Two Watford men and a 16-year-old have been charged in connection with an attempted arson attack on a Persian media organisation in Wembley.

Community Editor and former Sports Editor Anthony Matthews reflects on almost 25 years at the Watford Observer on his final day at the newspaper.

This week’s offers from You Garden are putting lilacs in the spotlight.

Hertfordshire County Council cabinet member for highways Cllr Stephen Giles‑Medhurst says the authority has repaired a record number of potholes in the past three months.

See the full list of M25, M1, and A1(M) closures scheduled for the motorways in Hertfordshire this week.

Hertsmere, Three Rivers, and St Albans are among the top ten for homeowners’ mortgage costs outside London.

Full bodycam footage has been released showing a controversial Watford town centre arrest which went viral through the Auditing Britain YouTube channel.

KSI reveals he has ambitions to take Dagenham and Redbridge to the Premier League and says the club will "be my baby forever" in an exclusive interview.

A Watford man who broke a police officer’s jaw with a punch in Maple Cross has been jailed for more than four years.

Increased patrols are underway after a man and woman from the area were arrested over a suspected arson attack at a synagogue in London.

Film crews are set up in Abbots Langley High Street, with parking suspended for a shoot involving two sheep.

Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden is set to install a new bus shelter amid “sustained growth in demand” at the Harry Potter filming location.

The most popular primary schools in Watford have been revealed as Hertfordshire County Council has allocated places today.

Delizio Pizza, which has been serving customers in Watford town centre for three and a half years, has been put up for sale.

More than £8,000 has been donated to community projects thanks to a partnership between a council and its environmental services provider, Veolia.

The English Heritage site, Wrest Park, is less than an hour from Hertfordshire and is the perfect place for a day out.

New management hope their music background will make it stick as The Horns, Watford, is set to reopen this weekend.

Arrests have been made in Watford and Kings Langley after an attempted arson attack at a London synagogue.

The closure of Immanuel College Bushey, recently ranked among the best in the country, has been announced.

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Drama, comedy, and cabaret will light up the stage this summer 2026 at the Watford Palace Theatre.

Opening a third café has continued Teatro Radlett's expansion in the village.

Three men have been charged with Class A drug supply after police were seen raiding a West Watford address.

Burger King and Wendy's were among the burger outlets that traded from a unit on the corner of Watford High Street now part of the Harlequin.

Work in Bushey Hall Road contributing to recent traffic woes between Bushey and Watford has been extended by 10 days.

To mark 25 years since the release of the first movie, brand new features will arrive at the Warner bros. Harry Potter Studio Tour this summer.

Top officers at Watford Borough Council and Hertfordshire Borough Council earn more than Prime Minister Kier Starmer after recent rises.

Putting up a temporary building at The Grove from next week has been approved as a multinational company prepares to host its conference on the edge of Watford.

Harlequin Watford has announced a new wave of improvements including new signs, murals, furniture, and the refurbishment of lifts and escalators.

The Wentworth Puzzle summer jigsaw puzzle collection is here!

Hertsmere Borough Council has been told to apologise to a resident after delays in seeking permission for disability adaptations to his home.

A Hertfordshire police sergeant had sex with a junior colleague while on night duty at Hatfield police station, a misconduct panel has found.

Today media outlets across the country are joining a Day of Action to call for the UK Government to include anti-SLAPP protections in the forthcoming King’s Speech.

Scenes for recently-released BBC drama Babies were filmed in Watford and nearby, with new pictures shared by Dacorum Borough Council.

Retrospective plans to demolish and replace a Croxley Green bungalow have gone in after “a greater extent of demolition” was done during an extension.

The secretary of state has called in a Carpenders Park planning appeal after plans for 256 homes were blocked over urban sprawl fears.

A University of Hertfordshire student has died after being pulled from a river by emergency services - with an inquest set to open tomorrow.

Herts Police are set to remain at the scene all day after a raid at a West Watford address.

Frank Warren donates VIP tickets to WBO World Heavyweight Championship between Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois for West Herts hospitals.

St Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School will have a new headteacher for the next academic year.

Sarratt Residents “under siege” by plans which would add half again more homes will form a human chain around its green.

The Aquadrome Bridge will be closed as Japanese knotweed is removed at Ebury Play Area between April 20 and May 1.

Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes have chosen DENS, a charity supporting homeless people in Dacorum, as their charity of the year.

The Grove Hotel, on the edge of Watford, is nominated for an award covering destinations across the globe.

Watford’s new Aldi store replacing Iceland looks to be taking shape as the opening date approaches.

An early intervention charity named Playskill is celebrating 20 years of support for young children.

Here are some of Hertfordshire's most scenic National Trust properties and sites to visit from Ashridge Estate to Morven Park.

Continued operation of an unauthorised scrapyard at the edge of Rickmansworth Aquadrome has been labelled an environmental “disaster”.

The spring jewellery collection from Lily Charmed is quite a charming compilation.

County Hall filming for productions including Tom Holland and Joan Collins earned Hertfordshire County Council around £312,000 last year.