Archive

  • Theatre company goes on tour with two new shows

    Two new theatre shows are touring the UK and will come to Hertfordshire this month. Mikron Theatre’s All Hands on Deck and Redcoats are touring Hertfordshire as part of the company’s 48th year of touring. Mikron delight audiences with their dramatic

  • Watford to play pre-season friendly at home in August

    Watford will play a pre-season friendly at home on Saturday, August 3. The club has already announced it will play a friendly against Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road on Saturday, July 27, but fans will get another opportunity to see the Hornets

  • Draw on cards as Finn claims first five-for of season

    Middlesex and Glamorgan look destined to share the spoils in Radlett’s inaugural County Championship fixture after rain restricted them to 48 overs on day three. The prospects of a positive result rested mainly on Middlesex forcing the visitors

  • Maternity ward put on lockdown as a precaution

    A maternity unit was put on lockdown after armed police were called to Watford General Hospital. The lockdown was a precautionary measure which was sparked by a woman who reported to hospital staff that her husband had sustained a "serious injury

  • Torrential rain and thunderstorm warning issued

    Thunderstorms could bring flooding and power cuts tonight. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms for our region from 6pm tonight until 9pm tomorrow. The weather warning covers much of the south eastern England, eastern

  • Watford make contact with PSV midfielder's agent

    Watford owner Gino Pozzo and technical director Filippo Giraldi have made contact with the agent of PSV Eindhoven's Gastón Pereiro, the Watford Observer has been told. The Uruguayan midfielder's agent Paco Casal is believed to have offered the

  • Torrential rain and thunderstorm warning issued

    Thunderstorms could bring flooding and power cuts tonight. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms for our region from 6pm tonight until 9pm tomorrow. The weather warning covers much of the south eastern England, eastern

  • Job losses expected at ASOS centre

    A number of jobs could be lost at ASOS’ customer care centre, the Watford Observer can reveal. Bosses at online clothing retailer ASOS told its Leavesden employees in an email that “tough decisions” need to be made and “regretfully, a number of

  • Letter: Turn to the Bible for moral lessons

    Brett Ellis in his column (Ring the changes for church to grow, June 7) does not amuse. His suggestions for the renewal of the Christian Church reveals his misunderstanding of the nature and worship of Christianity. This comes as no surprise. Anyone

  • Centuries put Middlesex in charge at Radlett

    Centuries for Paul Stirling and Sam Robson put Middlesex firmly in charge after two days of their County Championship clash with Glamorgan at Radlett. Stirling hit a County Championship career-best 138, his first four-day century in almost two years

  • Bomber looking forward to bear-pit battle

    Reece Bellotti is looking for redemption after suffering his second career defeat last December. 'The Bomber' lost his British featherweight title to Ryan Walsh in front of a handful of people in the vastness of the O2 and is now looking forward

  • Youths on bikes believed to be responsible for tree vandalism

    Police say two young people on bicycles were seen yanking at small trees in the middle of the night. Last week, neighbours woke up to a street of damaged saplings in Langley Way, Watford - the second time it has happened in the last couple of months