Tesco has revealed that its profits tumbled by around a fifth over the past year after coronavirus costs of almost £900 million offset surging sales.

A Championship footballer has graduated from university after successfully completing a course in business studies.

More than 20 council seats across Watford and Three Rivers are up for election next month.

Two teenagers are in police custody after police found suspected firearms inside a vehicle in North Watford this afternoon.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was hit by a vehicle near Bushey train station.

Police are investigating two incidents of criminal damage on a golf course.

The law change could be coming into place to maximise safety of journeys of disabled and visually impaired pedestrians.

Watford FC will be closing down its Covid vaccination centre for West Hertfordshire Hospital staff.

The following cases in our area were dealt with by magistrates in Hertfordshire during the week commencing April 5.

A police watchdog has confirmed that a man fell from an ambulance on a major road in Watford while being accompanied by a police officer.

The Watford Observer has again teamed up with its friends at The Watford Treasury to share stories from previous issues.

A Watford mum is fundraising to build pens for abandoned cats as part of her voluntary work saving forsaken felines in the area.

A major road in Watford was cordoned off by police after a man fell from a moving vehicle, police said.

The full list of candidates for the upcoming county council elections have been released with every seat in the council up for grabs.

A stone mason who lives with type 1 diabetes is running two ultra marathons back to back to raise awareness for Diabetes UK and inspire people living with the condition.

All adults in the UK aged over 50 have now been offered a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for the next phase of the rollout, the Government has said.

Women in Hertfordshire are twice as likely as men to be admitted urgently to hospital for self-harm injuries, figures reveal.

The people of Oxhey saw the start of the controlled parking zone. I guess like all things there were going to be teething problems, but when trying to buy a visitor permit, residents were being informed their road was not in a parking scheme.

Lockdown rules are easing again today to allow pub gardens and shop to reopen.

A man has been rushed to hospital following a major incident in Watford town centre this morning.

Watford’s Liberal Democrats has continued to deliver leaflets after the national party declared a suspension of campaigning following the death of Prince Philip.

When someone strolling in the area came across this half sunken canal boat, they submitted it to the Watford Observer Camera Club Facebook group captioned ‘not the Suez canal’.

There is a heavy emergency presence in Watford town centre.

Hundreds of shoppers and diners were out and about in Watford town centre as businesses reopened their doors to the public for the first time in months.

It may not really be the weather for it today but we are again able to visit a pub to have a drink outdoors after the latest easing of lockdown restrictions.

The number of passengers using Tube and bus services in London rose this morning as lockdown restrictions eased, initial data has revealed.

Watford legend Luther Blissett has said seeing shoppers out and about is a “great site to see” as lockdown restrictions eased further.

Watford is once again open for business under the government’s road map out of lockdown, with businesses across the borough and town centre ready to open their doors after months of closure.

A group of people were spotted causing a nuisance by riding quadbikes off-road.

The Met Office is currently forecasting snow for Watford as shoppers flock back to the town centre.

There is a heavy emergency presence in Watford town centre this morning.

If you are planning on braving the colder weather to visit your local beer garden from today, there will be a number of rules in place.

Pints will be poured for pub gardens, restaurants will serve diners outside and long-overdue haircuts will be sought in a major easing of England’s coronavirus lockdown today.

The following announcements were carried in the Watford Observer last week:

I was interested to see Labour councillor Asif Khan has decided to take an interest in housing and planning policy.

I would like to sow the seed of what could be achieved if we all stepped back and thought what the wider community really needs. In my opinion, the current proposals are at direct odds with each other.

Nearly a third of people in Watford who say the coronavirus pandemic has affected their well-being put it down to “lockdown loneliness”, new figures suggest.

From autumn 2021, the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 will introduce ‘no fault’ divorces.

An 85-year-old pianist from Watford has gone viral after performances honouring his late wife raked in more than 800,000 views on TikTok.

Ahead of the biggest day of the year – you know what we mean – we are taking a look at the top eight beer gardens in Watford.

Schools in Hertfordshire excluded pupils for sexual misconduct on dozens of occasions in just one year, figures reveal.

With outdoor hospitality returning from tomorrow, pub gardens are set to fill with revellers keen to get a taste of normality, or more so than we have been used to the last few months at least.

After months of lockdown, we can finally look forward to visiting new places again this week.

The history of this pub dates back more than 150 years when it opened in what was described as a "very rising neighbourhood" in Watford.

St Albans Crown Court is facing an increasing backlog of cases, figures show.

Congratulations to the parents of these three babies who were born at Watford General Hospital.

Hi, I’m Charlie, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl and this is my friend Cola, a boy who’s the same age. We came to the National Animal Welfare Trust last November when our humans didn’t have space for us in their flat.

Only one man was ever crowned as the King of Hollywood and that was back in the 1930s. The recipient was Clark Gable, who I guess younger readers may not have heard of. He was a big star from the 1930s until the 1950s and made three films in Borehamw...

We run a lot of our customer service training for clients in the tourist attraction world and the general consensus is that front-of-house teams are likely to face an increase of complaints this year.

The dry cleaners in Eastbury Road, Watford could be replaced by a grilled food shop, offering eat-in and take away options. Also in Watford is an application for a 6m rear extension in Moor View, which is considerably longer than in most applicati...