Festival organisers have been refused permission to hold an event this weekend after a "huge amount" of complaints from residents.

Plans for hundreds of homes on a former golf course near Chorleywood have been unveiled.

The Watford Conservatives have announced its deputy chairman will be running as a mayoral candidate next year.

Thinking about it, being away from Vicarage Road these past 16 months hasn’t been all that different to my gap year.

Pupils are receiving their GCSE results today.

A heavy emergency services presence has been deployed in Plymouth amid a “serious firearms incident” resulting in a “number of fatalities”, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

Watford midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru is set to join Reading on a season-long loan, the Watford Observer understands.

Leisure centre bosses have apologised after it left older people’s swimming sessions out of its new timetable.

Joshua King will wear the number seven shirt for Watford this season, with Philip Zinckernagel out on loan at Nottingham Forest.

Xisco Munoz insists his Watford team is ready to show the Premier League why they belong there this weekend when they face Aston Villa in their opening match of the season.

A ‘festival-like’ event for skaters is taking place this weekend.

A woman was rushed to hospital after being knocked unconscious in a “fight” in Watford town centre.

Joao Pedro and Joshua King are set to miss the first match of Watford's Premier League campaign against Aston Villa.

It's the run up to Herts Pride, Hertfordshire's biggest LGBTQ+ celebration, and Hertsmere is playing its part by celebrating and sending its own message of support.

An Extinction Rebellion (XR) group has held a protest outside a Barclays Bank branch in Watford opposing the company's fossil fuel investments.

Watford’s biggest crowd for more than a year will assemble this Saturday as the football season returns – with fans.

Six people were discovered inside a lorry by police on the M1 yesterday.

As many as 500 people turned out to peacefully protest against housing plans which they fear could ‘destroy’ their community.

A professional house buying firm has revealed the areas in Watford where home sellers have been reducing their prices the most.

RARELY a week passes without comment that "The new hospital should be built somewhere with easy access". Whilst the proposed design does not thrill me, I wonder if correspondents consider the human logistics of running such an establishment?

Here is a round-up of those in our area who have been fined in Hertfordshire magistrates’ courts during the week commencing August 2.

A mural of one of Watford’s greatest ever managers has appeared next to the club’s football stadium.

A limit of 270 people will be allowed to book the Cassiobury Park paddling pools under the new booking system.

Some students have secured scholarships in the USA and top UK universities after the A-level results day.

Police are trying to find a man who has gone missing from London Colney.

A mum experienced the holiday from hell after she fell down a flight of steps at a restaurant, leaving her bedbound for months.

Thieves raided a home in Radlett before stealing jewellery including a watch.

There will be no trains running on a line for most of today, according to a railway operator.

Exclusion rates for school children from poor families in Hertfordshire are more than four times higher than those for their peers from better-off households, figures reveal.

Watford will face Crystal Palace at home in round two of the Carabao Cup this year.

Troy Deeney is feeling excited ahead of Watford's return to the Premier League.

Watford will find out their Carabao Cup round two opponents this evening with the draw to be broadcast live on Sky Sports.

Watford goalkeeper Pontus Dahlberg saved three penalties in a shootout to help Doncaster Rovers beat Walsall in the Carabao Cup.

Daniel Bachmann has said he would not have left Watford this summer, "no matter what the offer was".

Aston Villa face a number of injury problems ahead of this weekend's game against Watford at Vicarage Road, with several key players ruled out ahead of the match.

Long queues are forming near the Dome Roundabout this afternoon following a crash.

Students are receiving their A-level results today.

Watford is among the Premier League clubs charging fans the lowest amounts for replica shirts.

A motorcyclist and a driver have been taken to hospital after colliding in Watford.

More trees will be planted and protected under a new plan for the trees and hedgerows across the Three Rivers district.

Three neighbours travelled down from Liverpool to steal catalytic converters from Toyota garages in Crawley and Watford.

Hanging baskets and floral displays have been giving another splash of colour to Bovingdon High Street.

More than 40 arrests and 10 weapons have been removed in a summer crackdown on violent crime across London and surrounding counties.

A store was given an 'improvement necessary' ranking after a recent inspection from the Food Standards Agency.

Covid infections have risen slightly in eight of Hertfordshire's ten districts, public health data has shown.

One person was injured when a lorry and two cars crash on a busy motorway.

An actor is joining people in Cassiobury Park for the annual autumn walk in support of an Alzheimer’s charity.

A headteacher is urging students to avoid online chatter and focus on the future.

Watford FC Women will host Liverpool at Vicarage Road in their first league home match of the season.

Watford fans could be subject to random spot-checks of their Covid-19 status at some grounds in the opening few weeks of the new season, the Premier League has confirmed.