Put on your dancing shoes, The Big Dance is back – and bigger and better than ever before!

NURSES are now meeting one-to-one with social care workers in Hertfordshire who have not had the Covid-19 vaccine in a bid to increase take-up rates.

Hundreds of new burial spaces are set to be created during expansion works at North Watford Cemetery.

A councillor has blasted an “unsatisfactory” safety review of a road junction that had nine crashes leading to injuries in 48 months.

Watford have made another youthful addition to their squad ahead of their return to the Premier League with the capture of Emmanuel Dennis.

Heartfelt messages of congratulations and deep appreciation have been posted in gratitude to a much-loved retired Watford midwife and hospice supporter who was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

With today marking the longest day of the year and the height of summer, you might be asking when summer will actually come back after days of drizzle?

Daniel Bachmann will be aiming to keep Ukraine at bay and guide Austria into the last-16 of Euro 2020 this evening.

The Watford Observer has again teamed up with its friends at The Watford Treasury to share stories from its new book, Coming Home.

A live musical performance scheduled to go ahead in Cassiobury Park has been cancelled due to poor weather.

Two 13-year-old twins who have been missing for more than a month have been found.

A new initiative is giving people the chance to support a charity that helps people living with an incurable and debilitating disease.

A man cycled from Rickmansworth to Leicestershire as part of a fundraiser before partying in the rain at a pilot festival event.

An American diner in Bushey has been slapped with the second lowest possible hygiene rating.

Covid vaccinations are to be made compulsory for care home staff in England – as figures reveal a fifth of workers in Hertfordshire are yet to receive a jab.

Robert Page was “bursting with pride” but admitted he had to make some difficult decisions after leading Wales to the knockout stages of Euro 2020.

Harry Potter fans are in for a treat – with the opening of a new exhibition of magical behind-the-scenes images from film series and London’s only Butterbeer Bar.

A housing development has secured a multi-million pound funding package to support a new residential scheme.

Dozens of further cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus have been recorded in Watford, new figures reveal.

A church has plans to extend helping to create new spaces for mental health services, children and youth groups, and other community facilities.

Watford residents shelled out more money in the pub when allowed back indoors, new figures suggest, but limits on social contact mean spending is still below pre-pandemic levels.

As we are getting out more, seeing friends and family in person, and perhaps even dusting off our suitcases in the hopes of travelling widely again, I think we can all agree that there is still work to be done in the global Covid-19 efforts.

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The following announcements were carried in the Watford Observer last week:

I recently attended an online community event and moments before it started my phone flashed a message from the national track and trace system to tell me that I must isolate for a few days. I know that Covid has had an enormous impact on all our liv...

New footage shows large crowds gathered at a Watford house party as police broke up the Covid regulation-flouting event.

The picture at the top of this page dates from shortly after the Second World War and many of the buildings along this part of the road look similar today - with one very large exception.

Two new artists have been added to the At Home Farm line up this summer.

The National Lottery is hunting for a missing winner who has won the top £10K-a-month-for-30-years prize on the ‘Set For Life’ draw-based game.

House prices dropped by 1.1 per cent in Watford in April, new figures show.

Councillors have described a decision to rule out building a stadium on a golf course as "great news" and "a victory for residents".

Residents and visitors can explore Watford for just £1 next week, as part of a summer promotional week.

Watford is the third best place to start a business outside of London, according to new research.

A father of two who formerly suffered with a drug addiction has been recognised in a Father’s Day gift card campaign.

Hello, my name is Angel and I’m a pretty six-year-old girl.

After 17 years leading two of Hertfordshire's community safety schemes, volunteer Sue Thompson has retired.

Toby Carvery have become well known for supporting British troops, this is the fifth time the carvery chain has supported UK military.

The British summer is not quite over yet with weather forecasters expecting several heatwaves in July.

This week the Golden Lion in Estcourt Road, Watford has applied for a new timber framed pergola, whilst the popularity of extensions continues in the area.

This year's list has a mixture of traditionally popular names, as well as several new entries.

Police were forced to disperse crowds after "more than 150" revellers are said to have attended a house party in Watford overnight.

Electric scooters have become a popular mode of transport for many – but it is currently illegal to ride them in public areas.

Residents were left to deal with more flooding outside their homes after heavy rain yesterday.

A driver who was caught going well over the speed limit on a busy road in Watford has appeared in court.

Much has been written about the imposing structure known as Monmouth House near the Pond in Watford.

Councillors have pledged to "fight tooth and nail" to stop a 22-storey block of flats being built in Watford town centre.

A Watford couple who won the lottery have toured the world visiting all the exotic countries of their dreams.

When someone dies with no will or known family, their property passes to the Crown as ownerless property.

A Watford man has opened up about going from years of homelessness to scooping his dream job as the “Eco-warrior of Watford”.

Police have made an arrest following a suspicious incident in Chorleywood.