Hempstead road is closed following a crash earlier this morning.

Several street signs named after historical figures in Watford have been repaired and restored.

One of Hertfordshire's busiest recycling centres will be open seven days a week due to increased demand.

A Grammy-award-winning music producer from Watford has backed the petition to rename Atria back to The Harlequin.

A waste collection company has been fined nearly £2 million after a binman was killed when he was dragged under the wheels of his runaway lorry.

The West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust failed to fully cover sick pay for outsourced cleaners, porters and caterers during the coronavirus winter wave, a report from The Independent reveals.

The potential future of a former country club site could become clearer next week.

The next phase of a £218 million regeneration project has begun.

POLICE and Crime Commissioner David Lloyd has told local health and social care leaders that he is “disappointed” that police officers will not be given priority for the Covid-19 vaccine.

Fifteen selfish lockdown flouters were slapped with fines after police broke up an illegal party.

World Book Day may have been different this year but that hasn’t stopped us from producing our special pull-out and featuring hundreds of children who dressed up as their favourite characters.

Election results in Hertfordshire could be delayed this year – with plans being drawn-up to quarantine marked ballot papers for 24 hours.

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.

A Kings Langley singer-songwriter has been nominated for the rising star Brit Award.

A Post Office will be temporarily closed as it goes through major refurbishment.

A couple from Croxley Green are celebrating their Diamond wedding anniversary today.

Officials have been making a series of unannounced visits to supermarkets in Hertfordshire – to check they are complying with measures designed to limit the spread of Covid-19.

An unlucky couple from Hertfordshire agonisingly missed out the £182m EuroMillions jackpot when their numbers came up but their ticket payment failed.

A Conservative MP says it is "unfortunate" NHS staff are not set for a bigger pay rise.

I was fortunate to be born just prior to the outbreak of World War Two and spent the next seven or eight years under strict forms of rationing particularly of food. An example was my award of 1/4lb of chocolate as first prize for a terms project (...

A body has been found in the search for missing Sarah Everard after a police officer was arrested on suspicion of her murder

Watford legend Luther Blissett will be made a freeman of the borough for his charity work and fight against racism.

A primary school head teacher has given an insight into a host of measures in place to help keep her pupils, staff, and the wider community safe from coronavirus.

A coroner has “real reservations” about care given to a traumatised 13-year-old, originally from Hertfordshire, who took his own life last year.

A live-in care home service where one carer fell down the stairs - after she was believed to be drinking on the job - admits it was an “isolated” incident.

A major road in Watford has fully reopened following a burst pipe.

A “violent and unpredictable” man who bit off a large chunk of a person’s ear at a nightclub has been jailed.

A subway which had become a "magnet for anti-social behaviour" has undergone an investment designed to make the area safer.

Watford Borough Council has announced it will be resuming parking enforcement across the town at the end of the month.

My mother Judi Jackson has died aged 74.

Watford is among the areas being targeted with police camera vans in a bid to tackle speeding in hotspots.

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Today marks a year since the first Covid-19 death was announced at Watford General Hospital.

The Met Office has a wind weather warning in place covering England and Wales today and tomorrow.

You could take the saying to be ‘one with nature’ to a new level as the former home of the Attenborough family is now on the market.

Most people with severe mental illnesses in Watford, Hertsmere and Dacorum missed crucial health checks last year - despite being at risk of premature death.

In these days of online meetings, it was a challenge for Watford Interfaith Association (WIFA) to mount an interesting AGM that covered the group’s business for the year as well as revisit all the successful events that were held. But with a pow...

The Transport Secretary has said he is "hopeful" that people will be able to travel abroad this summer.

Police have today released an appeal to help track down two men after a burglary in Garston.

Rival petitions have been launched after councillors learned a road will not be resurfaced as quickly as they would have liked.

Parents have described the feeling of a"buzz" around a primary school after the green light was given for all pupils to return this week.

New research has shown the exotic pets currently being kept in Hertfordshire.

A busy junction has been partially closed after a traffic light was damaged in a crash.

England’s chief medical officer says the country could see a surge in Covid-19 as lockdown restrictions are eased.

Two new road safety camera vans are to be deployed in areas within Hertfordshire with speeding concerns.

A summer project will restore a nature reserve and help provide a much-needed new home for wildlife.

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

When will I get my Covid vaccine? Here we look at the priority groups and current vaccine plan in the UK.

A new trial will see unwashed white potatoes sold across more than 260 Tesco supermarkets in the UK for the next six months.

Glenn Roeder's daughter is raising funds in his honour after the former Watford defender and manager at the age of 65.