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The man’s body was found by police close to the hard shoulder of the M1 between junctions 4 and 5. (PA Archive)Police are appealing for information after a man died in a suspected hit and run incident on the M1 near Watford.The man’s body was found by …
The motorway was shut down between junction 1 (Brent Cross) and 5 (Watford), leading to serious congestion.
A Hertfordshire Constabulary spokesperson urged motorists to steer clear of the area.
They said: “Police are dealing with a concern for welfare …
The Watford Observer has again linked up with its friends at Watford Museum to look back at structures, objects or businesses from the town’s past that have either disappeared or been relocated and this week we recall a parade of shops that overhung a …
Britain’s first motorway service station[1] opened in November 1959 to much fanfare – and hesitation. As car-fever was at its peak in the UK, and after much to-ing and fro-ing from planning to completion, names such as Watford, a local village not…
Watford Gap: M1 services that hosted Stones and Beatles faces demolitionUK’s oldest service station, which Jimi Hendrix mistook for a nightclub, to be replaced by EV-friendly developmentIt has been a place of dubious welcome for countless drivers and …