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  • Music legend Midge Ure tells all about his new tour

    Scottish music legend Midge Ure returns to the UK theatre circuit with a special concert experience. Midge is bringing his Songs, Questions and Answers tour to the Watford Colosseum on Thursday, April 25. Twenty-five years ago, Midge presented

  • Crash shut Hempstead Road

    Police have re-opened a major road in and out of Watford following a crash. Hempstead Road was closed between Grove Mill Lane and the A41 and M25 at j19 roundabout. A blue Ford Focus crashed into a lamppost, after appearing to veer onto the

  • Artist gets the stamp of royal approval for her paintings

    Talented artist Amanda Smith is enjoying success with her paintings as two pieces of her work have found homes in prestigious places. Amanda, who lives in Watford, attends art therapy classes at the national charity Epilepsy Society. One of her

  • Checkout tokens on offer to bid for £100,000 community fund

    Community projects could be in with a chance of grabbing a share in a £100,000 funding pot from a major supermarket. Organisations across Watford will soon be able to bid for cash during two Tesco Bags of Help voting rounds. To date, the supermarket

  • Letter: Fund new A&E hospital

    Andy Love’s letter (Hospital fight continues, Opinion, February 8) made a clear and logical case for the building of a new A&E hospital and so we have signed his new petition (https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/231572). READ MORE: Letter

  • IN PICTURES: Deulofeu's treble delight in Cardiff

    It was a game many thought would be a difficult test beforehand but Watford were to produce a fine display of ruthless attacking football to dismantle Cardiff City and scored five goals in the Premier League for the first time. Gerard Deulofeu

  • Wild card and White through to last 32

    Wild card Ryan Davies is through to the last 32 of the BetVictor Shoot Out after defeating Ben Mertens at Watford Colosseum. The talented 16-year-old, first round conqueror of Robbie Williams, earned a third round clash against Sunny Akani with

  • Puel axed by Foxes prior to Hornets trip

    Leicester City may have a new permanet manager in charge when they visit Watford next Sunday after Claude Puel was sacked. The 57-year-old Frenchman time in charge of the Foxes was brought to an end following yesterday's 4-1 home defeat to Crystal

  • Nostalgia: Prince Charles visits Watford in February 1986

    Palace Theatre’s survival battle Plans to reduce the borough council’s subsidy of £50,000 could leave Watford Palace Theatre fighting for survival. Theatre trust chairman Councillor Arthur Reynolds said this week that the Palace Theatre “as we know

  • Camera clubbers' stunning nature photographs

    Take a minute to look at these beautiful photographs. They were taken by members of the Watford Observer Camera Club. The group is open to all photographers – from those who snap moments on their phones, to professionals who manage to capture

  • Secrets of appearing on television

    Over the past 40 years I have been interviewed quite a number of times on television, especially during the years of the Save Elstree Studios campaign from 1988 to 1996. The fame and fate of Elstree Studios resonated around the world so television