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Theatre group to stage pantomime
Chipperfield Theatre Group is set to mark the new year with swashbuckling pantomime Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates. The community group is promising an action packed adventure with baddies to be booed and heroes to be cheered for. The shows will
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James extends Vicarage Road stay
Tom James will remain with the Hornets until the end of this season after signing a new short-term deal. The left-back joined Watford in the summer after impressing while on trial and his impressed sufficiently to have his stay at Vicarage Road extended
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Cash boost for pregnancy advice centre
A Christian unplanned pregnancy advice centre has received cash support from Hertfordshire County Council. GirlAbout, based in Watford House Lane, off Clarendon Road, has been awarded £500 from the authority to support its work. The centre provides
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Friend pays tribute to West Herts College student
A close friend of West Herts College student Catherine Wynter, who was found stabbed to death, has paid tribute to the "talented" teenager. Miss Wynter, a former Queens’ school student known as Katy to her friends, was discovered on Tuesday
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Tough Guy Raises Money for Children’s Centre
On the 29th January, Camelot UK Lotteries Limited employee, Paul Clarke, will be taking on the ‘Tough Guy’ challenge in order to raise money for Watford Mencap’s Children’s Centre. Paul was inspired to support the Children’s Centre after taking part in
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Storms batter region
High winds and torrential rain left chimneys damaged, trees felled and roads flooded as extreme weather swept across Watford this morning. Hertfordshire Highways responded to more than 200 reports of damage to the county’s road network including
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Parents to have say on school admissions
Parents will have the opportunity to share their views and opinions of the school admissions system in a new consultation. The main proposal to be discussed is the possibility of increasing the number of school preferences from three to four, ready
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Errors cost Saracens in home draw
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall admitted a couple of errors cost them the victory in their 15-15 draw with Gloucester. The Premiership champions were held to their first draw of the season after Gloucester equalised with a late Freddie Burns penalty
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Dacorum one of top 50 places to live
Dacorum has been voted one of the top 50 places to live in the United Kingdom, according to a nationwide survey. Out of more than 400 areas, the Halifax’s Quality of Life survey rated the district at number 37. Last year, Dacorum did
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Football club to receive £37,500 in funding
MEMBERS of an Abbots Langley football club are over the moon after the club secured thousands of pounds of Olympic legacy funding - courtesy of Sport England’s Inspired Facilities Fund. Part of the £135 million Places People Play legacy programme
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Council issues recycling advice
Residents across Dacorum are being urged by the borough council not to place greeting cards in green wheeled bins or in their paper recycling box, to avoid contaminating the load. Instead, the council is advising residents to take advantage of a number
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Send us your weather pictures
Strong gales and sheets of rain greeted Watford commuters who endured a miserable start to the first working week of 2012 this morning. Flooding in Vicarage Road was coupled with bins being blown over in residential streets and police warning
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Help needed at conservation events
Residents will have the chance to burn off their January blues at a series of conservation events across Watford. Watford Borough Council are organising a range of events, ranging from bird box maintenance to litter clearing, to kick start 2012. Visitors
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Pensioners enjoy party at Evergreen FC
Festivities were in full swing in Abbots Langley when Evergreen Football Club hosted its annual Pensioners’ Christmas party. More than 36 villagers, aged 65 and over, took part in proceedings at the club in South Way, on December 20.
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Recycle your Christmas waste
Residents are being encouraged to recycle as much of their Christmas clutter as possible in the new year by Hertsmere Council. The authority, which manages recycling in the borough, has organised shredding sessions for obsolete Christmas trees and
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The evaporated spirit of Christmas past
In the doldrum days just before New Year, the ghost of Christmas Just Past haunts the shops like a particularly tatty revenant from the pages of Dickens. If the eminent Victorian had written his most famous festive story today, I’ve no doubt that the
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WATFORD MENCAP ACHIEVES EBAY TOP-RATED SELLER STATUS
Watford Mencap received a welcome New Year present when Ebay told them they had achieved Top-Rated Seller status. This means that Watford Mencap has very high ratings for communicating with buyers promptly and truthfully, making reasonable postage and
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National Blood Service appeals for donors
Residents across Abbots Langley are asked to help potentially save a life by donating blood to the National Blood Service. The organisation will next be in the village on Wednesday, January 25, at Tanners Wood Hall, School Mead, from 12.30 to 3.30pm
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Youth council to decide on grant allocation
Teens and youngsters in Three Rivers will be deciding on how £1,000, which has been earmarked for good causes, is to be spent in the district. Eleven to 19-year-olds on the district’s youth council are inviting groups and charities in the area to apply
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Lunch club receives council grant
A lunch club for older people in Sarratt has been given a financial boost in the form of a council grant. Sarratt Care has been awarded £500 from Hertfordshire County Council to continue providing its lunch meeting and other services. The organisation
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Watford Philharmonic Society Christmas Concert at Watford Colosseum***
The Watford Philharmonic Society attracted a capacity audience on its welcome return to The Colosseum for its Christmas Concert. Depending on how you count, more than 20 pieces were performed, few of which were carols in the strict sense of a religious
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A Christmas Carol at Chorleywood Memorial Hall*****
Chorleywood be proud, you have a five-star production on your doorstep. Joshua Sills and team have produced a real sizzler of a show and for me it was the unlikely place where Christmas really got switched on this year. As I entered the Memorial
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Teen charged with murder of Catherine Wynter
A teenager has been charged with the murder of West Herts College student Catherine Wynter who was found stabbed to death the day after Boxing Day. Tony Bushby, 18, from Digswell Close in Borehamwood, appeared at Hatfield Magistrates' Court
