The Watford Observer published an eight-page picture special of new starters at primary and infant schools across our area on Friday - and now you can enjoy seeing their faces on this page as well.

Hello there! My name is Flash and I’m a bouncy and excitable four-year-old ex-racing greyhound. I was brought to the National Animal Welfare Trust three months ago when I wasn’t winning enough races and now I’m looking for my forever home.

A man has been caught on CCTV casually stealing a car part before nonchalantly strolling off.

House hunting can be a tricky task, making sure that you find the perfect home for you and that its at a price that sound reasonable.

Chaos erupted at a school with reports of a pupil with a knife before police detained a student for allegedly assaulting a staff member.

A set of traffic lights appear not to be working causing confusion among pedestrians and motorists.

In need of a caffeine fix? Watford is overflowing with cafes and coffee shops to quench your thirst.

Watford’s MP is standing by the Prime Minister despite an increasing number of calls for her to step down after she announced another U-turn.

In the first of a new series looking at the history of the the built environment of Rickmansworth and its surrounding areas, Three Rivers Museum chairman Fabian Hiscock recalls three inns that were borne out of a significant transport route.

The studio behind the much-loved Harry Potter movies filmed in Leavesden has paid tribute to the late actor Robbie Coltrane.

The Watford Observer published an eight-page picture special of new starters at primary and infant schools across our area on Friday - and now you can enjoy seeing their faces on this page as well.

Up to £25,000 is available to help fund activity projects for young people in Watford.

The adorable picture of a child reading next to a cow is among some great moments captured by our camera club members that you can enjoy by scrolling down this page.

A woman has claimed a tree near her home has been vandalised only days after she said teenagers’ antisocial behaviour has left her too scared to leave home.

Seven people have been charged in connection with a police investigation into nationwide sexual exploitation and human trafficking.

A man in his 60s was taken to hospital after he was hit by a car.

A popular Indian street food chain has opened up its first Watford branch at a petrol station.

A meeting is to be held to discuss potential solutions to traffic queues at a superstore.

Police have increased patrols near a school after a boy was reportedly swearing and shooting at kids with a Nerf gun while wearing a Boris Johnson mask.

It was always a stereotype about ‘the French’ during my youth: the lazy, bone idle, moody shirker who would down tools after an hour’s graft before sourcing a motorway to block with the family tractor. Yet, despite such crude, yesteryear profil...

Watford has a new topic of conversation. I’ve heard it, you will too, in supermarket queues, from parents at school drop off, within families and amongst anyone pausing for a chat in town.

Animal Rebellion protestors coordinated action in stores such as Harrods, Waitrose and Marks and Spencer.

Watch Rylan Clark's iconic X Factor audition from 2012 as he marks a decade in showbiz.

The former Eastenders star and Love Actually actress opened up on social media following the tragic death of her brother Laurence John, or LJ.

Sir Cliff Richard is celebrating his 82nd birthday today and to mark this we have taken a look back at some of his visits to the Watford area.

A pub company is looking for a new manager for a "characterful" community watering hole listed as “the number one venue in Rickmansworth”.

A driver who made off from police in a stolen car is on the run.

Plans for a new Lidl near the M25 have been submitted, with residents encouraged to have their say on the proposal.

Plans for a café in a park that the community has been “requesting for years” have been submitted.

The soup covered the painting, which is covered by a slim sheet of glass and placed in a golden frame. 

COVID booster vaccines clinics are open across Hertfordshire for those who are eligible.

An attempt to construct a 5G phone mast has been blocked on the grounds it will “harm” the look of the area.

A Hertfordshire police officer who is on trial accused of raping a child said he cried when he was told that allegations had been made against him, a court heard.

Development appears to have started at a former pub that has been closed for over two years.

A budget supermarket chain is still exploring the possibility of opening a store in Rickmansworth.

A Hertfordshire police officer has gone on trial after he denied four counts of raping a child.

A school where pupils become "confident readers, writers, mathematicians and scientists” has said it is “thrilled” with its latest Ofsted report.

More than 200 homes available for rent at an “affordable” price will be offered across Watford over the next 18 months.

A shop will be allowed to sell alcohol but it will have to comply with conditions after concerns were raised about street drinking.

A “Watford born and bred” former footballer has made a splash in Ireland by leading a hurling team to an underdog triumph.

Data shows a gulf in the number of students eligible for free school meals at Watford primary schools.

Three men were arrested on suspicion of kidnap in a police probe that forced a school into lockdown.

Royal Mail has announced it will consult on up to 6000 redundancies before August 2023.

Popular late-night chat show The Graham Norton Show is back on screens tonight.

Sir Keir Starmer was given a tour of a Hindu temple to mark the start of the holy month of Kartik.

Piles of stinking rubbish and mattresses have been branded "a serious health hazard" after not being cleared from flats for a month.

This streetscape has a familiar feel to it despite being more than a century old, but one long established building was to be replaced by a high street institution.

A Watford man has been sent for trial after denying allowing a “dangerously out-of-control” Doberman to injure a woman.

Two knives were found after two teenagers were arrested in suspicion of stealing a vehicle.

An ambulance service faces a strike vote after reports of paramedics resigning at “unprecedented rates”.