Follow live updates amid heavy traffic on the M1 in the Watford and St Albans areas of Hertfordshire following an "accident"

A historic Hertfordshire pub is set to reopen this month after a £500,000 investment.

Cleaning just got Christmassy.

Kings Langley's Oscars Pizza Co is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month.

A primary school is set to close after nearly 200 years of serving the community.

A crash on the M1 southbound near Watford has closed two of three lanes, with long delays and congestion stretching back towards J6A for the M25.

JD Gyms has confirmed that its new flagship gym at Harlequin Watford will officially open on 22 December and has released photos of the new facility.

A Hemel Hempstead takeaway has received a damning 1/5 food hygiene rating.

Police are appealing for help to trace a missing 14-year-old boy from Maple Cross, last seen in Watford.

The release date for Watford's Monopoly board has been brought forward to November 13.

A new café offering fresh food and a community atmosphere will open at Watford Town Hall in spring 2027.

New figures have revealed that 71 Hertfordshire Police officers have been barred from the profession since the start of the decade.

Prominent Watford pub O'Neil's has closed for a two-week refurbishment and is set to reopen later this month.

A man has been jailed over a county lines operation running between Watford and Exeter.

Four Hertfordshire pubs have been named among Britain's top 100 by the Good Food Guide.

Today is National Jigsaw Day!

These six men were all added to the Herts Police wanted list in October 2026.

Bushey care home Bushey House Beaumont celebrates Mimoza Velsula’s 20 years of service as she becomes a chef after Barchester apprenticeship in December 2025.

Rush hour traffic is delayed in Hertfordshire following an "accident" on the M25 near Watford.

Mr Bull Noodle Bar is set to open in the former TUI unit in Watford High Street.

Grammy-winning star Art Garfunkel has announced a new date for his Watford Colosseum show after illness forced him to postpone.

A man has been jailed for more than three years after sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl.

An "unidentified substance" was thrown in a woman's face outside a Watford property in the early hours of Sunday morning (November 1).

Drivers face three nights of disruption around the Park Street Roundabout in Hertfordshire from tonight (November 2).

A mum has praised Watford’s neonatal team for saving her son’s life after he was born at just 22 weeks.

Filming is taking over a Chipperfield church and car park today (November 2).

Watford High Street store Well Home is to shut next week (November 10)

Dust off your dancing shoes, don your diamantes and let Just Go Holidays waltz you away to the unforgettable Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour in Birmingham.

An 18-year-old is due to appear in crown court accused of possessing a machete and committing affray in New Street, Watford town centre.

Journalism Matters highlights Andy Burnham’s call to protect independent and local news, fair digital markets, and journalism’s role in democracy.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham explains that with greater local power must come local accountability. And that is why local journalism matters.

Andy Burnham backs Journalism Matters, calling journalism a vital national infrastructure and local news essential for democracy and accountability.

Centrepoint welcomed the new changes by hosting a visit from Department for Work and Pensions Minister Stephen Timms MP

A Bushey café launched by a 19-year-old economics student looks set to thrive, judging by the Watford Observer's visit.

Peter Taylor, Watford’s Liberal Democrat mayor, explains why he is standing as the party’s MP candidate in the next general election.

A caravan has been brought onto land beside a road between Radlett and Borehamwood after hedges were allegedly ripped out without permission.

There is heavy traffic stretching back to the M1 in Hertfordshire after a reported crash near Luton this afternoon.

A man is due in crown court accused of having 2,115 indecent child images including the most serious kind in Watford.

Plans to knock down a house and build two in Chorleywood Road, Rickmansworth, which has average house prices well above £1 million have gone in.

The first space on Watford’s Monopoly board has been announced as Rennie Grove Peace Hospice.

Chinese car giant Geely has opened a new showroom in Watford town centre.

A man has been charged after around £1,000 worth of cigarettes were stolen from Tesco Express, Radlett.

My lunch at Shree Krishna Bhavan in Carpenders Park was one of the most delicious I can remember.

Another resident has come forward after her car was scratched with an ‘X’ in the same West Watford road as a string of similar incidents.

A gas leak closed a key road between Borehamwood and Radlett after construction work was reported beside a field.

A new house can now be built on a gap between homes in St George's Road, North Watford.

Brett Ellis recounts how a 40p carrier bag turned a routine trip to a Sainsbury’s self-service checkout into his latest shopping misadventure.

Superdry's Harlequin Watford store is set to relocate into a larger space within the shopping centre.

Half of all trains on the Abbey Line from Watford Junction line will be cancelled due to a shortage of train crew.

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