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'Vile' Oakley escapes jail
Shamed Watford Conservative Ian Oakley was spared jail this afternoon by St Albans magistrates. Oakley, who perpetrated a three-year hate campaign against leading Liberal Democrats in Watford, has been handed an 18 week suspended jail sentence
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Child abuser due to be sentenced
A man from Watford who abused children and young teenagers over a 30-year period is due to be sentenced. Leslie Bennett, 61, was born in Watford in 1947 and previously lived in Repton Way, Croxley Green. Between 1977 and 1999 he committed a number of
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Jones happy after Saracens' win
Eddie Jones was pleased with his side’s 53-3 destruction of Mont de Marsan in the European Challenge Cup yesterday. Saracens scored seven tries past their French opponents and never looked like losing the game. Jones, Sarries’ director
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'Horsepower is coming back big time'
Some of the “strongest horses in the world” have travelled to Bricket Wood to farm ancient timber and revitalise a 16 acre nature reserve. Faced with the noise, pollution and spiralling cost of tractors and lorries, St Stephen Parish Council
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'Not in my neighbourhood' week launched
Residents in Watford and Three Rivers will be able to have their say on local policing this week. This week is a nationwide "Not in My Neighbourhood Week" organised by the Home Office to highlight the work of neighbourhood policing teams across
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More power failures in Hertsmere
More than 2,000 homes in Bushey, Radlett and Aldenham were left in the dark last night during the latest in a series of power cuts. The electricity supply was stopped shortly before 9pm while EDF Energy engineers repaired a fault in a substation
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Woman admits benefit fraud
A 25-year-old woman has admitted working while claiming incapacity benefit. Aleysha Sharif, of Boundary Way, Watford, pleaded guilty to charges of failing to notify a change of circumstances and making false statements she knew would affect her benefit
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Bangura plays in defeat
Al Bangura played the whole match for Sierra Leone in their 4-1 defeat to Nigeria on Saturday. The Watford midfielder made his debut for his country in the World Cup qualifier in Nigeria. But the 20-year-old's Watford future could be in doubt
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Another UFO sighting
A taxi driver watched in amazement as he spotted a group of "orange lights" in the night sky above Abbots Langley. Kev Brown spotted the unusual sight at around 9.05pm on Saturday. He said: "I stopped my vehicle and watched them for
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Yummy mummys dress up for charity
TEN cowboy hat-wearing fundraisers, wearing pink leggings, caught pub regulars throughout Watford and South Oxhey by surprise in their bid to raise funds for children with cancer. The visually striking group were seen wielding their way throughout pubs
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‘Final throw of the dice’ for residents
RESIDENTS and traders in Croxley Green will meet next week to discuss plans by a major supermarket to build a convenience store in their midst. The meeting, at Harvey Road School, tongiht (Monday), will examine in greater details plans by Tesco to build
