Ever wondered the history behind our favourite supermarkets in the UK? We reveal how Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons and Sainsbury's all got their names.

Images show how the next phase of a £218 million major regeneration project will look.

The schools are back, people can begin to visit loved ones in care homes and the number of people to receive the vaccine continues to grow with each day that passes - the light at the end of the tunnel continues is glowing a little brighter.

Another burst water main has been causing delays in Watford town centre.

Individual achievement and outstanding contributions by women to communities in Watford and beyond were celebrated at a special awards ceremony.

A woman in a care home who was kept away from her husband due to the pandemic, was finally able to reunite with her partner.

First-time buyers in Watford could struggle to access the Government-backed 5% deposit mortgage scheme, analysis suggests.

Schools will be renovated with modern boiler systems and over a hundred county council buildings will have solar panels installed as Hertfordshire County Council secures £23.5m to combat climate change.

A father who built a new life with his daughter in Canada after they were reunited through the Watford Observer following more than 30 years apart has died.

With Professor Chris Whitty’s stark warning of another 30,000 Covid deaths in the UK to come, there appears a real possibility a third wave of infections could be on the cards.

A public art permanent memorial in respect to the lives lost during the Covid-19 pandemic is still set to be placed outside Watford General Hospital - despite delays.

Fitness coach Joe Wicks has praised a Year Five pupil for his detailed homework addressed to the star.

Royal Mail will trial a Sunday parcel delivery service in the UK.

Hempstead Road is closed following a crash earlier this morning.

Traffic using a number of roads in Watford and the surrounding areas is set to be disrupted by temporary closures from the end of this month.

Several street signs named after historical figures in Watford have been repaired and restored.

One of Hertfordshire's busiest recycling centres will be open seven days a week due to increased demand.

Further to the life of Captain Sir Tom Moore knighted by Her Majesty for his services by raising thousands for charity: he follows another captain commemorated in Watford who lived in the middle ages leading a rebellion against the poll tax impose...

A Grammy-award-winning music producer from Watford has backed the petition to rename Atria back to The Harlequin.

A waste collection company has been fined nearly £2 million after a binman was killed when he was dragged under the wheels of his runaway lorry.

The West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust failed to fully cover sick pay for outsourced cleaners, porters and caterers during the coronavirus winter wave, a report from The Independent reveals.

The potential future of a former country club site could become clearer next week.

The next phase of a £218 million regeneration project has begun.

POLICE and Crime Commissioner David Lloyd has told local health and social care leaders that he is “disappointed” that police officers will not be given priority for the Covid-19 vaccine.

Fifteen selfish lockdown flouters were slapped with fines after police broke up an illegal party.

World Book Day may have been different this year but that hasn’t stopped us from producing our special pull-out and featuring hundreds of children who dressed up as their favourite characters.

Election results in Hertfordshire could be delayed this year – with plans being drawn-up to quarantine marked ballot papers for 24 hours.

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 Kings Langley singer-songwriter has been nominated for the rising star Brit Award.

A Post Office will be temporarily closed as it goes through major refurbishment.

A couple from Croxley Green are celebrating their Diamond wedding anniversary today.

Officials have been making a series of unannounced visits to supermarkets in Hertfordshire – to check they are complying with measures designed to limit the spread of Covid-19.

An unlucky couple from Hertfordshire agonisingly missed out the £182m EuroMillions jackpot when their numbers came up but their ticket payment failed.

A Conservative MP says it is "unfortunate" NHS staff are not set for a bigger pay rise.

I was fortunate to be born just prior to the outbreak of World War Two and spent the next seven or eight years under strict forms of rationing particularly of food. An example was my award of 1/4lb of chocolate as first prize for a terms project (...

A body has been found in the search for missing Sarah Everard after a police officer was arrested on suspicion of her murder

Watford legend Luther Blissett will be made a freeman of the borough for his charity work and fight against racism.

A primary school head teacher has given an insight into a host of measures in place to help keep her pupils, staff, and the wider community safe from coronavirus.

A coroner has “real reservations” about care given to a traumatised 13-year-old, originally from Hertfordshire, who took his own life last year.

A live-in care home service where one carer fell down the stairs - after she was believed to be drinking on the job - admits it was an “isolated” incident.

A major road in Watford has fully reopened following a burst pipe.

A “violent and unpredictable” man who bit off a large chunk of a person’s ear at a nightclub has been jailed.

A subway which had become a "magnet for anti-social behaviour" has undergone an investment designed to make the area safer.

Watford Borough Council has announced it will be resuming parking enforcement across the town at the end of the month.

My mother Judi Jackson has died aged 74.

Watford is among the areas being targeted with police camera vans in a bid to tackle speeding in hotspots.

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Today marks a year since the first Covid-19 death was announced at Watford General Hospital.

You could take the saying to be ‘one with nature’ to a new level as the former home of the Attenborough family is now on the market.

The Met Office has a wind weather warning in place covering England and Wales today and tomorrow.