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TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved and respected woman who became a mother like figure to many in the community over the years with her work.

Dolly Monceaux was unvaccinated when she found herself fighting the coronavirus last week from a hospital bed in a Mississippi ICU, unable to see family and struggling to breathe or

Connection in what you see out in the community with whats happening in this hos -- in these hospitals. >> reporter: singing river hospital cant expand covid capacity fast enough. its cleared beds to serve more covid patients but doesnt have the staff to open it. the beds sit empty. >> its exhausting. both, mentally and emotionally. i think the most difficult think emotionally that we are having to deal with now is what do we do with these people who have been on the ventilator for weeks and wee...

Four of the shops in the town centre we miss Whether it be nationwide chains including British Home Stores or Woolworths, or those names that are synonymous with the town such as Clements and Trewins, there are a host of shops in Watford that are no longer with us that hold fond memories. Shops have again be making our headlines following the renaming of the town’s shopping centre and following this we asked members of our nostalgia Facebook group ‘We grew up in Watford’ which shops i...

Some of the gifts that hold special memories for our readers Whether it was a first bicycle, a dolls house, a sports kit or a video games console, many of us will have received a Christmas present or seasonal gift that holds fond memories and we may still treasure it to this day. We asked members of the Watford Observers nostalgia Facebook group, We grew up in Watford, to tell us about their favourite toy or present they received while growing up in the area and while they still love it so ...