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Choir's winning run
AWARD-WINNING youth choir Cantate was runner-up in the World Cup of choral singing. The mixed voice choir was the UK's only choir to make the finals of Let the People Sing, held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. Cantate was denied first place in
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Queen pays tribute to police
Security was tight as the Queen made a surprise visit to Hendon on Thursday to pay tribute to the work of the emergency services. She visited the Metropolitan Police College in Aerodrome Road to open a memorial garden. It honours the 876 London officers
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Kind support
Our son Daniel Williams died on September 30 after an accident while on holiday in Cyprus with a group of friends from Borehamwood. We would like to thank all his friends and their families, who travelled from Borehamwood and Houghton Regis to attend
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Path is a mess
It is four weeks since I wrote about Ayot Path, but nothing has been done. It does not exist to the town hall. In Walshford Way there is lots of rubbish lying along the length of the road, and there is even glass that has been there for three weeks. If
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Hornets: Vialli's View on Nottingham Forest
THERE was no hiding the disappointment for Luca Vialli after Tuesday night's (October 23) defeat by Nottingham Forest. "It is quite disappointing because we thought we had turned the corner and that we are on our way up," he said. "I think we did not
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Hornets: Opposition Opinion: Lennie Lawrence of Grimsby Town
LENNIE LAWRENCE warned of a season battling against relegation after Grimsby's defeat on Saturday, Otcober 20. "Certainly I am struggling since I have been here to remember a more lacklustre performance. The players seemed drained of confidence, nervous
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Hornets: Vialli warns Grimsby win may mislead
VIALLI warned that the convincing away win at Grimsby may be slightly misleading. The Watford boss pointed out his team was fresh and rested, as opposed to coming to the game after playing in mid-week. Vialli pointed out: "We had not been playing away
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Hornets reserves: Encouraging signs in defeat
WATFORD RESERVES lost 2-0 to Chelsea at Aldershot on Monday, October 22, but there were no complaints about the performance from boss Ray Lewington. "I was pleased with the performance. In the first half we were cancelling each other out. I imagine from
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Taylor leads the tributes to his 'greatest ever signing'
GRAHAM Taylor and former directors paid tribute this week to Bertie Mee the experienced backroom boy behind Watford's rise up the divisions. Mee, 82, has died after a brief battle against cancer. A former double winner with Arsenal, Mee came to Vicarage
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Tommy's all gold
As far as first days in new jobs go, there are good ones and bad ones. Tommy Sampson is likely to remember his debut as Wood boss for a very long time, as his new charges gave him the ideal start last Saturday at a sparsely populated Croydon Sports Arena
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Town has its say over school sites
A planning document outlining what should be built on three school sites in Borehamwood was expected to be rubber-stamped by councillors last night. The brief, drawn up by borough council planning officers, sets out how the sites of Furzehill, Hillside
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Money paid to Ridgehill staff
In you editorial last week (Borehamwood & Elstree Times, October 18) you said that in the last five years a total of £2.5million is said to have been paid to around 30 people at the time they stopped working at Ridgehill. This is not true, it has
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What's on this week in Borehamwood and Elstree
The Elstree and Borehamwood Light Operatic Society will perform Oliver, Lionel Bart's most successful musical written around Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, until Saturday, October 27, at The Radlett Centre. The event is in support of Children in Need.
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City news: Harding on the way out?
ST ALBANS CITY'S troubled chairman, Lee Harding, has pledged to step down as majority shareholder of the football club if the right buyer offering the right price comes along. However, the move comes after a supporters' club meeting voted overwhelmingly
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Hornets: Pitch posing problems
WATFORD players are having problems with the Vicarage Road pitch. In recent home games, the incidence of players slipping for no apparent reason, has prompted some to reason they are wearing the wrong studs. Said Vialli this week: "I haven't actually
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Hornets: Opposition Opinion: Paul Hart of Nottingham Forest
FOREST boss Paul Hart was delighted with their first away win of the season, and also encouraged that both strikers have ended a barren spell. "We have been threatening all season and been unlucky on occasions and caused our own problems on others, but
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Hornets: Vialli's View on Grimsby Town
AFTER Watford's best away display for a year, Luca Vialli was suitably pleased at Grimsby. "It was a good performance and a big improvement again. That is the way up. We were quite solid at the back and always a threat when we went forward. I was very
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Railtrack's £200k on way to station
Councillors have backed a scheme to install a £200,000 temporary railway station to serve Borehamwood and Elstree. Railtrack hopes to replace the station's current makeshift buildings with a new temporary structure by Easter. A company spokeswoman said
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Civil war cracks Labour fortress
A threat of civil war was hanging over the borough council's Labour group this week following the resignation of two high profile Borehamwood councillors. Councillors Martin Heywood and Jean Heywood resigned from the Labour group last week and yesterday
