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Watford restaurant Rio Grande Steak House is seeking permission to operate outdoor seating through a pavement licence.

Brett Ellis returns from Spain to discover the flight home was the easy part, as Stansted Airport delivers queues, stress and a £10 pick-up charge.

Watford MP Matt Turmaine reflects on England’s World Cup campaign, progress at Watford General Hospital, protecting Sunday library opening and building safer communities.

New yellow lines will come into force at the end of this month as set out under the latest public notices for the Watford and Three Rivers areas.

After almost 40 years the Odhams building in Watford publishes copies of the Daily Mirror for the last time today.

A teenager has been left with life-threatening injuries after an A41 crash in Hertfordshire this morning.

Tree removal and excavation will be required before the closure of reportedly flooded Sarratt Road can be lifted.

M25 traffic has slowed to 5mph average speeds amid severe delays in Hertfordshire.

Hertfordshire gastropub The Cock has been named in the Michelin Guide a year after opening its doors.

Work to turn the former St Thomas' United Reformed Church in Watford into a mosque will begin “immediately” after formal planning permission was secured.

After a very narrow vote, 28 homes can be built on a controversial Bushey site despite green belt fears.

The Watford Observer shines a spotlight on Storia Radlett, which was recently visited by Arsenal's Mikel Merino.

The Tilbury in Datchworth has been praised for its "wonderful" and "perfect" pub lunches at excellent prices.

Watford's MP Matt Turmaine visited the new scheme and donated a 5ft Jenga set in the process. Here's what makes it so great.

A four-bedroom detached home on Ormonde Road, within the Moor Park estate in Northwood, has hit the market for £2,150,000.

Watford and Croxley Green residents have shared images of a fire which spread across a field near Cassiobury Park this afternoon.

Herts Fire and Rescue has shared a statement after a field fire which spread “rapidly” towards Croxley Green homes.

Two crashes have been reported on the same stretch of the M25 near Rickmansworth, causing miles of queues.

Croxley Green residents have been evacuated from nearby homes as eight fire engines tackle a huge field fire.

Massive pillars of smoke can be seen over Cassioboury Park this afternoon as the fire service has reportedly been called out.

Essex Police investigating the murder of a 21-year-old man who was kidnapped and found in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, are trying to find his pair of £1,000 Louis Vuitton trainers.

Motorway traffic was brought to a halt as “around 10” emergency services vehicles attended a multi-car crash on the M1 near Watford.

HS2 works require a reduced service through Watford Junction and into London Euston across this weekend (July 17 and July 18).

The Watford Observer shines a spotlight on Kings Langley in Hertfordshire.

New parking restrictions are being proposed in Abbots Langley.

Standalone Farm in Letchworth Garden City is the perfect spot for a family day out, and even has its own Highland Cow.

Standstead Abbotts is a picturesque riverside village in Hertfordshire with great pubs.

Women's clothing store Vanilla has moved to a new unit in Watford's Harlequin shopping centre.

A Hemel Hempstead man has been jailed for 32 weeks over theft and burglary offences.

The developer behind a 280-home plan for Bushey's Harts Farm will have its appeal heard in September.

An Elstree family is inviting people into their home as they prepare to "do an Omaze" by raffling off their £1.6 million Hertfordshire home.

A £177,000 EuroMillions prize has gone unclaimed after a mystery winner bought a ticket in Watford.

Councillors have voted to reject plans that would have seen a Kings Langley caravan site double in size.

With their multi-seasonal colour transformations and compact and slow-growing habit, it’s easy to see why the Japanese Maple Acer is a popular choice with gardeners.

A four-bedroom detached home on Northwood’s Moor Park private gated estate has hit the market for £2,300,000.

The head of St Margaret's Junior School in Bushey is leaving to take up a new position at the helm of Felsted School in Essex.

A man suffered puncture wounds during an alleged attack after England's World Cup defeat last night. Police have appealed for witnesses.

A Watford crook is among three criminals jailed today (July 16) for impersonating police officers to steal more than £4 million in cryptocurrency.

Plans have emerged that would see the adult day care centre in South Oxhey's Northwick Road redeveloped into 27 homes.

A 61-year-old dad from North Watford is "recovering slowly" after collapsing while shopping at Costco earlier this month.

Watford is set to join Three Rivers and Hertsmere in a new unitary authority for South West Hertfordshire after long-awaited plans for local government reorganisation were confirmed.

A new "burger café" claiming to be the first of its kind is set to open in Watford's Market Street this weekend.

The cause of the huge fire in Bushey Hall Road earlier this week has been confirmed as a fundraiser smashed its £1,000 goal in less than 24 hours.

A TikTok video with more than 460,000 views shows a scramble for water at Costco Watford amid the ongoing heatwave.

Residents, families and local visitors welcomed to Forest Care Village summer fete and care centre open event

Riviera Travel Deal: Discover Andalucía from as little as £839pp*.

A teacher has vowed to "keep going until I get the resolution I want" amid a row over a car he purchased from Car Planet Watford.

Speed limit changes and new parking restrictions are among the latest Watford-area public notices, here is this weeks top picks.

Let’s go back to a time when children were seen and not heard, and the choice of playthings was limited to items made of wood or tin.