Emergency services have rushed to Watford town centre this morning after a bus hit a cyclist.

Visitors to Watford General Hospital face having to pay for parking again after charges were reintroduced.

A 17-year-old girl has completed her Private Pilot’s Licence test after she soared through training in her ambition of becoming a commercial pilot.

The Premier League will look to clamp down on soft penalties in the season ahead, while attackers are set to benefit from the scrapping of so-called ‘toenail’ offsides.

The deal comes as part of a government incentive to encourage younger people to get vaccinated against coronavirus. 

It was fond on top of a substation transformer and locals were puzzled as to how the creature could have got there.

Domingos Quina is expected to return to full training with Watford this week after recovering from a thigh injury.

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A man has been arrested in connection with drug offences after a haul of substances and cash were seized in a police raid.

Coronavirus cases have fallen in all but two of south west Hertfordshire’s neighbourhoods.

Firefighters have rescued a dog from an address in Watford which was at risk of catching fire.

Watford captain Troy Deeney's memoir Redemption is scheduled for publication on September 30, the striker has announced.

Tom Dele-Bashiru was delighted to get himself on the scoresheet in his first Watford match back after damaging his anterior cruciate ligament.

The Watford Observer has again teamed up with its friends at The Watford Treasury to share stories from Volume 7.

Council office workers are being retrained to work as waste lorry drivers, as councils are desperate amid staff shortages.

Thunderstorms and torrential downpours could cause flooding in Watford and surrounding areas, the Met Office has warned.

A hospital trust has not given up on plans for a major rebuild of Watford General - but it is jostling with other trusts for the extra cash needed to make its ideal project a reality.

Three Rivers District Council has been presented with the trophy for being the best council in England for recycling.

A coffee house chain is being lined up to replace the former mini-Halfords store in Rickmansworth.

A former bank with permission to convert the building into flats is on the market.

Fencing that prevents access to a toxic algae which is potentially fatal for dogs has been lifted at Ruislip Lido.

A Porsche driver who was more than three times the drink drive limit has been fined more than £2,000.

Nearly 1,500 people in Watford were contacted by the NHS Covid-19 app and told to isolate in the latest week, figures reveal.

After a challenging year, students are seeking out a university experience that works for them.

Middlesbrough manager Neil Warnock has claimed Watford have handed out a list of "seven or eight" players available for loan.

Harold Wilson famously said, “A week is a long time in politics” and so it would seem if the events of last week are anything to go by.

The Road Haulage Association previously said it believes there is a shortfall of about 60,000 haulage drivers in the UK.

The streaming giant has released a whole host of new shows and movies for August.

Watford have signed former Southampton full-back James Morris on a one-year contract with the option of another year.

Kiko Femenia is close to returning to fitness and wants to play in Watford's opening match of the 2021/22 season.

New guidance on hybrid working has been published by ACAS to help employers consider, discuss and introduce this flexible way of working in their workplace.

An £820 million film and TV studios facility is set to be built in Hertfordshire and will create more than 4,500 jobs.

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

The pub pictured at the top of the page was demolished more than a century ago but it was located close to what became one of Watford's best known family businesses.

Watford supporters on average are not too optimistic about the club’s upcoming Premier League campaign, new figures show.

A trainee accountant has scooped a £190,000 prize including a brand-new Bentley in the online competition BOTB.

Max Whitlock rose to the occasion once again to successfully defend his Olympic pommel title at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

A weeklong ‘religious festival’ in Sarratt attended by travellers has finished.

Firefighters were rushed to an address in Rickmansworth as a fridge had caught fire.

Planning applications for Watford this week include the conversion of Rift & Co bar in High Street to an adult gaming centre.

Hi, my name is Ozzy, this is my best friend Gilmore, and we’re a pair of sweet six-year-old boys looking for a home together. We came to the National Animal Welfare Trust in May when our owners moved and couldn’t take us with them.

Well here we are again and thank you for joining me on a ramble down Memory Lane. I must start by explaining why I so often refer to films and television made in Elstree and Borehamwood rather than at Pinewood, Shepperton or Leavesden.

The licence fees existence is guaranteed until at least 31 December 2027 by the BBC's Royal Charter.

Over the last 12 months, we’ve seen a massive increase in people choosing to start up an additional business venture.

Watford welcomed supporters back to Vicarage Road last weekend with a 0-0 draw against West Bromwich Albion.

In the early 1950s my father attended an auction at Oxhey Place in Oxhey Lane, a mansion then owned by the well-known Blackwell family of Crosse & Blackwell.

An innovative online jobs fair was popular with employers and employees alike after it was attended by more than 350 people and 29 job positions were offered on the spot.

Watford's MP and mayor could be set for a showdown meeting after a blazing row over the borough's housing policy.

A new virtual production stage on the outskirts of Watford is set to change the way films are made, the excited head of studio operations at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden believes.