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Plans to end the prosecution of people who fail to pay the BBC licence fee will be shelved until at least 2022, according to reports.

The new national lockdown will see schools closed and people told to stay home.

Boris Johnson is set to announce a new 'lockdown'

Resuming our weekly look back through the archives, here are some of the stories that were making our headlines five and ten years ago this week.

Police had to break-up a mass New Year gathering which occurred just a stone’s throw away from Watford General Hospital.

The film boss who made Leavesden the home of Harry Potter and was instrumental in the transformation of a former factory into one of the world’s top studios has been recognised in the Queen’s New Year's Honours list.

Boris Johnson is set to make a statement tonight regarding coronavirus restrictions following escalating case numbers.

New Covid hotspots emerged in Three Rivers over Christmas as the more infectious strain of coronavirus spread rapidly across the district.

There is currently no train service on the Abbey Line due to an increase in the number of staff self-isolating, a train company has said.

A council has warned that primary schools facing a lack of staff “may need to remain closed” as they begin to welcome pupils back to the classroom.

Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt tweeted his thoughts on what policy measures are needed to get the virus under control.

The Brexit deal is another example of Boris Johnson over promising and under delivering.

Brexit may have officially happened last January, however, the realities of Brexit are finally here. Bearing the spoiled fruits of a campaign that kicked off at the beginning of 2016, the first moments of 2021 will see Britain leave the economic a...

Following the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the government is looking for ways of replenishing the public coffers through taxation.

The Prime Minister’s televised address will take place at 8pm on Monday, replacing Eastenders, which was set to air at 8:05pm.

The Prime Minister’s televised address is expected to take place at 8pm on Monday.

What do employers and employees need to know if schools shut down in their area?

The Government faces increasing pressure to close schools as the new coronavirus variant threatens to spiral out of control.

Matt Hancock admitted that controlling the new variant is "proving increasingly difficult in all parts of the country.”

Even with the best of intentions to not touch a single drop, somewhere, somehow, we succumb to having a drink.

Police are searching for a van driver following an “incident” outside Watford General Hospital on New Year’s Day.

The NHS will begin administering the new Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine tomorrow (Monday) as the health service rapidly scales up the biggest immunisation programme in its history.

Hello, my name is Dillon and I’m a beautiful ten-year-old girl looking for my forever home. I came to the National Animal Welfare Trust in November when my family got a puppy.

With changes to the way we live, how we work, and where we can travel to - it might seem pointless to set further goals for the year ahead.

Here are 10 items you'll be surprised to know are vegan.

A major roundabout has reopened following a gas leak earlier today.

Watford's mayor Peter Taylor, followed by Councillor Nigel Bell, have given the following New Year messages to the town's residents.

A busy road has been blocked off after a suspected gas leak.

Christmas is over for another year but our pets made the most of the big day if this final selection of images from our Camera Club members is anything to go by.

As a year of minimal travel and lockdowns draws to a close, many Brits will be planning the best way to maximise their time off work in 2021.

The number of coronavirus cases in Hertfordshire continues to climb at a steep rate as a hospital trust struggles to cope with a surge in new admissions.

Watford General Hospital is under "enormous pressure" as staff try and cope with a huge influx of new Covid patients.

It will be interesting how the history books of the future report back on 2020.

Police were called to multiple parties and gatherings as hundreds of people in Watford ignored pleas to celebrate New Year safely at home.

The community around Watford came together in a heartfelt campaign to feed and gift struggling families during Christmas.

A sharp rise of coronavirus cases in Hertfordshire in December saw the county placed in a new Tier 4.

The full calendar of celestial events taking place throughout 2021.

As the Brexit transition period comes to an end what will change for the average Brit in 2021?

To paraphrase Her Maj, this year has been an ‘annus horribilis’, to the point where I debated skipping the 2020 awards in the forlorn hope that 2021 will be markedly better than its predecessor.

As the Brexit transition period comes to an end what will change for the average Brit in 2021?

Retired clinicians are being urged to return and help the NHS as it struggles to handle the mounting pressures of coronavirus amid surging cases across Hertfordshire and west Essex.

Watford Labour has slammed the Government’s late-notice decision to delay the reopening of primary schools.

The NHS and public health leaders in Hertfordshire are urging people to ‘play their part’ and stay at home this New Year and coming months.

Rickmansworth Recycling Centre has been temporarily shut by police after long queues.

The Watford Observer has teamed up with Watford Museum and its curator Sarah Priestley to take a journey back to the town’s past through items or places of historical significance.

A retired primary school headteacher in Watford who loved the theatre and cricket has died, aged 78.

Frontline NHS staff at west Hertfordshire hospitals have been recommended to postpone their annual leave when possible, the Observer understands.

With coronavirus cases spiralling across Hertfordshire and the county placed in Tier 4 restrictions, Herts Police are urging people to celebrate the New Year safely at home.

Councillors have agreed to adopt a new highways strategy designed to ensure speed limits are ‘in keeping’ with their environments.