A planning application has been submitted to transform a yard into a care facility.

Shots of water ranging from the calming to the invigorating have been posted this week by members of our camera club as water continues to provide a great source of inspiration.

An electric car manufacturing giant has lost a second retrospective planning application for a parking area at a hotel.

Watford's 2021/22 Premier League campaign begins this afternoon against Aston Villa.

The area has been cordoned off and police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.

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.

Councillors are said to be pressing to ensure a set of roadworks is completed as soon as possible.

Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has switched to a greener fuel for its fleet of 162 vehicles, including fire engines.

A new chief executive has been appointed at an NHS trust.

The finishing touches have been made to a stunning piece of artwork that celebrates Watford's greatest ever manager.

Plans have been submitted to relocate a medical gas supply that hundreds of Covid patients relied on to keep them alive.

Police are appealing for help to find a missing teenager.

Festival organisers have been refused permission to hold an event this weekend after a "huge amount" of complaints from residents.

Plans for hundreds of homes on a former golf course near Chorleywood have been unveiled.

The Watford Conservatives have announced its deputy chairman will be running as a mayoral candidate next year.

A frequent complaint we hear about this year's A-level and GCSE results is that they somehow 'don't count' and are not worth the same as the hard-earned marks gained by their forebears in pre-pandemic times.

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With the Premier League starting this weekend, Oscar O'Mara from Vavel joined us on this week's podcast to preview Watford's chances in their opening match against Aston Villa.

Xisco Munoz has targeted clean sheets as his main objective as he prepares Watford for their Premier League return.

Thinking about it, being away from Vicarage Road these past 16 months hasn’t been all that different to my gap year.

The chicken connoisseurs provided an update on social media.

The new epic drama brings to screens for the very first time J.R.R. Tolkien’s fabled Second Age of Middle-earth's history.

Pupils are receiving their GCSE results today.

A heavy emergency services presence has been deployed in Plymouth amid a “serious firearms incident” resulting in a “number of fatalities”, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

Watford midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru is set to join Reading on a season-long loan, the Watford Observer understands.

Leisure centre bosses have apologised after it left older people’s swimming sessions out of its new timetable.

Joshua King will wear the number seven shirt for Watford this season, with Philip Zinckernagel out on loan at Nottingham Forest.

Xisco Munoz insists his Watford team is ready to show the Premier League why they belong there this weekend when they face Aston Villa in their opening match of the season.

A ‘festival-like’ event for skaters is taking place this weekend.

A woman was rushed to hospital after being knocked unconscious in a “fight” in Watford town centre.

Joao Pedro and Joshua King are set to miss the first match of Watford's Premier League campaign against Aston Villa.

It's the run up to Herts Pride, Hertfordshire's biggest LGBTQ+ celebration, and Hertsmere is playing its part by celebrating and sending its own message of support.

An Extinction Rebellion (XR) group has held a protest outside a Barclays Bank branch in Watford opposing the company's fossil fuel investments.

Watford’s biggest crowd for more than a year will assemble this Saturday as the football season returns – with fans.

Six people were discovered inside a lorry by police on the M1 yesterday.

As many as 500 people turned out to peacefully protest against housing plans which they fear could ‘destroy’ their community.

A professional house buying firm has revealed the areas in Watford where home sellers have been reducing their prices the most.

RARELY a week passes without comment that "The new hospital should be built somewhere with easy access". Whilst the proposed design does not thrill me, I wonder if correspondents consider the human logistics of running such an establishment?

Here is a round-up of those in our area who have been fined in Hertfordshire magistrates’ courts during the week commencing August 2.

A mural of one of Watford’s greatest ever managers has appeared next to the club’s football stadium.

A limit of 270 people will be allowed to book the Cassiobury Park paddling pools under the new booking system.

Some students have secured scholarships in the USA and top UK universities after the A-level results day.

Police are trying to find a man who has gone missing from London Colney.

A mum experienced the holiday from hell after she fell down a flight of steps at a restaurant, leaving her bedbound for months.

Thieves raided a home in Radlett before stealing jewellery including a watch.

There will be no trains running on a line for most of today, according to a railway operator.

Exclusion rates for school children from poor families in Hertfordshire are more than four times higher than those for their peers from better-off households, figures reveal.

Watford will face Crystal Palace at home in round two of the Carabao Cup this year.

Troy Deeney is feeling excited ahead of Watford's return to the Premier League.

Watford will find out their Carabao Cup round two opponents this evening with the draw to be broadcast live on Sky Sports.