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FIVE YEARS AGO 'Shame on you': Application to build two blocks of flats approved A hotly debated application to demolish 10 bungalows and build 32 flats has been approved to shouts of "shame on you" from campaigners. Watford Community Housing Trust’s proposal to build new homes in Hemming Way was voted through despite the fact it will “stick out like a sore thumb”. Watford Borough Council planning committee unanimously agreed planning officers' recommendation for approval at a meeting. Speaking on behalf of residents, Jane Owen told the meeting more than 500 had signed a petitio...

Updated This is where you can find a pop-up rapid testing site in south Hertfordshire over the next seven days. Credit: PA The new weekly list of rapid testing locations in and around Watford for people with no coronavirus symptoms has been published. Hertfordshire County Council began its roll-out of the rapid testing programme on January 20, with pop-up sites appearing daily across the county. The lateral flow tests available at the testing sites are primarily for key and essential workers, capable of telling them within an hour of their test whether they have Covid or not. With 1 i...

Police are investigating after wine, beer and a bunch of flowers were stolen from a service station.

Planning applications for Watford and surrounding areas This week we have a property requesting permission for an extra tenant and a new home being built in place of an existing outbuilding in Watford. A new barn is also being built at the Old Cattle Shed in Sarragg and Berkhamsted School would like to keep its marquee for extra learning space. Also, the former Chipperfield Garage could be demolished to make way for nine new homes with car parking. Watford 28 King Georges Avenue, Watford WD18 7QD. Erection of a single storey part side extension. 55 Nascot Wood Road, Watford WD17 4SJ. De...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. The Habits We Picked Up After a year in isolation, hobbies turn to habits, and the longer this goes on, the more permanent they become. Lucky Devil Strip Thru (Wesley Lapointe) Updated December 23, 2020 First, it was puzzles. Then it was baking. And then…it got weird. At the start of quarantine, the hobbies we picked up to pass the time were just that: innocent pastimes. But after a year in isolation, hobbies turn to habi...