Tributes have been paid to Dad’s Army star Frank Williams following his death.

The 1937 home in Watford was built in a mock Tudor style.

Overgrown bushes next to a major road are providing cover for illicit drinking and could become a hiding place and vantage point for criminals.

An investigation has been launched after a shocking video showed a man being brutally attacked in Watford town centre.

TFL will begin a clampdown on motorists using cycle lanes from today.

Pictures show the £200,000 extension to a Watford pub's beer garden.

Food lovers will be able to keep getting top meals from a recently closed restaurant as it continues through event catering.

A popular Watford takeaway is set to reopen, but one of its owners is “petrified” that price hikes may force him to sell.

Following Andy Love’s excellent letter in the Watford Observer’s June 17 edition, questions must be asked and answered as to where the Trust’s plans for a new hospital go from here.

A Ukrainian refugee helped rescue the Armed Forces Day celebrations.

Here's a selection of the items you'll find in the middle aisles of Aldi and Lidl from Sunday, June 26.

Hertfordshire County Council has announced plans to stop sending waste to landfill sites by 2025.

A proposal to redevelop a hospital is among the planning applications validated by Watford, Three Rivers and Dacorum councils in the week beginning June 20.

The building was demolished to make way for a dual carriageway but this week’s picture from the Watford Museum archive remembers a pub that stood next to the canal – The Halfway House.

Two hospice charities have announced a proposal to merge in a bid to increase the amount of care it can offer the community.

A pageant competitor is looking to bring Hertfordshire its first national win since Love Island Star Molly Mae Hague.

Hello there! My name is Crunchie and I’m a two-year-old single male guinea pig who’s looking for a new home.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving after a crash that left another man in hospital with serious injuries.

The Watford Armed Forces Day musical celebration has been organised by Luther Blissett, who will speak alongside local heroes.

An Elton John mega-fan will enjoy his 100th Elton John concert at Vicarage Road.

Well, I managed to survive that very hot day last week, which can be a challenge due to certain medical conditions, but never complain as by the time you read this we may have already past the longest day!

Any hope that Pryzm nightclub in Watford could be saved appears to have all but gone.

PrettyLittleThing has launched a new Festival Collection in time for summer.

Customers can use Boohoo's new holiday outfit category to choose outfits that suit their destination this summer.

The 'love seat' could be a Love Island-inspired item that could work for your living room

THE cost-of-living crisis is getting worse and worse. The Conservatives are utterly failing to get a grip on falling living standards and we are all paying the price. New figures this week from the Office of National Statistics reveal that real wages...

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

A hospice care unit that shut due to a lack of staff will reopen following a successful recruitment drive.

Alumnae at a girls’ school were at the Buckingham Palace Garden for an awards celebration event.

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 recalls two si...

A pedestrian is in hospital after a car crashed into them in Exchange Road.

I’m one of those people who makes a quick exit when I donate to a charity shop, so I don’t buy more items to take up the space I have just freed - but it seems I’ve been missing out.

The latest challenge for our camera club members is also providing a rich source of snaps - including some more unexpected images.

The fate of Watford’s biggest and most popular nightclub is looking bleaker than ever after it emerged the venue will be forced out in just a few months' time.

Twelve people were arrested and eight vehicles were seized during an operation targeting criminals travelling between London and south west Hertfordshire.

Drivers are being warned about motorway closures as a 14-week roadworks programme kicks off next week.

A 16-year-old boy was punched and hit with a "metal stick" during an attempted robbery in broad daylight.

Like a 70-year-old drunk uncle at a wedding attempting to remain relevant as he harps back to his glory days, Channel 4 has become a faded in the wash, busted flush.

OnBuy has compiled a list of eight low-cost products to help you transform your garden into a Love Island-inspired haven.

Pandora has launched its summer sale with up to 50% off its charms, pendants and more but you'll have to be quick.

Silentnight's outdoors range features everything from snuggly sleeping bags to travel blankets to help you feel like a happy camper whatever the weather.

Victims later discovered cash had been withdrawn from their accounts, after the loss of their card.

The summer savings are available at 700 hotel locations across nine of its brands.

A shopkeeper who has run London M&S foodstores is looking forward to going it alone with his new convenience store in Watford town centre.

A father-of-two who has raised more than £15,000 taking part in endurance events has embarked on another challenge.

A gang of boys left a pregnant hedgehog horribly injured in a cruel and sadistic attack.

The Hornets were on the verge of being taken over, a twitching bug hit Rickmansworth, brave members of the public saved drivers from a burning car and a heatwave were among the stories making the headlines five and ten years ago this week.

Herts Police's custody service has been told "urgent attention" is needed to address concerns over use of force in custody.

HMV has now confirmed the opening date of its new shop in Watford after some teases on social media.

A 50-year-old man reported missing from Scotland is believed to have been seen in Watford.