Tributes were paid to "loving mother to all" Gail Miller at her funeral in April.

Crowds packed into the Langley Banqueting and Conference Suites in the Parade before her body was taken to West Hertfordshire Crematorium for a final farewell.

We also reported that Watford FC need to expand their stadium capacity - or risk being forced to a bigger site out of the borough.

Mayor Dorothy Thornhill said the Premier League club was in “serious” talks with Watford Borough Council as it looked to add extra seats to its Vicarage Road stadium.

It currently accommodates 21,577 fans – but proposals were being drawn up to increase this to either 25,000 or 30,000.

Politicians warned people to stay vigilant to prevent a rise in knife crime.

Figures had revealed 50 people had been murdered in London in the year so far – with at least 35 of those fatally stabbed.

Residents were reassured that Watford does not have the same levels of knife crime but there is an issue that needs to be addressed.

There was temporary hope for the Metropolitan Line Extension when the Mayor of London said he would keep it on track – if more money was coughed up.

Sadiq Khan was responding to a letter sent by Mayor of Watford Dorothy Thornhill and the leader of Hertfordshire County Council in February, which slammed his decision to scrap the scheme.

He wrote back, saying he shared their “disappointment and frustration” but blamed the project tripling in cost and being several

years behind schedule.

A 16-year-old boy was cleared of murdering Watford teenager Koy Bentley.

The teenager, who could not be named, admitted being in a drug dealing conspiracy with Koy, 15, and a 22-year-old.

The two accused each other of stabbing Koy to death in the Watford flat they were dealing from.

The family of a boy with leukaemia who shares a bedroom with two sisters were shocked to be told they were not suitable for

rehousing.

Adam Dennis and his wife Madeleine applied for a larger home for son Seth and daughters Charlotte and Lucy but were stunned when Watford Borough Council classified them as ‘a household with no other housing need but interested in affordable social housing’.

The council promised to review its decision.