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Ecstasy by Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh's play is set in a dingy bedsit in Kilburn in 1979. It was first performed in September of that year, but Leigh has revived it - and rather successfully. For audience-goers over 50 they will remember those time; for others it is

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Watford season ticket prices for 2011/12

Watford have bumped up adult season ticket prices for the 2011/12 campaign but are still hoping to increase the number of holders after dramatically reducing the cost in other areas. There is an increase of between £15 and £25 for adults depending

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Friday, April 22, 2011

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Hay bales block busy road

Traffic on a busy road ground to a halt this afternoon after a tractor shed its load of hay. A total of 30 hay bales blocked Hempstead Road, Watford, when the trailer it was towing overturned and collided with a wall. Nobody was hurt but police

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Watford's Danny Graham wins Championship award

Watford striker Danny Graham has been named as the ESPN PFA fans' player of the year for the Championship. Graham beat competition from QPR's Jamie Mackie, Nottingham Forest's Lewis McGugan and Leeds trio Robert Snodgrass, Luciano Becchio and

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Motorcyclist dies on holiday with friends

A motorcycle enthusiast from Rickmansworth died while he was on holiday with friends, after being “caught out” by a tragic combination of road conditions. David Marchant, from Coombe Hill Road, suffered multiple traumatic injuries when he collided

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Later we learnt of our foolishness but then so did 80 or so others

VISITORS tend to spend a few days in Yellowstone National Park but even as the end of September approached, everything inside the park was fully booked, so we had to stay just outside the west entrance. That fitted in very well with our

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Family hung out to dry by appliance failure

A MUM of five says she has had to fork out £500 on replacing clothes which have been torn by her washing machine. When holes began appearing in her children's clothes, Zelpha Chapman assumed they must have ripped them by accident. But

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Shopkeeper's shock at snake discovery

The owner of a Watford bike shop had a fright this morning when he unexpectedly came face-to-face with a large snake. Richard Neale, of Neale & Sons, in Vicarage Road, discovered the menacing looking Corn Snake when we opened a drawer in his workshop

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Father killed in A41 crash named

A man who was killed in an horrific ten vehicle pile-up on Tuesday was a popular member of staff at a Watford supermarket, it has been revealed. Checkout manager Matt Barker was fatally injured on the A41, at junction 20 of the M25.

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Islamic centre planned for Conservative club

A former Conservative club could undergo a dramatic transformation, if plans to turn it into an Islamic education and prayer centre are approved. The West Watford Conservative Club, in Harwoods Road, could see its snooker hall transformed into

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'Leavesden Country Park will always be part of me'

A popular ranger, who has patrolled Leavesden Country Park over the past two and a half years, is to hang up his walking boots as he moves on to pastures new. Park ranger Martin Brooks is leaving his position to work at St Michael’s School in High

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South Oxhey dancer steps up for BBC competition

A young dancer from South Oxhey will be performing to keep her place in a BBC competition, on millions of television screens across the country tomorrow night. Charlotte Scally is one of 20 dancers left in So You Think You Can Dance, a talent

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Easter Break

I can hardly believe how quickly this year seems to be going with the Easter break already upon us. At the Trust, it is important that when our offices are closed we continue to offer our services to all our tenants. This week our offices

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Former Mayor remembered

A former Mayor of Watford who dedicated much of his career to improving the lives of others has died. Friends, family and former colleagues are mourning the loss of Alec Merrifield, whose years of diligent public service saw him serve as a

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Cows on holiday in Chorleywood

A herd of bovine lawnmowers will once again be grazing on Chorleywood Common this summer. Belgium Blue and Pied Montese cows from a local farmer will take up residence on the common from May 6 for six weeks, as trialled last year. The grazing

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£6,000 bill for benefit cheat

A benefit cheat who claimed almost £6,000 that he was not entitled to has been ordered to repay the money. Louis Filip Pedrosa, of Queen’s Road, Watford, continued to claim Housing Benefit after he started full time work. He was interviewed by Watford

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Queen's award for life-saving company

A Bushey-based company has won a prestigious enterprise award in recognition of a device that could help save soldiers’ lives. Smiths Detection, which employs some 300 workers at its park Avenue offices, has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for