In July, a motorist who killed a a pedestrian while high on cocaine was jailed for five years.

Andrea Greenidge failed to spot Anthony Farinaro, who was known to his friends as Frodo, crossing the road ahead of him on October 29, 2016.

The 30-year-old, described as a “dearly loved friend and son”, who would be “missed by all who knew him” died later from multiple injuries.

Greenidge was jailed after pleading guilty to causing the death of Mr Farinaro.

Parents battling to save Nascot Lawn children’s respite care centre hope to send the decision to the Health Secretary in a last ditch attempt to reverse the decision.

It was announced that blocks of hundreds of flats could replace a town centre retail park.

Developer Berkeley Homes held an exhibition about the future of the site of The Range and TK Maxx in St Albans Road, Watford.

Liberal Democrat county councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst attended the exhibition and was told plans were for between 600 and 700 flats as well as a new primary school.

Two 15-year-old boys from Watford were jailed for nine years for the unprovoked manslaughter of an 18-year-old.

Jordan Carter was fatally stabbed in the leg with a stolen knife in Berkhamsted in February.

Blackfriars Crown Court heard how the boys from Watford stabbed Jordan after being told by a 16-year-old girl from Hemel Hempstead of an argument she had had with him.

Last-minute hopes of rescuing the Nascot Lawn respite centre were dealt another blow after new calls to contact the Secretary of State were rejected.

Labour councillors, led by West Watford county councillor Nigel Bell, had called for the leader of the council to contact the Health Secretary as a matter of urgency to call for funds for the centre to stay open.

But the motion was voted down at a meeting at Hertfordshire County Council.

And bus users seemed to have been dealt a “hammer blow” after a travel company announced it would be axing a route.

A petition was launched to save the 324 service after it was revealed the bus service, which runs from Watford to Maple Cross, was “under review”.

An email sent to county councillors revealed residents in the Meriden estate would be left without a bus after Arriva confirmed its plans to Hertfordshire County Council.