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Watford Borough Council is offering residents loft and cavity wall insulation grants of up to £500. READ MORE HERE

Council chiefs will consult residents for a second time about plans to slash £1.5m from the bus budget… READ MORE HERE

Great Crested Newts have been identified on the Paddock Road allotments so the planned improvement works will be delayed until Natural England issue a European Protected Species Licence. This will delay the planned work, probably until April 2015. Watford Council, in anticipation of their new submission regarding Watford General Hospital, are seeking to submit a…

Lucketts coaches have moved their base from Bushey Station to the Piggeries opposite Carpenders Park Nursery. This has helped residents on Sherwoods Road and Bucks Avenue who had suffered from their roads being used to turn the vehicles around. However, residents have continuing concerns about the misuse of the roads, as there is little control over…

Concerns have been raised by local residents about the poor quality resurfacing work recently undertaken on Kingsfield Road. The county council has agreed that the contractor’s job was not good enough. Both the road junctions and about half the road will need to be completely resurfaced. This will paid for by the contractor. However, the bad…

A campaign to get the county council to widen the pavement on Chalk Hill/ London Road is under way. It is particularly narrow near the bank of grass and bushes near the Osteopathic Clinic at 17 London Road. Signatures are being collected on petitions about this at Loveday’s bakery and LJ’s cafe. It is hoped that, with enough…

There is one week left to comment on the future of the district’s libraries. Hertfordshire County Council is consulting on wide-ranging changes to library services across the county as it looks to make about £2.5 million of savings over the next three years. Plans include axing mobile library services and implementing the ‘Inspiring Libraries’ strategy,…

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Many of you will be aware of the recent announcement from London Midland that from 1st December there will be no 7.59 or 8.19 morning train service from Bushey to Euston. This would have meant that after the 7.34 train the next fast train was at 8.49. Additional trains will now stop at Bushey during…

Looking for green-fingered Oxhey residents for daffodil planting! Watford Council is offering naturalising daffodils. They could be planted in decent sized blocks on Oxhey Green, in ‘drifts’ towards the steps leading down to the fields, and also in front of the established beds, near the notice boards. We are hoping that we have a green…

Nobby’s fruit and veg stall is coming to Oxhey Village…