As 2018 drew to a close, ambitious plans to transform Watford Junction with a new passenger bridge and thousands of homes were announced.

Watford Borough Council secured the support of Homes England — the government agency responsible for delivering new homes — for a redevelopment scheme that could bring a £40 million new passenger

bridge across the railway line, a new entrance on the east side and 2,500 new homes.

Film lovers had the chance to step into the new Cineworld in Watford’s intu centre and experience the lights and sounds of a state-of-the-art cinema.

The new Cineworld includes ScreenX, the world’s first multi-projection 270-degree technology.

And Watford-born boxer Anthony Joshua was made an OBE at Buckingham Palace.

Joshua, who won an Olympic gold medal at London 2012 and is the current IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight world champion, was presented with the honour for his services to sport by the Prince of Wales on Thursday.

He used the occasion to declare he wanted to become the "undisputed" heavyweight champion of the world by taking on Deontay Wilder.