Here's a selection of the items you'll find in the middle aisles of Aldi and Lidl from Sunday, May 29.

It's been a busy week for planning applications with a host validated by Watford, Three Rivers and Dacorum councils in the week beginning May 23.

Hi, I’m Harley a five-year-old Cocker Spaniel/Poodle crossbreed. I’m looking for a very special owner who’s experienced in handling and training a dog like me with a lot of love to give but also ‘resource-guarding’ issues.

Complaints have been made about overcrowding and services running late after a bus operator made major changes to its network.

The Government has published guidance for businesses considering making offers of employment to people coming to the UK from Ukraine, as the country continues to be embroiled in war.

From shopping in Coal Drops Yard to a stay at The Great Northern Hotel, we reveal the best places to go in the London neighbourhood.

If you’re planning on enjoying the jubilee celebrations, why not do so with an afternoon tea hamper.

Police have closed off Rickmansworth Road as they respond to an "incident" today (May 28).

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

A campaign that distributed 1,700 essential packs to rough sleepers has come to an end.

The opening date for Watford’s new pottery café has been set.

An appeal has launched to reunite owners with their stolen tools.

The Watford Observer is delighted to team up with Three Rivers Museum for a series that will remind readers of some of the people who, often now forgotten, made an impact on how their neighbours lived and worked. The next in the series is a surveyor ...

There continue to be plenty of fish and chip lovers in Watford judging by where you have told us where you would recommend visiting to enjoy this great British dish.

Plans to build extra flats at Watford’s biggest redevelopment scheme look set to receive the go-ahead at the second time of asking.

A paedophile teacher has been sentenced to more than 138 years in jail by a Spanish court.

A last-minute court order has been secured banning a religious traveller festival taking place.

Boxing star Anthony Joshua warned a group of students to “watch your mouth” after they taunted him.

An Afghan asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a woman he had coffee with was given a community order.

A fly-tipper has been ordered to pay more than £25,000 after he dumped rubbish on the same piece of land four times in the same month.

A former college building in King’s Langley has been demolished to make way for waterside apartments aimed at the London commuter market.

Rishi Sunak appeared at B&Q Watford to discuss the new support package to help struggling families in the cost of living crisis.

My shift working at a Watford foodbank could not have been more rewarding - but it was impossible to miss the very real fear that its work will keep getting more necessary.

The biggest day in the fish and chip calendar has arrived – and we want to celebrate it by again hearing about the place you love to visit in the Watford area that serves the best of this iconic British dish.

Everyone is welcome to attend the funeral for a “jolly” businessman who recently died.

Watford’s Big Centenary Celebration on Saturday June 4, will celebrate the town today, its future, and the first 100 years of Watford Borough.

Preparations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee are increasingly ramping up with less than a week to go before the national celebrations and even some of our pets are starting to get excited.

Many of us are obsessed: for the liberals it is incredulity that the mop-barneted Bojo has got away with his penchant for a party or 12. In the great scheme of things, it is a welcome topic as it stops their previous obsession with Brexit .

We tried Aldi's Platinum Jubilee bubbly range and it put us on cloud wine. How to try it for yoruself.

Gymshark has launched a sale on its website with up to 60% off selected lines.

Family holiday rental company, Vrbo, has released its list of Holiday Homes of the year for the very first time.

Running from today until June 25, shoppers have a month to get all their favourite summer pieces.

British Transport Police to arm volunteer officers with Tasers. Read more:

A teenager who had to have his leg amputated when he was 14-months-old has been called up to represent his country at the European Amputee Football Federation (EAFF) junior camp in Georgia this summer.

The strikes were going to take place over the Jubilee weekend.

A Metropolitan Police officer faces an eight-week trial next February accused of 44 offences, including 21 counts of rape, against a dozen women over a 17-year period.

An update has been issued after roads were shut off as police dealt with an incident.

A man has been charged over a burglary that involved a woman in her 90s allegedly waking to find an unknown man standing in her bedroom.

Reaction to an appalling terrorist attack in Manchester, a building collapse in Bushey and a snub to Watford ahead of the Olympics were among the stories making our headlines five and ten years ago this week.

Roads have been shut off as police deal with an incident.

Watford may well have been celebrating the opening of a new transport link this week had a vision become a reality.

A cocktail and tapas bar was told that “major improvement” was necessary after a food hygiene inspection.

A busy road in Watford is among those in the area set to be temporarily closed in the coming weeks and months for roadworks.

LEGO will be shutting down the store in Atria Watford.

A pensioner has accused drivers who park on pavements of being “lazy” and called for tougher action from enforcement authorities.

The team behind a clothing brand inspired by the sights and nostalgic memories of Watford has joined forces with a pub to stage an afternoon of live music and food in support of a good cause.

A man died in St Albans this morning after suffering what appears to be a medical episode, police have confirmed.

A teenager was caught with a machete in Watford Met Station.

Check to see when you're local area will have its bin collecting over the Jubilee period.

The Walt Disney Travel Company has today launched ‘The Magic is Yours’ package, an incredible offer for 2023 holidays at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.