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  • Plea to trace Good Samaritan after dog's death

    A north Watford mother is trying to trace a Good Samaritan who helped her with the frantic rush to save her dog’s life after he was hit by a car. Mary Pinkstone’s 15-month-old Jack Russell, Dexter, was fatally injured after he ran into the A41

  • Police to fit anti-theft screws for free

    Bushey residents can have free anti-theft screws fitted to their number plates at a PL8SAFE event this Saturday to help prevent them being stolen. The Bushey Safer Neighbourhood Team will be at Kemp Place car park from 11am to 2pm to offer crime

  • Film studio warns residents of planned explosion

    Residents living near Warner Bros. studios in Leavesden can expect to hear a large simulated explosion tonight. The film studios in Aerodrome Way have warned residents about the special effects due to take place between 10pm and 2am tomorrow morning

  • Poor train services put jobs at risk

    London Midland trains has been accused of "putting people’s jobs and livelihoods at risk" after a passenger survey found more than a third of respondents had been in trouble at work due to delays. More than 300 people took part in an online survey

  • Teen star on her way to singing final

    A teenager said she is ‘extremely excited’ to have reached the finals of Emunah Young Musician of the Year. Natasha Fisch, 13, a student at Bushey’s Immanuel College, will be performing in a showcase concert on Sunday afternoon. She will sing

  • Canal cafe wrecked after double burglary

    A popular Rickmansworth cafe was targeted twice in as many days by thoughtless thugs who stole cash, damaged stock and even left a poorly spelled note. Christa and David Williams, who run the Cafe @ Lock 81, were left to pick up the pieces after

  • Residents have first glimpse of Harlequin rebrand

    The Harlequin Shopping Centre took its first steps towards rebranding as intu Watford this week. The familiar signs have come down above its High Street entrence and been replace by ones sporting the new name. The rebrand, which is part

  • Sewer renovation work to begin in Watford

    A six-week survey of nearly 20 miles of sewers in Watford will be undertaken in order to clear blockages built up over ten years. The work will involve 20 engineers looking down every sewer pipe in the town to see if there are any blockages that

  • Family left shaken after pet dog savagely attacked

    A small dog was savagely attacked in Oxhey Park on Thursday. The eight-year-old Jack Russell terrier, Abbey, was walking with her owners, June and Holly Stapleton, of Pinner Road, Oxhey. At about 1pm, as they were leaving the park and walking

  • Rickmansworth gymnasts reach competition finals

    A bumper crop of talented girls from a Rickmansworth school have qualified for national gymnastics competitions. Fourteen girls from Royal Masonic School in Chorleywood Road will represent the school and the east of England in the two finals later

  • Hertfordshire police commissioner's top officer resigns

    The most senior member of staff in the Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s office has resigned. Chief executive Andrew White has stepped down from his £123,000 role having previously held the the top job at the county's now defunct police

  • 'Watford was my life'

    Forty-Three years ago last week on February 21, 1970, 34,047 fans crammed into Vicarage Road to watch Watford pull off one of the great results in their history when Ken Furphy’s side beat Bill Shankly’s Liverpool 1-0 in the sixth round of the FA Cup

  • Pair charged over taxi attack

    A man and woman have been charged after a taxi driver was attacked and robbed in Garston. Police said the driver was held, kicked and punched when he dropped off some passengers in East Drive on Thursday evening. The driver, who was left with