A FUN dog show will be hosted by Croxley Green Parish Council to raise money for the Harefield Dogs Trust.

The show, which takes place at Stones Orchard in Croxley Green, will feature categories including handsomest dog, best rescue dog, fastest biscuit eater and dog with the waggiest tail. There will also be a Dogs Trust parade.

The event takes place on Sunday, September 25 at 2pm. Entry into each category is £1.

For further information, visit www.croxleygreen-pc.gov.uk

BEAUTIFUL blooms and plants a plenty will be on display at the Rickmansworth and District Horticultural Society's Autumn Show.

The event takes place at St Mary's Church Centre in Church Street, from 2pm this Saturday, September 4. Admission is 30p.

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See next week's Uxbridge Gazette for a report of the show and pictures.

A BRANCH of Macmillan Cancer Support based in Croxley Green has received a £350 grant from Waitrose in Rickmansworth.

The Watford and District committee for the charity, based in Dover Way, offers support to cancer patients and their families across Hertfordshire.

The funds came from the supermarket's Community Matters scheme, which donates £1,000 to three local causes every month.

The supermarket, in Homestead Road, has also donated £220 to Nine Lives Furniture in Wharf Lane, Rickmansworth, which provides high-quality, low-cost second hand furniture.

A CASINO and charity auction evening will take place at Riverside Health and Racquets Club in Ducks Hill Road in aid of the British Heart Foundation.

The event, which takes place on September 25, has been organised by four intrepid explorers, including Brooke Pursey of Eastcote and Terry Russell, of Ruislip, who are climbing Mount Kilimanjaro - the world's highest free-standing mountain - in November to raise money for the charity.

MICHAEL Sobell House Hospice in Northwood is hosting its annual sponsored walk on Sunday, September 19.

Walkers can choose from a three mile stroll, seven mile hike or a 12 mile trek, through beautiful local countryside taking in Moor Park and Rickmansworth Golf Clubs, and the Grand Union Canal.

A RADIO presenter from Northwood who volunteers at a station for blind and partially sighted listeners has been short-listed for an international award.

Gary Moritz, of Frithwood Avenue, is a finalist in the prestigious 2010 New York Festivals International Programming and Promotion Awards, after making an impression with his show, Sunset Melodies, on Insight Radio for the RNIB.

BUSINESS owners in Rickmansworth were forced to abandon trading after a power cut in the High Street.

More than 70 customers on one side of the High Street endured interruptions to their electricity supply on Friday (27) - leaving them unable to serve customers.

A member of staff at Boots, who asked not the be named, said: "We had to stop trading at about 11am, when the power went off, and it didn't come back on until the evening, when we had all left for the day.

NORTHWOOD HILLS LIBRARY, POTTER STREET - New entrance to library from Pinner Road and reconfiguration of garden layout.

85 COPSE WOOD WAY - 1 x 4 bed two storey with habitable roof space detached dwelling with associated parking and amenity space and installation of new vehicular crossover to front involving the demolition of existing dwelling.

LAND AT 37-45 DUCKS HILL ROAD - Erection of 8 x detached and 6 x semi-detached dwellings with associated access, parking and landscaping.

A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Rickmansworth suffered a neck injury after allegedly being assaulted on Wednesday night (25).

The incident happened as the man was walking in Chalfont Road between 11pm and 11.15pm, when two white males were running along the road towards him.

The victim then found himself on the ground with the neck injury.

PARENTS and carers in Hertfordshire are being urged to apply in advance for their children's school places next year.

The process for moving to secondary or upper school opens next Monday (6) and an information booklet will be handed out to year six pupils this week.

Applications can be made online or a paper application can be handed in to the local admissions and transport team. Forms can no longer be returned to a child's current primary school.