Watford, England News

A GROUP of dads teamed up with their children to take part in a world record attempt in Watford today.

Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley MP visited Watford General Hospital this afternoon to reaffirm Conservative Party support for the Health Campus project.

The spirit of Victorian England filled Rickmansworth high street as hundreds of visitors braved the bitter cold to see seven dwarves turn on the town's Christmas lights.

Sixth form students from Watford have had the opportunity to get an insider's look at the European Parliament this week.

A wedding photographer who claims Hertfordshire Police 's pursuit over child pornography allegations amounted to a "malicious prosecution" has won a fresh chance to prove his case.

A teenage drug addict who stole from a garden chalet in Oxhey Village and then set it on fire to cover his tracks has been sent to a young offenders' institution.

A taxi driver has been found not guilty of careless driving after he was alleged to have knocked a cyclist off his bike by turning into St Albans Road without looking.

Firefighters raced to the aid of a mother today when her baby was trapped inside her flat.

Conservative Paul Morris has won the Bushey Heath by-election. With 748 votes, Mr Morris had a clear lead over Charles Bath, Labour, and Anita Ownsworth, Liberal Democrat, who collected 252 votes between them.

The smoke alarm inside an empty flat alerted neighbours to a fire in north Watford this afternoon.

Three young men have appeared in court charged with GBH after a man had his jaw broken in an underpass.

Members of a Watford scout group will be travelling in style from now on thanks to the donation of a brand-new mini bus.

Disabled people and their carers can find advice and information from a host of local charities and businesses at a Disability Awareness event in Watford.

Teachers at a north Watford primary school have been praised for "making learning fun" in a glowing report from Ofsted.

Watford's new Fire Station was opened by a procession containing more than 100 years of fire service history today.

The owners of an off-licence in Watford pleaded guilty to selling cigarettes to a 15-year-old girl four years after they were prosecuted for supplying alcohol to an underage customer.

A 45-year-old man has been jailed for 20 months for breaching his Asbo for the 11th time, theft and assaulting police who apprehended him when he went to get a stolen Rolex valued.

Hundreds of revellers braved pouring rain and plunging temperatures this evening as they celebrated the turning on of Watforda s Christmas illuminations.

A 22-year-old man killed in a car crash in Watford has been named. Chris Puddifoot, from Northwood, was travelling in a BMW which collided with a Vauxhall Astra in Hampermill Lane, at around 5.20pm, yesterday.

The parents of a north-west London woman who drowned when a boat capsized off Vietnam in September have lost a second child this week when their son died in a car crash.