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The Lifetime Achievement category at the 2021 Sustainability Awards seeks to champion architects who have devoted the majority of their working lives to the betterment of Australian architecture.
Watford local history buffs and printing industry connections of the once-mighty Sun Printers are celebrating after the Planning Inspectorate rejected plans to demolish the landmark Sun Clock Tower.
Watford Liberal Democrat councillors and mayor Peter Taylor, front, celebrating their results at Watford Colosseum on Saturday. Credit: Peter Taylor Watford's mayor says the local election results show people know his party "focuses on doing the best for residents and the town". Peter Taylor has been reflecting on the set of results of his Liberal Democrat administration after voters went to the polls earlier this month. His party held onto all nine seats on Watford Borough Council it was defending, as well as four on Hertfordshire County Council. Mr Taylor also pointed out how close ...
Watford Labour leader Nigel Bell, left, with his colleague, Cllr Asif Khan The leader of the Watford Labour group says his party are coming out of the local elections "renewed and ready to challenge". Despite failing to take any seats off the Liberal Democrats in Watford at last week's elections, Councillor Nigel Bell appears to be optimistic for what lies ahead for his party in the town. The Labour party held onto the four seats it was defending on the borough council as well as the North and West Watford county council seats. In particular, the party has hailed its victory in Callow...
Conservative When you were growing up in Watford or when you moved here, did you imagine you would find yourself in just another over-developed suburb of London? A new wave of high-rises leading to a ‘mini-Manhattan’ in the heart of our town? The tired one-party rule of Lib Dems in Watford and Three Rivers is coming to an end, with mistake after mistake leading to this overdevelopment crisis. The proper response to housing targets should be to have an up-to-date and well-drafted local plan to meet local needs - not panicky endorsements of 28-storey tower blocks. Binita Mehta-Parma...