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No date yet for Watford Leisure meeting
Club officials are still refusing to comment on whether a request has been received to hold an extraordinary general meeting of Watford Leisure Plc, even though the Watford Observer is aware that this is the case. This newspaper revealed last week
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Council defends decision over chief executive’s pay
THE much maligned decision to allow its chief executive to work a four-day week has been defended by Three Rivers District Council. Councillors sparked fury last week when they voted to allow Dr Steven Halls to cut his working week from five
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Market bosses: ‘Justice after three-year battle’
TWO directors of Bovingdon Market have been cleared of money laundering after a marathon three-year legal battle. Sally Ann Ward, 45, of Woodland Road, Rickmansworth, and her brother Nicholas Giles Hobday, 49, of Blisworth, Northamptonshire, were convicted
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Northwood crash driver named
THE man who died nine days after his car crashed in Northwood has been named. Lee Howard’s Volkswagen Golf careered off the road and crashed into a wall in Joel Street on Sunday, October 12, having apparently lost control on a bend. The 35-year-old
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Pregnant mum thanks heroes who helped her
THE last time Martina Atkins came face to face with these four men the circumstances could scarcely have been more different. On the morning of Tuesday, October 7, the heavily pregnant mother-of-four was involved in a serious car accident near her Garston
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Watford boss hoping to extend Darren Ward's loan
Aidy Boothroyd is due to hold talks with Watford chairman Graham Simpson today to see if there is a possibility of extending Darren Ward’s loan spell. The centre-half is ineligible to face parent club Wolverhampton Wanderers at Vicarage Road
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Pirates of Penzance at the Alban Arena***
Thanks to Mr Depp and his Caribbean shipmates, all things piratical are currently in vogue. A perennial G&S favourite, The Pirates of Penzance has been delighting audiences with its colourful characters since 1879. As the opening chords were struck
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Anything Goes at the Watersmeet Theatre***
A favourite since the 1930s, when Bing Crosby and his toe-tapping companions catapulted Anything Goes to the top of the musical theatre tree, the show’s glitz and glam proved to be a fine antidote to the credit crunch blues when Harrow Light Opera
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Watford FC steward dies after game
A popular steward who worked at Watford Football Club since 1978 has died. Ron Lewis, 62, attended Tuesday night’s match against Cardiff, but went home early after complaining of feeling unwell. Paramedics were alerted to a man who collapsed in his
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Tributes paid to biker
BIKERS from across Hertfordshire are set to stop traffic in Bushey and Watford in tribute to an “incredibly popular” friend and father-of-three. Charles Edgar Knee, known as “Eddie” in the biking community he was a key part of, died suddenly on holiday
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Burying news village will be buried
Do you remember Jo Moore, the Labour aide, who was spinning away at the Department of Transport on September 11, 2001? While the people of the rest of the world watched their TV screens in silent horror as New York’s Twin Towers collapsed in flames and
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Vinnie lays down the gauntlet
FIGHTING out of the Red corner; weighing in at a healthy weight, one of football’s most notorious villains, the “Windmiller from Watford” – Vinnie Jones. And in the Blue corner; the country’s least favourite lottery winner, the face you see when you
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Speed camera caught same driver 10 times
A speed camera on the same road caught a motorist on more than ten occasions in a matter of weeks. Francisco Manzanero, 51, of Raglan Gardens, Watford was caught speeding in either a car or on a motorbike, the majority not far from his home in Eastbury
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Shop stung in undercover operation
A licensee in Abbots Langley faces prosecution after being caught selling alcohol to customers under 18. The premises was caught out in a recent Hertfordshire Trading Standards' undercover operation, and was the only one in Watford found breaking
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'If there's a better shot-stopper in the Championship, I'd like to see him'
Richard Lee will make his 100th first-team start for Watford against Wolverhampton Wanderers tomorrow unless something unexpected happens in the interim. The 26-year-old will doubtless be hoping to celebrate the milestone with a Hornets victory
