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The home is freehold and is ready to renovate into someone's dream home.

Where is the best place to go for Chinese in Watford?

ITV has been filming in Watford in preparation for the sixth series of a hit show.

Train companies have announced a “very limited” timetable, with disruption for commuters on three days, this week due to strike action.

Open letters to Watford MP Dean Russell and Mayor of Watford Peter Taylor

Calls to a trafficking charity, Unseen UK, have risen 20% since Sir Mo Farah revealed in a documentary that he was trafficked to the UK as a child.

The news comes amid an air travel crisis which has seen thousands of flights cancelled and many passengers forced to wait for several hours

Labour's new general election candidate for Watford Matt Turmaine gives his views on the heatwave, the town's MP and the Abbey View fire.

Children can make use of a revamped multi-use games area that has re-opened after a £20,000 makeover.

A proposal to install an 18m high telecommunications pole are among the planning applications submitted to Watford, Three Rivers, Hertsmere and Dacorum councils.

Promoting milk and the perceived benefits of Guinness at the time, this rather impressive-looking advertising hoarding was located close to what is now a fast food restaurant in Watford town centre.

Watford shoppers have given their views on Watford market.

A Watford man is set to stand trial at crown court after being charged with possessing heroin and crack cocaine with the intent to supply.

Hello! My name is Axel and I’m a three-year-old Bull Mastiff cross. I came to the National Animal Welfare Trust from the pound six weeks ago very underweight but am now doing well and looking for my forever home.

Local businesses are ready to utilise a Watford-centric food delivery app that is launching next week.

A Watford man will appear in crown court after being charged with conspiracy to steal £920,000 from a cash management company.

A drug ring running out of Watford has been dismantled after several arrests were made.

Traffic is stretching back for miles on the northbound M1 near Redbourn this afternoon after a crash and a later breakdown.

Columnist Brett Ellis gives his view on the real hero of reality TV.

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

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 looks back at ...

A woman has said “alarm bells immediately rung” when her father with dementia was targeted by scammers in a “distraction burglary” incident.

Shoppers in Watford High Street gave their views on Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, and the “slap in the face” Conservative Party leadership contest.

A few weeks ago, we were told the landlords of a building in Watford were willing to lose all of their tenants even if their grander plans to redevelop the site weren’t backed.

Teachers at a secondary school are scared of students’ “gang mentality” with staff reportedly leaving in their droves, a survey has revealed.

If you’re planning on taking a trip inside the magical world of Harry Potter at Warner Bros Studio Tour London, you might want to plan where you want to grab a meal.

From photos capturing glorious sunsets over Cassiobury Park and Aldenham Reservoir to relaxing in a back garden, there have been some great pictures to get the next challenge for our talented photographers off to a great start.

The future of a minibus service in Watford is in “doubt” unless ridership numbers “ramp up”, a councillor has admitted.

A cyclist died in Watford last night despite the best efforts of paramedics to save him.

Fans of Ricky Gervais were left outraged after “potluck” tickets for his stand-up show in Rickmansworth “sold out in seconds”.

A wallet containing the victim’s wages for a week was stolen at a desserts house.

Major changes planned to the heart of Watford, the retirement of a much-loved headteacher, a row over the fate of allotments and a reunion of workers at one of the town’s best known employers were among the stories making our headlines five and ten...

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A warning has been issued to dog owners as dangerous insects have made their return to Chorleywood Common.

A dedicated cycle lane at Cassiobury Park has been scrapped in a bid to make the park safer for visitors.

A lay-by on a dual carriageway is set be closed to vehicles as concerns grow over rising antisocial behaviour.

A man who is fondly remembered by many in the Nascot area of Watford as their go-to builder or handyman for any jobs they needed doing has died aged 89.

Many residents at an under-fire care home have not been outside for leisure since lockdown ended, a critical inspection has found.

Comedian Ricky Gervais will be holding a stand-up night in Rickmansworth in preparation for his upcoming Netflix special.

Police are hunting for a teenager who is believed to have stabbed a fellow teen in Watford town centre earlier this week.

The development of a major new film studio based in Hertfordshire and close to the M25 has been greenlit.

A 17-year-old from Watford will appear in crown court over two aggravated vehicle taking charges and possession of ‘combat style’ knives.

Communal areas inside the Abbey View tower were still covered in soot six days after the Abbey View fire broke out, according to a father of three.

The one-day festival returns and will see the likes of Happy Mondays, Orbital and more.

See what items you can bring into the park and the venus bag policy.

The UK is on the brink of its first hosepipe ban in a decade, according to reports.

A bus operator has begun serving stops in Watford High Street again.

The Watford Observer is again delighted to be teaming up with its friends at Watford Museum to take another journey back to the past to recall the key events and dates that helped shape the town’s future.

A major road in Watford that closed for roadworks will reopen a week ahead of schedule.