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How The Ryder Cup was won part 4
By Spring 2001 all bids had been submitted and we were in limbo concentrating on running the hotel which had taken off beyond all expectations and preparing for The Wales Open which was due to be staged at the beginning of August. Based
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Loach included in England squad
Watford’s Scott Loach is one of four goalkeepers called up by the England Under-21s for their crucial European Championship play-off match with Romania. Loach, who has been promoted to the full England squad twice this season, should start
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Watford FC podcast out today
The latest installment of Watford FC podcast ‘From the Rookery End’ was today. Season-ticket holders Jon Moonie, Jason Bailey and Mike Parkin started releasing monthly podcasts on the Hornets in the summer. The fourth episode includes an interview with
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Photographers star in society publication
Photographs taken by two members of Watford Camera Club will be published in a portfolio produced by the Royal Photographic Society. Shots taken by Jaffer Bhimji and Chris Skinner were chosen from more than 3,500 submissions to feature in Portfolio
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Mother crowned winner of Come Dine With Me
A Kings Langley mother-of-three has been given a taste of celebrity after appearing on and winning a popular television show. Kelly Hatt, 35, of Alexandra Road, was one of three Hertfordshire residents to feature on Channel 4’s Come Dine With
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Gary Bennett murder trial due to begin Monday - get updates here
The man suspected of murdering Watford bin man Gary Bennett will face trial at St Albans Crown Court next week. Mr Bennett was found with severe head injuries in Aldenham Country Park, on February 24. Julian Felisi, 37, was arrested
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Hundreds mourn popular golfer
The life of former golf professional Ronnie Mandeville was celebrated when more than 200 people attended his funeral. The hearse carrying Mr Mandeville's coffin drove around the flagpole outside West Herts Golf Club before making its way to
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Mother cleared of attempting to kill five-year-old son on insanity grounds
A mother who tried to kill her five-year-old son by jumping on to the tracks at Watford Junction station has been found not guilty of attempted murder on the grounds that she is insane. The 46-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal
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Chorleywood women kicked into shape
As the winter nights draw in and the temperatures drop, a new football club is offering women in Chorleywood the chance to kick-start their exercise programme. Kick Yourself Fit, an entirely female football class, will take place every Tuesday
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Annual carnival helps support Kings Langley causes
Thousands of pounds raised from last year's annual Kings Langley Carnival have been donated to a number of local causes and charities. At a glittering ceremony at the Kings Langley Cricket Club on Monday evening, cheques were presented to a
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Planning row leads to three-day public inquiry
An ongoing row between an Aldenham temple and a council planning committee has resulted in the scheduling of a three-day public inquiry. Planning inspectors have taken the unusual step of hearing three different appeals on the same application
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Chorleywood student starts gold medal career
A school leaver from Chorleywood has been given the chance to take a front row seat on the London 2012 Olympic Games organising committee. Jack Freeman, who attended St Clement Danes School in Chenies Road, has started an internship with the
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Now we can truly raise our glasses to Hornets
WHILE back in England, I had a very pleasant and unexpected experience. One Friday evening a couple of weeks back, Ellie and I were about to enter Sujoys in Chorleywood. I could almost taste the jalfrezi in my enthusiastic anticipation.
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Problem pub to close after police and council row
A Watford pub that had its licence suspended after a flood of complaints from its neighbours will close at the weekend, its owner has said. Champions Bar, in St Albans Road, had its licence suspended for 12 weeks by Watford Borough Council
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'The water just streams down the walls' in damp South Oxhey flat
A woman from South Oxhey has been fighting with a housing association to re-home her son for almost six years, after “severe mould” has spread across his walls, windows and furniture. Dean Hickey, 31, has lived with damp and mould eating away
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'I feel very privileged to have served the people of Hertfordshire'
A popular police officer who has walked the beat for the past 30 years is to step down from his role as police constable for Kings Langley. PC Nik Pringle joined Hertfordshire Constabulary in October 1980 and has spent the last seven years
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Application for phone mast near primary school due
A mobile phone mast could be erected near a Bushey primary school without the approval of a council planning committee. Mobile operator o2 is hoping to erect the 11.8-metre mast in Melbourne Road, which merges with Palmer Avenue, on the same
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Actor Curtis dies
Hollywood legend Tony Curtis, who starred in more than 140 films in a career spanning six decades, has died aged 85, it was announced today. The actor, who appeared on-screen with Marilyn Monroe in Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot, met hundreds
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Want to become a Charity Trustee? - Find out how at A Trustee Open Evening
The Volunteer Centre will be holding a Trustees Open Evening during National Trustees’ Week on Wednesday 27th October in the Dickinson Room, Three Rivers Council Offices, 7-9pm. Come along and hear from local trustees, find out what the role of
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Deadline looms for young journalists
Young journalists across Three Rivers are feeling the pressure of a looming deadline day, after a last minute rush of entries to a writing competition. The Three Rivers Young Journalist of the Year competition closes on Monday, and entries
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Author with terminal cancer holds book launch
An 87-year-old author from Chorleywood, suffering from terminal cancer, will launch her latest book at an event next week. Myra Chave-Jones of Cedars Village, has spent the last months of her life writing a book entitled ‘My Swan Song’, about
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New flats above former bank
Permission to build flats above a former Barclays Bank, will be considered by Chorleywood Parish Council next week. Hempstead Estates have submitted plans to extend the living space above the Lower Road bank to incorporate two, two-bedroom homes.
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How can a graduate help your business?
Businesses can find out what a Graduate Student could do for them - the University of Hertfordshire will present an opportunity to employ a graduate for a limited time, with government funding. In these difficult times this is an important
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Physically impaired students win 'stack of medals' at games
A group of physically impaired students from a Bushey school are celebrating winning “a stack of medals” at the Wheelchair and Amputee Games. The students, from Bushey Meads School, in Coldharbour Lane, won 19 medals at the four-day event, in Stoke
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Top Christian author in Watford signing
One of the world’s best-selling Christian authors visited a Watford bookshop yesterday, where he met fans and signed copies of his latest best-seller. Canadian writer William Paul Young was promoting his new novel, The Shack, at Living Oasis
