Follow live updates as police are seen entering a vape shop in Market Street, Watford.

Follow our live traffic updates after a crash between the St Albans M25 and the M1 junction for North Watford that is causing long delays.

One of Rickmansworth's newest cafes has built up a friendly community since opening this summer.

Looking for some much-needed sunshine now that autumn is officially here?

These four sites in the Watford area have all had applications for gypsy or traveller pitches in recent months.

Dacorum Borough Council has received new planning applications including home extensions, solar panels, new dwellings, and multiple tree works across the borough.

Water tanks used at Cassiobury Park's paddling pools are to be replaced this month.

Special edition shirts worn and signed by Watford FC players will go under the hammer to mark the 50th anniversary of Elton John becoming club chairman.

Watford mayor Peter Taylor has condemned religious hate crimes in his latest column for the Watford Observer.

I’m delving once again into the West Herts Post of July 3, 1947. It was a time of recovery from the effects of the six-year-long World War Two. Rationing remained a part of life for several more years and money was tight. There was a shortage of st...

The past couple of weeks have seen the Watford Observer report on five business openings around the town.

Frogmore House in Lower High Street is Grade II* listed and was built as a private home in 1716. It stands next to a Lidl supermarket.

Meryfield Primary School in Radlett received £5,000 from Tesco’s Stronger Starts programme after a customer picked the golden token at Watling Radlett Express.

Hertsmere Borough Council has received new planning applications across Radlett, Bushey, Borehamwood, Potters Bar, and Shenley, including homes, extensions, and facilities.

20 more photos of new starters from schools across the Watford area featured in the Watford Observer's 'First Class' 2025 picture special.

A five-bedroom detached home on Green Lane, Watford, with over 3,300 sq ft of living space and five en-suites, is for sale for £1.85 million.

Five public notices in Watford area including Watford Central Leisure Centre Car Park changes and Mill End Bowls Club premises licence application.

The buffet at The Grove Hotel in Watford has been described as ‘unreal’ in a viral TikTok that has more than 2 million views.

A Watford mum has described how her baby daughter nearly died of a “terrifying” lung infection - and how she hopes to repay the St Mary's Hospital doctors who saved her life.

The National Animal Welfare Trust in Watford is seeking a new home for a three-year-old Cane Corso named Bryn.

Tesco Extra in Watford has donated toys and stationery to Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust’s nursing team, helping brighten treatment for children in care.

Parmiter's School in Watford has been named among the safest state schools in England by the Great British Schools Guide.

Herts Police have reportedly closed the Rickmansworth Road/Ascot Road roundabout between Watford and Croxley Green.

A story which may have passed you by recently is that of Carlo Acutis who was canonised, and became a saint, in September.

New plans for four homes on green belt land outside Chipperfield are due to be decided after an earlier bid was refused consent.

Bomb squad specialists are assessing a “suspicious device” found in a canal as road closures cut off Watford and Croxley Green.

Watford and Rickmansworth Sea Cadets say they want their postcode back - with an error sending deliveries and visitors to the wrong place.

Three Rivers District Council has received new planning applications including home extensions, loft conversions, tree removals, and a motorway service area consultation.

Herts Police are investigating after two Mill End homes in the same road were broken into over two days.

British Transport Police has denied a claim that bike theft at Watford Junction station has been "decriminalised".

Three women have been arrested over burglaries and thefts after jewellery was reported stolen from homes visited by cleaners in Bushey and Harrow.

Homelessness charity New Hope's Watford will for just over a week while filming takes place on the premises.

Hertfordshire’s waste centres including Waterdale could start refusing ‘black bag’ rubbish or charging for ‘excess’ DIY waste.

Watford Borough Council has received new planning applications including building alterations in St Albans Road, materials details, and tree works at a local church.

Whipsnade Zoo's beloved giraffe Bashu has passed away after suffering from kidney failure.

The first 19 photos of new starters from schools across the Watford area featured in the Watford Observer's 'First Class' 2025 special.

For our latest pub of the week feature, the Watford Observer returns to Two Trees Micro in Vicarage Road.

A five-bedroom Watford home on Hempstead Road has hit the market for £1.895m. The luxury property features an indoor swimming pool, cinema room, three receptions, and landscaped gardens.

A Watford couple speak about how their case became the subject of Channel 4 documentary Catching My Stalker - and how they may have to move away when he is released.

Advances in technology mean many of the devices we take for granted are more much user-friendly than when they were first invented.

Inspectors rated a Carpenders Park pizzeria 1/5 for food hygiene after finding an exposed doner kebab and documentation issues.

Codicote in North Hertfordshire is a historic village and is just 30 minutes from Watford.

Watford’s free Winterfest returns on November 15 with a festive parade, Santa’s sleigh, live entertainment, and Christmas lights switch-on in the town centre.

Two M25 lanes are currently closed near Rickmansworth after a crash - causing long delays

A Watford woman has been jailed for 21 months for ten counts of child cruelty.

A look back at the opening of Berrygrove Primary and Nursery School in 2005 which became The Grove Academy seven years later.

Former Kings Langley football changing rooms blighted by vandalism could be replaced with a new community hall.

Watford town centre businesses have voted in favour of keeping the area's Business Improvement District (BID) until 2031.

Cineworld Watford's general manager speaks to the Watford Observer following the completion of its recliner seats transformation.

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