Watford was transformed to look like an Iraqi desert for an upcoming BBC Two drama that depicts the realities and repercussions of war.

Police have charged a teenager in connection with a stabbing in a shopping parade in Watford.

A dog owner says she wants to share her "deepest appreciation" with all those who gave up their time to catch her nervous missing dog.

Christian Kabasele surprises Watford fan with visit and shirt

Senior NHS officials in England have written to Instagram urging the company to shut down any accounts that promotes or attempts to sell Apetamin.

Boris Johnson has said some foreign travel from the UK will be able to go ahead from mid-May.

Watford Football Club has submitted a planning application to make an indoor dome at its training ground permanent.

Watford were heading back to the top table of English football and six years ago today thousands of Hornets fans flocked to Cassiobury Park to celebration promotion to the Premier League.

Traffic is very heavy on the roads this afternoon.

Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock has revealed that she is expecting a baby with Watford’s Andre Gray.

The future of Watford's biggest club venue looks to be secure after a position for a new full-time role was advertised.

A man has now been charged with the murder of a former police officer.

A planning inspector has yet to be appointed to decide whether a historic clock tower should be saved from demolition.

A road was closed off this morning as police arrested a man on suspicion of kidnapping.

Police are searching for a missing man who is believed to be in Hertfordshire.

A campaigner has started a petition calling for safety measures to be introduced for pedestrians in an area of Watford.

Sir Elton John has slammed social media as “toxic” and says those hide behind anonymous accounts to post hate messages online are “cowards”.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given his backing to a pet theft taskforce to tackle anyone who is “malicious” enough to steal a dog.

St Albans Road Westbound is closed due to an ongoing police incident.

Andre Gray says he was “embarrassed, ashamed and disappointed” over an old derogatory tweet about black women, as the topic resurfaces in a documentary.

More than a quarter of cancer patients at West Hertfordshire Hospitals had been waiting longer than two months for treatment in February, figures show.

Political sleaze is much like a vacuum cleaner; the workings of both tend to go round and round.

Google’s lawyers say there is no suggestion the so-called Safari workaround resulted in any information being disclosed to third parties.

SIXTY-TWO Green Party members are standing for county council elections in Hertfordshire on May 6, in a bid to gain a voice at the county council.

Watford business chiefs have hailed the area's resilience after revealing nearly all the town centre's vacant units are under offer.

A supermarket has become the first place in Watford this year to need necessary food standards improvement after inspections by the Food Standards Agency.

LIBERAL Democrats have drawn-up plans to sell-off 10 per cent of the county council’s unused sites and buildings – in a bid to raise around £140million to invest in a ‘greener, fairer, healthier’ Hertfordshire.

GP practices in Hertfordshire saw a sharp spike in activity during March, with tens of thousands more appointments recorded than in the previous month.

In a recent Conservative election leaflet, I was shocked to read that despite the Conservative government trebling Watford’s housing targets over the last few years, Watford’s Conservative MP is now trying to claim credit for those targets not...

Young people will have a great opportunity to give their careers a flying start, meet prospective employers, and find out about the Kickstart Scheme, at a free virtual event next month.

There are few immediate implications for individuals as a result of Brexit, but those with homes in an EU country will need to be aware of several key points.

Police have arrested a teenager following a stabbing in a shopping parade.

PROTECTING  jobs and services, building a stronger economy and protecting the environment are among the priorities being put forward by Labour candidates in Hertfordshire, in the run-up to the county council elections on May 6.

Nearly a quarter of people aged 45 and over in Watford have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, figures reveal.

Two air ambulances landed on a busy motorway following a major crash which has left a child fighting for their life.

One third of Three Rivers District Council's seats are up for election on May 6.

The Palace Theatre ensures this picture remains recognisable today but the changes will also be readily apparent to many of us since this photo of a well-known Watford road was taken 70 years ago.

Hello, my name’s Sugar. I’m a three-year-old girl looking for a home with my friend Skippy, who’s four-years-old.

Senior Hertfordshire county councillors from all political parties say a ruling that council meetings must be face-to-face from May 7 is “disappointing”.

Over the years I wish I had kept discarded film props and scripts on my visits to various film studios as they can be very valuable today. I did buy the begging bowl from the 1960s film Oliver when I attended an auction of film items at Shepperton in...

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

Little Nellie Mae Shirley Smith is getting used to the world after she was born at Watford General Hospital last week.

This week's plans submitted in Watford include conversion of a home in Aldenham Road into five flats and adding storeys to a building in Market Street to turn into two new flats. In Dacorum, there is an appeal for plans to build four new homes with g...

Food allergies, salmonella poisoning, Hepatitis A and chocking hazards are just some of the reasons behind urgent product recalls across the UK.

According to new research, Brits think BBQ’s are the best way of eating outdoors, beating picnics as the nations favourite method of outdoor dining.

Watford residents are being reminded that bin collections will be taking place on different days next week.

Far more new or expectant mothers were in contact with the Herts Valleys’s mental health services in January than before the pandemic, figures show.

I am standing as an Independent, as we need strong voices, unconstrained by party politics, to make the changes necessary.

Foodbanks across the East of England provided more than 102,000 meals to children over the last year - one every five minutes.

Around one in six children in Hertfordshire are finishing primary school obese, new figures reveal – although the proportion has fallen from a decade ago.