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Tesco pays out fuel costs
THE Chorleywood family whose dodgy batch of fuel from Tesco was reported in the Watford Observer three weeks before the story broke nationally last month have finally had the costs of repairs to their car paid by the supermarket giant. The quest for
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Tube strike set to go ahead
A three-day strike by more than 2,000 Tube maintenance staff is set to start on Sunday evening, it has been announced. The action, by engineers who maintain two-thirds of the Underground, would have an "immediate and massive effect", The Rail, Maritime
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Pub gears up for St George's Day
AFTER receiving a barrel load of abuse from revellers on St Patrick's Day, one publican has decided it is high time that England's own national day was celebrated too. As the regulars at the Royal Oak, in Sparrows Herne, Bushey, knocked back pints
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Woman pleads not guilty to murder
A WOMAN has appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to the murder of 35-year-old Lorraine Ozkan. Ms Ozkan was stabbed to death at a flat in Moselle House, Derby Road, Watford, on January 3 this year. She was taken to Watford General Hospital with
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Labour attacks MP's father
Hertsmere Labour Party has unleashed a stinging attack on former councillor Frank Ward, the father of Watford's MP. The party has, until last week, been silent about Mr Ward's failure to be selected as a candidate for Kenilworth ward in Borehamwood,
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Sorrell: 'I can't see myself playing for anyone else'
KEVIN SORRELL has given play-off chasing Saracens a boost ahead of Sunday's must-win match by ranking the squad the best he has been a part of in 12 years at the club. The veteran centre has been restored to the starting line-up for the visit of Dean
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Big crowd expected for crucial game
SARACENS are likely to be spurred on by their biggest crowd of the season when they face Harlequins in their penultimate Guinness Premiership match at Vicarage Road on Sunday (3pm kick-off). The Men in Black will have the vociferous backing of more
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Mahon looking to build on great strike
GAVIN MAHON produced the perfect response to his detractors on Monday. The captain has been a target for the boo boys since Christmas - his name was even booed when the team was read out before the Ipswich game - and things reached a real low at the
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'Watford must believe' says Barnes
JOHN BARNES has experienced both sides of the coin in semi-finals with Watford at Villa Park - and says belief is the key to Watford pulling off victory against the odds tomorrow (Saturday). The former England international was part of the side who
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Gaffney: 'Next season will be more difficult'
ALAN GAFFNEY is confident Saracens can blossom further next season thanks to the expectations they have created over the past seven months. Tipped by many as relegation candidates before the season started, the Men in Black have made their boldest
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Leading contenders emerging
JAY DeMERIT, Ben Foster, Dan Shittu, Tommy Smith and Jordan Stewart have emerged as among the front-runners for the Watford Observer Player of the Season trophy following a fantastic response to the launch of online voting for this season's Watford FC
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Boothroyd: 'Anything is possible'
AIDY BOOTHROYD will lead his side out at Villa Park tomorrow (Saturday) admitting that a Watford victory in the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United would represent a "major shock beyond belief". The Watford manager was at Old Trafford on Tuesday
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Practical prankster
SOCIAL anthropologists contend with some degree of authority that the younger children in a family are generally the funniest among siblings and are generally more confident when it comes to holding court and making their peers laugh. This may in some
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Fashion and I have parted company
In my diary there are two big social occasions marked for this summer. One is a christening at which I am delighted to have been asked to fulfil the role of godmother; the other is the wedding of a friend I've known since my first year at Westfield School
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Five cars + 164 flats doesn’t add up
SOME ideas are simply beyond belief and leave me wondering exactly what kind of lunatics are running the asylum that is Britain in 2007. Watford Borough Council's decision to approve a key workers housing development at Vicarage Road which will be "car
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The Daleks are coming
Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of an episode of Dr Who being filmed at the Grims Dyke Hotel, Old Redding, and to commemorate Daleks will be paying a surprise visit. Fans of the timeless scifi series will take the Daleks to the hotel to re-enact scenes
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Hertfordshire worst for parking
CAR parking charges in parts of Hertfordshire have almost doubled in the past six years, it emerged today. In some areas drivers have seen the cost of parking for two hours rise by 90 per cent since 2000. Hertfordshire is one of the worst culprits for
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Suspected burglars in car crash
A POLICE helicopter was called out yesterday afternoon to track three suspected burglars who ran off after their get away car was involved in a road accident in Bushey. At 1.40pm, officers were called to an alleged burglary of the home of an 81-year-old
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Pakistani celebrity dies in Watford park
The body of a famous Pakistani singer who died after collapsing in Cassiobury Park has been flown back to Lahore. Asad Amanat Ali Khan died on Sunday after being rushed to Watford General Hospital when he suffered what is believed to have been a heart
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MP's father splits from party
THE father of Watford's MP, Claire Ward, has split from his party after 24 years as a Labour councillor and is now at the centre of a bitter row with the candidate selected to replace him. Frank Ward will contest Hertsmere Borough Council's Kenilworth
