Watford’s Sebastien Edgar and the British handball squad played their final game of the Olympic campaign today but despite a battling performance, they were ultimately well beaten 41-24 by Iceland. Britain’s fate in the competition had already
New signs have been erected to help direct people to shops in central Watford due to a council grant. Street name plates for shops in The Broadway, in Queens Road, have been pay for with £357 from Hertfordshire County Council . The money has
Friends and family of Wayne Pope got back into the saddle this weekend for the seventh year in a row to raise funds for life-saving equipment. The 46 riders dressed in bright orange T-shirts set out from Garston at 10am last Sunday (August 6) for
A group of six friends who will cycle the length of Great Britain to raise money for charity are looking for an all-important seventh member - a support driver. The group of 38 to 42-year-olds from Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Ruislip and Northampton
A rapturous standing ovation was the only possible outcome for Vivo D'Arte's stellar performance of Les Miserables last Friday night. It is a wordy, complicated, long and moving piece and the cast dealt well with its demands, aided by director
Watford residents have been warned about a scam where door-knocking conmen ask for cash payments for nationally-funded gas works. The National Grid, which is carrying mains replacement work across the town, said a man dressed in a suit visited
Watford's head coach Gianfranco Zola confirmed five of the club's new signings missed yesterday's game due to fitness issues. Manuel Almunia and Daniel Pudil started the game but Fitz Hall, Almen Abdi, Ikechi Anya, Matej Vydra and Steve Leo Beleck
A Watford man returned from a dentist appointment on Saturday to find his car had been completely covered in human excrement. Heavy rainfall flooded St Albans Road at about 10.45am, causing raw sewage to flow into the street. Clive Harman,
Residents in Watford are being invited to explore the picturesque surroundings of Cheslyn Gardens at a forthcoming open day. The site in Nascot Wood Road will be open and its garden managers on hand to answer questions from the public from 10am
Gianfranco Zola said he was delighted with Watford's performance in the first hour against Tottenham Hotspur and believes his side will become more clinical in the final third when their fitness improves. The Hornets lost 1-0 to Spurs' first
A mother from Radlett, whose husband died suddenly when she was five months pregnant, has raised more than £3,000 for Watford General Hospital ’s Special Care Baby Unit. When Rebekah Habib’s husband Gulam passed away, she had little time to grieve
Nils Mordt admits that Saracens will have to improve their basic skills by the London Double Header – the traditional Aviva Premiership season-opener – if they are to beat London Irish at Twickenham on September 1. For the first time in the history
A woman in her 40s had to be cut from her car by fire fighters after a crash in Oxhey this morning. An ambulance and fire crew were called at about 10am to reports of a collision at the junction of Colne Avenue and Eastbury Road. A woman was
Homes and businesses in Watford town centre were evacuated this morning after police found a suspect package. Officers made the discovery while searching a newsagents in High Street at around 9.20am after executing a warrant for suspected stolen
The sun shone for a sale in aid of a leukaemia charity in Radlett on Saturday. The event, held in a garden in Battlers Green Drive, raised money for the Radlett and Borehamwood branch of charity Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research.
A Radlett school which caters for children with special needs has been handed a £1,500 grant from Hertfordshire County Council to pay for new play equipment. Radlett Lodge, in Harper Lane, cares for children with autism. It will use the cash
The announcement that hundreds of jobs will be created at Leavesden film studios has been branded “fantastic news for Watford” by MP Richard Harrington. On Friday, Chancellor George Osborne, told visitors to an Olympics business event that a new
