A man who was seen inappropriately touching himself from his flat balcony has been charged.

A 62-bedroom hotel has been sold to a businessman who is now set to spend £3 million refurbishing it.

With the Easter school holidays just around the corner, Tesco is here to save the day for parents.

Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience is returning to the UK this autumn, and tickets go on sale today.

Many households near to North Watford and Garston are facing a power cut this afternoon (March 23). Follow our blog for updates.

There is standstill traffic.

MasterChef is back for series 18 with 45 new chefs hoping to impress judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode.

Bushey Museum is on the lookout for new volunteers to help with a range of activities.

A house has been targeted in a series of criminal damage and arson attacks.

Coronavirus cases are trebling in Hertfordshire - but health officials believe the true number of infections are being significantly unreported.

A man who caused “distress and concern” after carrying a meat cleaver while he left his flat has pleaded guilty.

A teenager was punched in the face after being approached by a group of men in Watford town centre.

Police are appealing for help to find a teenage girl who has gone missing from Watford.

A drug dealer who ran a county lines drug network from his prison cell has been given a further seven years in jail.

A number of pubs have announced they are temporarily closed for the day following advice from police.

Firefighters put out a kitchen fire that broke out at a property in Oxhey last night (March 22).

A drug dealer who ran a county lines drug network in Watford has been jailed after a raid at the town centre.

Two men have been charged after police uncovered a £1.3 million cannabis factory – thought to be the largest ever in Hertfordshire.

A woman had hundreds of pounds taken from her account after a man stole her bank card.

Police have extended the closure of a Watford flat linked to suspected drug use and antisocial behaviour.

A large local collection for Ukraine may have to terminate its operation if it cannot find another premises this month.

Callers seeking an emergency 999 ambulance response in Hertfordshire have been told they could face waits of up to 14 hours, it has emerged.

A petition has been launched after the borough council scrapped annual fun fairs at Cassiobury Park after 70 years.

A driver managed to escape without any injuries despite flipping their car into a field off a motorway slip-road.

A primary school remains ‘inadequate’ as Ofsted inspectors say standards have not been met for improvement.

A planning committee has been recommended to refuse plans to build 330 affordable homes for key workers on green belt land.

Well, I have hung onto the wreckage for another week so welcome back to my weekly ramblings. A lovely lady came up to me last week and said she wanted to say hello but was afraid to approach me. I might be well known ­— whatever that means ­— b...

I am sure that I am not alone in seeing the massive irony in your reporting in the March 4 issue of the Watford Observer, of the tragic death from Covid-19 of eight-year-old Jasper Cook, followed by the report in the issue of March 11 of the unauthor...

Watford Borough Council is to buy four new electric vehicles which will be used to help clean up the town.

Leona Lewis is expecting her first child with her husband Dennis Jauch.

Mother’s Day is always a special one to celebrate, but especially so for a new mum.

If you've still not got a gift for Mother's Day yet and are starting to panic, then do not worry, as all hope is not lost just yet.

Treat your mum to a day out that she'll never forget from Virgin Experience Days for Mother's Day.

Playstation 5s are back in stock in Amazon today

Disney's new Easter collection has all the soft toys you could want.

A minutes' silence will be held across the UK at midday and people are being encouraged to display flowers to remember those who died.

The Apprentice finalists Harpreet Kaur and Kathryn Burn have spoken out ahead of the final this week.

Watford have paid tribute to a man who “thrived around football folk of all ages” following the death of Bill Shipwright at the age of 89.

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

There have been many potholes of concern logged locally in this month alone, as a new report reveals that a backlog of repairs has soared.

National Lottery operator Camelot has been fined £3.15 million after mistakenly telling players they did not have winning tickets.

A couple have collaborated with a Ukrainian brewery to make and sell a beer to raise money for people affected by the Russian invasion.

Residents in Watford are being warned by police about "threatening" phone calls in which the caller demands money.

A cricket club has received a £75,000 donation that will be spent on the construction of its new clubhouse.

The emergency services believe a fire at a building in Watford was started deliberately.

We have again dipped into the Watford Observer’s online archive and here are 12 pictures for you to enjoy that were captured by our photographers in 1990.

An air ambulance was called and multiple roads closed after a pedestrian was hit by a car and seriously injured.

A leading group of politicians have formally backed a hospital trust's £1 billion plus redevelopment plan.

Madeleine McCann was three years old when she went missing on May 3, 2007 while on holiday in Portugal. But what does the latest news mean for her case?

After reading Mr Leslie Freitag’s letter to the editor regarding his efforts to resurrect the sorry saga of the Croxley Rail Link, I somehow get the impression that Mr Freitag’s letter is clearly “not up to the mark” (Is the outlay worth it�...