Best of British the latest exhibition by the Disability Recreation Unity Movement (DRUM). The show, which features cartoons, ceramics and paintings including Anne Darby’s attractive
Fashion, politics, mountaineering and children’s books are all up for discussion at this year’s star-studded Chorleywood Lit Fest, which runs from November 13-20. Opening the proceedings with aplomb is Baroness Shirley Williams and later in
Talented sculptor Laura Lian, whose work goes on show at Montagues Gallery in Kings Langley next week, has previously created bronzes for the likes of Rachel Hunter and Sharon Osbourne among other celebrities, but when she received a call on her
A long-running Chorleywood planning saga has been re-opened. A property developer has resubmitted a controversial plan to build four semi-detached houses in Homefield Road, just weeks after the scheme was finally approved by councillors. Chorleywood-based
Unsung women are the subject of a new stage adaptation of poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s collection of poems The World’s Wife, which comes to The Old Town Hall in Hemel this month. The World’s Wife, Carol’s first themed collection, was published in
DIAMOND anniversaries are cause for celebration and Cassio Operatic Society will mark 60 years of producing quality musical entertainment this week with the eternally popular The Music Man at Watford Palace Theatre. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill
Hertfordshire's leading wildlife conservation organisation has unveiled plans to aid the recovery of one of Britain’s most beautiful birds. The work, which has been taking place at Stocker’s Lake Nature Reserve, near Rickmansworth, aims to
A 21-year-old alleged to have allowed his American Pitbull Terrier to bite someone and to have assaulted him as well has denied both allegations. Antoine Jones is alleged to have been the owner of an American Pitbull Terrier, which he allowed
A pilgrimage across Watford will explore different faiths by visiting five different places of worship. The walk, organised by Watford Interfaith Association (WIFA), will begin at the Watford and District Synagogue, in Nascot Road, at 2pm on Sunday.
The sum of £2,000 was given away at a public meeting last week. Mill End Forum, as with all local area forums, receives £2,000 a year to distribute the way it sees fit, providing the suggestions are legal and have no revenue consequences. An unprecedented
A serving prisoner alleged to have caused more than £5,000 damage to the roof of HMP The Mount has had his case adjourned for psychiatric reports. John Banks, 35, is accused of destroying roofs, windows and aerials on the roof of the Bovingdon
Children will receive £200 for their school when they cut the ribbon at the grand opening of a new store in Carpenders Park. Pupils from St Meryl School, in The Mead, will complete the short walk to The Parade, where they will be presented with the donation
A Methodist Church in Abbots Langley is to host their annual Rainbow Fair in order to raise money for charity. Abbots Langley Methodist Church, on Langley Road, will have a number of stalls selling a variety of goods from bath items to Christmas
Charity shops in Rickmansworth are looking for volunteers to turn ordinary donations into catwalk fashion. The ‘Rags to Riches Fashion Show’ is organised by Three Rivers Volunteer Centre and the National Youth Volunteering Programme.
A University of Hertfordshire Fresher has created a unique sweet and sour flavoured ice-cream that is planning to be sold through Tesco stores up and down the country. To mark the start of flare, the University’s business idea’s challenge,
Can you buzz like a bee, wiggle like a worm, flutter like a butterfly or crawl like a caterpillar? That is the question being asked of children and toddlers at Jo Jingles, a playgroup in Watford, as they prepare to take part in a sponsored
At the age of eight, one of my godsons has just discovered that Doctor Who has been hurtling around the universe in his police box for hundreds of years. Any die-hard Doctor fans reading this will probably snort with derision at this sentence
Tickets for next summer’s Sir Elton John concert at Vicarage Road are selling at a record rate with more than 8,000 purchased in the first two hours. Seating in the £55 Lower Rous Stand has already sold out and tickets in the Rookery End and the Vicarage
A teenage girl take who suffered serious head injuries when knocked over by a car in Bricket Wood on Friday afternoon is fighting for her life in hospital. The 15-year -old from Bricket Wood was hit by a car on the A405 North Orbital Road North
A woman was treated for smoke inhalation after a candle set fire to clothing in her front room in Watford yesterday afternoon. She was treated by firefighters who were called to Maldon Road at about 4.45pm, and taken to hospital as a precaution.
Two watercolour paintings of gardens by Watford's royal artist, Beatrice Parsons, were sold for £3,500 at auction this weekend. The pictures – A Cornish Garden, Falmouth, and The Smell of Summer – sold for £2,000 and £1,500 respectively, at
Developers hoping to replace a sheltered housing complex with a new block of flats have launched a legal challenge in a bid to force the controversial project through. The Hightown Praetorian & Churches Housing Association (HPCHA) applied
The dead of two world wars, as well as those of more recent and current conflicts, were remembered in a simple and moving ceremony in Watford town centre yesterday afternoon. People began to gather at the war memorial outside the town hall
Police were called to a road in west Watford in the early hours of this morning after a car crashed in a residential street. Officers rushed to Durban Road East at 4.09am after residents reported the accident. The owner of the car, however, had
According to figures released today, privately owned vehicles are the number one form of transport used by businesses in Watford. Dubbed the “grey fleet,” these vehicles are exposing employers in Watford to rising costs, safety issues and even potential
