Defibrillators have been installed outside 18 police stations across Hertfordshire.

A virtual hospital which cared for nearly 4,000 Covid patients at home will expand across the East of England.

HS2 bosses say they will remind their contractors about the harms of "unnecessary" idling after concerns were raised by residents.

Watford Town Hall will be lit up in purple to commemorate the Holocaust Memorial Day.

One man was arrested while another person was fined after police attended a protest in Watford town centre.

Watford Miniature Railway has made “good progress” after thousands of pounds worth of equipment were damaged in a flood.

The redevelopment of a former pub and the decision of a headteacher to leave her role to help refugees were among the stories making our headlines ten and five years ago this week.

The Watford Observer is appealing for readers to pay tribute to those we have lost and those who have stepped forward during the coronavirus pandemic.

Businesses in Watford town centre that have delivered excellent service over the past very challenging year, can now be entered for a Watford BID Service Excellence award by Watford Observer readers.

Hertfordshire's public health chief has warned council officers will not hesitate to take action against supermarkets who fail to adhere to social distancing measures.

Hertfordshire's public health chief has thanked residents for helping to bring coronavirus infection rates down over the last few weeks.

A predatory businessman who sexually assaulted four woman after pretending to hire them to act as living "patients" for a first aid training course has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.

Indications the mutant coronavirus variant which emerged in the south of England may be more deadly and be more transmissible are a “serious turn for the worse”, a leading scientist has said.

Boris Johnson has hinted some lockdown measures could be lifted once the highest priority groups have been vaccinated.

The Watford area was transformed into a winter wonderland yesterday when snow fell - and it enabled readers to capture beautiful pictures of the scenery and its wildlife.

Rough sleepers in Watford will be offered support and Covid-19 vaccinations.

Here’s five suggestions on how to save money during lockdown.

The spectre of patients ill with Covid being transferred up to Nottingham reveals not just that West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust is overwhelmed, but that we are not on top of this virus.

Bosses confirmed the deal will not include stores and Debenhams will operate as an online-only retailer from next year.

Both the UK and EU have agreed to not weaken or reduce employment rights below the standards in place as of December 31, 2020 in a manner which affects trade or investment. However, the UK may now diverge from EU employment laws, with "appropriate...

Covid-19 death rates for men and women working in education were not significantly raised compared with rates for the wider working population.

The Food Standards agency has issued a warning calling for several chilled and frozen products to be returned.

Snow has caused traffic disruptions on the M1 as some parts are completely blocked off.

Watford properties that you could turn into your dream home.

Millions of international passengers have passed through Luton and Heathrow airports during the pandemic, figures suggest.

The following death notices were carried in the Watford Observer last week:

A man who carried a large kitchen knife as he stole a delivery driver’s motorbike has been arrested.

A blanket of snow has covered Hertfordshire and north London this morning.

New figures reveal that house prices in the area dropped in November.

The stories of the people, places and events that made up the history of Leavesden Asylum/Hospital have been told in a new book.

IT may be a wintry day but this was the stunning scene above the skies of Watford earlier this morning when the sun rose.

This week in Watford, conversion of a listed building in High Street frome homes to offices, demolition of two flats to make way for four flats and four houses being built on a garage site in Kings Langley.

Peace Hospice Care is celebrating 30 years of end-of-life care to thousands of patients.

Hi, my name is Betty and I’m a beautiful seven-year-old girl with a cute miaow. I was brought to the National Animal Welfare Trust in December because I was scared of the children in the family.

One of the few good things about self-isolating in these winter months is that I have started to watch some of films in my DVD library that runs into several hundred.

Take a look at the top Hertfordshire hotels everyone raves about:

More snow could be on the way in South West Hertfordshire and London as the Met Office issued a weather warning.

Watford’s Mayor has warned that new government development proposals could have a “detrimental effect” on the town.

More than half of people over 80-years-old in Hertfordshire have received their first coronavirus jab, it has been revealed.

A teenager who carried out a series of “despicably cruel” attacks on taxi drivers by throwing a liquid at them has been jailed.

With England back under the instruction of essential trips only during the third national lockdown, cars across the country are gathering dust on driveways and in garages.

The natural world serves as a constant reminder that life is continuing and can also lift our spirits during these very difficult times.

Martin Lewis has issued advice for anyone thinking about investing in Bitcoin.

Frustration is a feeling that we have reluctantly embraced in these Covid times. It still feels awkward writing those two words concurrently, but the fact is we now define time globally alongside BC and AD.

It was a year ago this week that a World Health Organisation mission in China found the first evidence of human-to-human transmission of Covid-19. A year on and the impact since that finding has affected the entire world as we have been gripped by th...

Watford's ninth all-time appearance maker Johnny Williams has died aged 73, the club has announced.

A council is limiting the number of people who will be allowed in the main Cassiobury Park play area at any one time during weekends.

A motorist flouted lockdown rules by travelling more than 100 miles “to see a friend” – and now has a long trip home after their car was seized.

Thousands of pounds and drugs have been found following a series of early morning raids.

Police have closed off a road as a pony is rescued from a hole around 10ft deep.