Here's a selection of the items you'll find in the middle aisles of Aldi and Lidl from Sunday, May 29.

Everyone is welcome to attend the funeral for a “jolly” businessman who recently died.

Watford’s Big Centenary Celebration on Saturday June 4, will celebrate the town today, its future, and the first 100 years of Watford Borough.

Preparations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee are increasingly ramping up with less than a week to go before the national celebrations and even some of our pets are starting to get excited.

Running from today until June 25, shoppers have a month to get all their favourite summer pieces.

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A teenager who had to have his leg amputated when he was 14-months-old has been called up to represent his country at the European Amputee Football Federation (EAFF) junior camp in Georgia this summer.

Rishi Sunak appeared at B&Q Watford to discuss the new support package to help struggling families in the cost of living crisis.

A former college building in King’s Langley has been demolished to make way for waterside apartments aimed at the London commuter market.

A last-minute court order has been secured banning a religious traveller festival taking place.

The strikes were going to take place over the Jubilee weekend.

A Metropolitan Police officer faces an eight-week trial next February accused of 44 offences, including 21 counts of rape, against a dozen women over a 17-year period.

An Afghan asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a woman he had coffee with was given a community order.

A paedophile teacher has been sentenced to more than 138 years in jail by a Spanish court.

Boxing star Anthony Joshua warned a group of students to “watch your mouth” after they taunted him.

An update has been issued after roads were shut off as police dealt with an incident.

A fly-tipper has been ordered to pay more than £25,000 after he dumped rubbish on the same piece of land four times in the same month.

Plans to build extra flats at Watford’s biggest redevelopment scheme look set to receive the go-ahead at the second time of asking.

A man has been charged over a burglary that involved a woman in her 90s allegedly waking to find an unknown man standing in her bedroom.

Reaction to an appalling terrorist attack in Manchester, a building collapse in Bushey and a snub to Watford ahead of the Olympics were among the stories making our headlines five and ten years ago this week.

The biggest day in the fish and chip calendar has arrived – and we want to celebrate it by again hearing about the place you love to visit in the Watford area that serves the best of this iconic British dish.

Roads have been shut off as police deal with an incident.

Watford may well have been celebrating the opening of a new transport link this week had a vision become a reality.

A cocktail and tapas bar was told that “major improvement” was necessary after a food hygiene inspection.

A busy road in Watford is among those in the area set to be temporarily closed in the coming weeks and months for roadworks.

LEGO will be shutting down the store in Atria Watford.

A pensioner has accused drivers who park on pavements of being “lazy” and called for tougher action from enforcement authorities.

The team behind a clothing brand inspired by the sights and nostalgic memories of Watford has joined forces with a pub to stage an afternoon of live music and food in support of a good cause.

A man died in St Albans this morning after suffering what appears to be a medical episode, police have confirmed.

A teenager was caught with a machete in Watford Met Station.

Check to see when you're local area will have its bin collecting over the Jubilee period.

The Walt Disney Travel Company has today launched ‘The Magic is Yours’ package, an incredible offer for 2023 holidays at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

One of the most sought-after kitchen gadgets of 2022, Airfryers can also help you save on your energy bills.

Take a look at some of the items coming to Aldi and Lidl middle aisles from Thursday May 26.

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One of the most sought-after kitchen gadgets of 2022, Airfryers can also help you save on your energy bills.

Take on summer in style with Pandora's sizzling festival mode collection.

The revelations in Sue Gray's report about how cleaning staff were treated has set this protest in motion.

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Eagle-eyed Eastenders viewers have spotted a major change in the Queen Vic ahead of a special visit from Prince Charles and Camilla – and fan’s aren’t happy.

English drummer Alan White has died at the age of 72 after a short illness.

The brand-new Channel 4 comedy Big Boys based on a teenager from Watford will be airing today.

A Conservative MP has demanded Boris Johnson’s resignation for the first time following the publication of Sue Gray’s report into Covid-19 breaches inside Downing Street.

The Watford Observer is again delighted to be teaming up with its friends at Watford Museum to take another journey back to the past to recall the key events and dates that helped shape the town’s future.

The alleged incidents took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008, and in Gloucestershire in April 2013.

Watford has the best mobile phone coverage outside of London, according to research by a retailer.

The death of a woman in her 80s has sparked renewed calls for safety measures at a pedestrian crossing they say was a “disaster waiting to happen”.  

Get ready to be creative while sipping some tea, as a new pottery café is set to open in Watford.

When I heard that the police would be holding free self-defence classes for women in Abbots Langley, the cynic in me kicked in.

Two arrests were made and a machete was seized during three incidents dealt with by armed police in Hertfordshire yesterday (May 24).