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Hertfordshire shop assistant 'threatened with knife' and another injured in burglary ift.tt/ILt6oqa

Hertfordshire shop assistant 'threatened with knife' and another injured in burglary

Candie Stop in the Broadway, Potters Bar was subject to an alleged knife-armed burglary with a shop assistant being injured.

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Best places in Hertfordshire to pick your own flowers named in new list ift.tt/Kcj7Yd6

Best places in Hertfordshire to pick your own flowers named in new list

The best places to pick your own flowers in Hertfordshire have been named in a new Muddy Stilettos list - with one not far from Watford.

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Road closures and new synagogue among latest Watford-area public notices ift.tt/4YRXIGg

Road closures and new synagogue among latest Watford-area public notices

The latest public notices for the Watford area include road closures and a proposed new synagogue in Bushey.

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Five-bedroom family home with high-end kitchen on the market for £1m ift.tt/FSasfEY

Five-bedroom family home with high-end kitchen on the market for £1m

A five-bedroom detached family home on Braham Crescent in Leavesden, Watford, has hit the market for £1,000,000.

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Read the spectacular full Ofsted for Watford school 'firing on all cylinders' ift.tt/xXnSPZf

Read the spectacular full Ofsted for Watford school 'firing on all cylinders'

The full Ofsted report for Watford Grammar School for Boys has been published.

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Police growing 'increasingly concerned' for missing woman last seen near Watford ift.tt/nRIL7Bl
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Four pubs in the Watford area with fantastic new beer gardens for summer ift.tt/lRq6OcX

Four pubs in the Watford area with fantastic new beer gardens for summer

These four pubs in and around Watford have all recently unveiled new beer gardens.

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Village shop could be demolished for three-storey flats scheme ift.tt/qKaUkB2

Village shop could be demolished for three-storey flats scheme

Plans have been submitted proposing to demolish a Bovingdon village shop and replace it with flats and a new ground-floor commercial unit.

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Plan to open new 64-child nursery amid 'deficit of places' ift.tt/vfxgJaM

Plan to open new 64-child nursery amid 'deficit of places'

Plans to open a new 64-child nursery at The Cloisters Hall in Rickmansworth have been submitted amid a “deficit of places” in the area.

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The 'yummy' and 'fantastic' café in Hertfordshire with beautiful meals ift.tt/QkDOx97

The 'yummy' and 'fantastic' café in Hertfordshire with beautiful meals

Batch Fifty Two in Hertfordshire has been described as "yummy" and "fantastic".

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Discover the 'wonderful' garden centre tea room in Hertfordshire that's a 'gem' ift.tt/silgtTU

Discover the 'wonderful' garden centre tea room in Hertfordshire that's a 'gem'

Mill End Plants and Café has earned praise for its tea room, which guests are calling "wonderful".

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Inside Hertfordshire’s ‘awesome’ top-rated museum with its own flight simulator ift.tt/ZWjm1N4

Inside Hertfordshire’s ‘awesome’ top-rated museum with its own flight simulator

De Havilland Aircraft Museum in London Colney is Hertfordshire's top-rated museum and has been called awesome.

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Watford fare dodgers to pay more than £8,000 as 5 in court on one day ift.tt/P8iGNWV

Watford fare dodgers to pay more than £8,000 as 5 in court on one day

Five Watford fare dodgers have been ordered to pay a total of £8,056 at Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court.

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Fundraiser launched after Hertfordshire dad, 34, dies unexpectedly on holiday ift.tt/wsligUF

Fundraiser launched after Hertfordshire dad, 34, dies unexpectedly on holiday

Jonas McDowall, 34, from Hemel Hempstead, passed away suddenly on June 5, leaving behind his partner and their eight-year-old daughter.

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Soft play centre where animals died in fire 'did not have licence' for mini zoo ift.tt/EIovkcB

Soft play centre where animals died in fire 'did not have licence' for mini zoo

The Jungle Box in Buntingford reportedly did not have a licence for the animals it was keeping on site before a fire killed all but one of them.

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Man 'seriously injured' falling from window while fleeing police in High Street ift.tt/df76iYy

Man 'seriously injured' falling from window while fleeing police in High Street

A man fell to Watford High Street from a window while trying to flee police, leaving him hospitalised with "serious" injuries.

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Watford Junction drop-off parking spaces reopen after months-long closure ift.tt/UpKsgXV

Watford Junction drop-off parking spaces reopen after months-long closure

Previously blocked short-stay parking spaces at Watford Junction station, in Woodford Road, have reopened.

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Hertfordshire Police looking for two wanted burglars on recall to prison ift.tt/URVyEP0

Hertfordshire Police looking for two wanted burglars on recall to prison

Herts Police are looking for two men with links to Watford and other Hertfordshire areas who are wanted on recall to prison.

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Damning nursery report finds 'chaotic' handovers and kids 'appearing forgotten' ift.tt/IE2tFjQ

Damning nursery report finds 'chaotic' handovers and kids 'appearing forgotten'

Ofsted has published a damning report for Step By Step nursery in Bushey, which needs “urgent improvement” in all areas.

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Men charged with 'aggravated burglary' after gun discovered in double raid ift.tt/ZTqXuzN

Men charged with 'aggravated burglary' after gun discovered in double raid

Officers carried out two search warrants - one in Hemel Hempstead and Tottenham, north London - in connection with the incident in Normansfield…

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