People in Watford will join millions of others across the country this weekend in filling out the 2021 census.

A number of roads in Watford are set to be affected by temporary closures from the start of next month at the earliest.

After the majority of children spent months remote-learning and away from school, we went to see how well adjusted pupils at Woodhall Primary School have been.

Hertfordshire's biggest ever secondary school could be built on the site of the former Bushey Country Club, it was revealed tonight.

The future of a community-favourite mural honouring the history of a house is in question.

A film crew member "viciously" stabbed his co-worker in the neck during a tea break at Warner Bros Studios.

Boris Johnson is due to address the nation from Downing Street at 5pm.

Fewer trains will be stopping at both Bushey station and Harrow & Wealdstone as major upgrades take place.

Dozens of parents have signed a petition calling for an academy to scrap a "ridiculous" detention policy.

Police are investigating after scratch cards were stolen from a petrol station.

Less than half the number of homes Watford was tasked to deliver over a three-year period were completed, data has revealed.

Cash payments may not be accepted at Tube stations in the future as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan refuses to rule out withdrawing the option.

The Watford Observer has teamed up with Watford Museum and its curator Sarah Priestley to take a journey back to the town’s past through items or places of historical significance.

The Watford Sunday League 2020/21 season has been cancelled and declared null and void.

Here is what Prime Minister Boris Johnson might talk about as he leads a Downing Street press briefing on Thursday.

Watford Borough Council has been awarded £3.7m government funding to help secure the sustainable long-term future of Watford Colosseum and the town hall.

Watford Observer readers have had their say on plans for undercover police officers to patrol nightclubs and better protect women.

More than 360,000 adults in Hertfordshire have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, data shows.

With regard to the renaming of certain streets in Watford.

A reader's opinion that Watford has become "soulless" with "no character" has sparked a lot of attention recently.

The hunt is on for a wanted man in connection to a South Oxhey domestic incident.

A Watford man who has flouted Covid-19 rules by hosting multiple parties has been fined £10,000.

Campaigners for a new west Hertfordshire hospital have shed doubt to whether a cancer centre could integrate well in Watford when Watford General Hospital undergoes redevelopment.

Police are investigating after a man allegedly attacked his victim with a wooden pole.

Watford's mayor says he agrees it is "important" to preserve Watford's heritage after he was asked for his thoughts about a plan to demolish an historic clock tower.

A councillor believes his area is "deserving" of more funding to help tackle fly-tipping.

The Watford MP has explained why he backed a controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

Watford’s Mayor has highlighted the importance of people's safety in the town following the death of Sarah Everard.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock will lead a Downing Street press conference tonight - here is what he could talk about.

New data suggests one in five people with Covid only develop one symptom of the virus – a skin rash.

Seven new Beryl bike docking stations will be placed across Watford this year.

Hertfordshire County Council is seeking a judgement in the High Court that could allow virtual council meetings to continue after the local elections on May 6.

Three of the country’s biggest supermarkets have issued an urgent safety message to their shoppers.

The vaccine rollout is set to be ramped up in the UK in an effort to get all adults vaccinated by the summer.

I would like to echo the comments made by others on London’s Labour Mayor suggestion of a £5.50 “London Boundary charge” on residents in Three Rivers and Herts driving into London. He can expect a serious and widespread campaign against it ...

Uber drivers in the UK are to get a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions.

Stalking offences are set to hit a record high this year in Hertfordshire, figures suggest.

Twisted Monkey will continue operating under new management, after the bar’s former licence holder was revoked of the licence due to alleged criminal activity.

A driver had a lucky escape after their vehicle was crushed by a runaway tyre on the M25 this afternoon.

Police have issued an image of a man they would like to identify following a burglary last month.

The death of Sarah Everard has triggered a public outcry about the safety of women and how offences against them are dealt with.

A new testing site for key workers with no coronavirus symptoms is up and running in Watford town centre.

A bus driver ended up getting their vehicle stuck between two lamp posts on a hill after trying to make a three-point turn.

The Watford Observer has again teamed up with its friends at The Watford Treasury to share stories from previous issues.

To me Watford has become a soulless place with no character and with the eventual building of the mini ‘Manhattan’ project we will, as I fear, just become another part of the London spillover.

People who walk slowly may be almost four times more likely to die from coronavirus, and be potentially more than twice at risk of contracting severe Covid-19, researchers say.

THE Government's 'Stay Home' message is to be dropped as more restrictions are set to be eased at the end of the month - but what will change?

Hertfordshire’s health chiefhas refused to name the supermarkets found defying Covid measures duringunannounced checks.

An address in Watford was raided this morning as part of a year-long Metropolitan police investigation into people trafficking.

“We must drive out violence against women and girls and make every part of the criminal justice system work to better protect and defend them.”