Plans for a new takeaway unit beneath Alli Bhavan in Watford High Street have been submitted.

After what seems like a very long and wet winter, the days are starting to get longer and we’re all longing for spring.

A major emergency presence has been pictured attending an incident near the Harlequin shopping centre.

An avoid the area warning is in place near the Harlequin due to a police incident.

The Watford Observer was granted a sneak peek at the Harlequin's newest restaurant ahead of its opening date next week.

Lanes on the M25 closed after stalled truck causing rush-hour chaos.

Hertfordshire County Council has agreed a £1.2bn budget to provide services in 2026/27, which includes a 4.99% increase in council tax and £55m savings.

The Reach group chapel of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has criticised the decision to close the Watford print site.

The Watford Observer visits the recently opened Melto Café in Watford High Street.

“Every room” in a home was ransacked during a North Watford burglary.

Years on from her own cancer battle, a Watford teen will give back to Make-a-Wish - which made her wish come true.

Watford High Street store Well Home is to shut just months after opening, with a closing down sale underway.

The “fiasco” around a “growing” South Oxhey sinkhole has been revealed as Thames Water has allegedly acknowledged its pipes were at fault.

Hertfordshire parents have been warned over a “significant measles outbreak” in Enfield, London.

A four-day closure for Watford Underground Station will begin tomorrow.

Herts Police have confirmed why the M25 was closed for hours near Rickmansworth and Chorleywood yesterday.

Despite 367 objections, officers have recommended building a 96 home estate on the edge of Watford be given the go-ahead.

A vehicle fire has broken out on the M1, near junction 6A for the M25, closing two lanes northbound.

The Harlequin has experienced “record breaking footfall” after reintroducing its original name, bucking a national trend of decline.

"Violent gang warfare” erupted in Watford during summer 2024. After the shooter was recently sentenced, here's the full story of what happened.

With a wide range of products, High Street TV has everything for the home and garden and lots in between.

A Watford man has been arrested after police stopped a car on a residential street in Ayslebury, Buckinghamshire.

The Hertfordshire sections of the M1, M25, and A1M will all see closures due to roadworks this week.

The future of film and TV came to life for West Herts College students and Watford MP Matt Turmaine during a behind-the-scenes visit to Sky Studios Elstree.

Several Watford town centre businesses are facing uncertain futures as new figures have shown that administrations have surged at the start of 2026.

Hertfordshire Constabulary's bomb squad was called to Hemel Hempstead this morning amid reports of an unexploded Second World War device in the area.

Traffic in Watford High Street is blocked after a bus broke down, causing "chaos".

A cold weather warning is in place for Hertfordshire from 6pm tonight (February 17) until Friday (February 20).

A "highly distressing" arson in Watford has sparked an appeal for information from police in Hertfordshire.

The developer behind controversial plans for 700 homes in Bushey has made tweaks to its proposal amid hundreds of objections.

Motorists have faced “gridlocked” traffic around Bushey Arches, between Watford and Bushey, amid a host of road closures within a small area.

Hello! Watford food court has submitted an application for a new outdoor seating area with tables and chairs.

Clockwise M25 traffic was stopped between Chorleywood and Chandlers Cross after a crash this morning.

A trio of HMOs have been approved at once for a West Watford Road.

Ok, so we’re mid-February (still technically winter!) but spring is coming.

More than a year after being left jobless by its sudden closure, former Shuropody staff have found success striking out on their own with Healthy Heel.

Topshop will be returning to Hertfordshire this week as part of a John Lewis deal that will return the brand to Britain's high streets.

A Watford resident has hit out at the state of potholes in The Gossamers, likening his road to a Winter Olympic Slalom course.

The government has announced £40,000 in funding for a heat network to support the controversial data centre that has been proposed near the M25 in Hertfordshire.

There are reports of "very slow moving" traffic near Bushey Arches this afternoon after Aldenham Road was suddenly shut.

Building on the Shendish Manor site, with potential for 500 homes, near Kings Langley, forms part of an 11,000-home consultation.

Motorists in Hertfordshire are facing long delays this afternoon following a multi-vehicle crash on the clockwise M25 between the M40 and Rickmansworth.

Co-Space is set to run a new £10m Innovation and Incubation Hub in Watford’s Town Hall Quarter.

Traffic is stopped on the M25 in Hertfordshire due to a "multi-vehicle" crash between Rickmansworth and the M40

Hemel Hempstead's Charlotte Bankes has won gold for Team GB at the Winter Olympics 2026 alongside partner Huw Nightingale.

Watford Borough Council will protect the Odhams clocktower at the Reach site “to the full extent of our powers".

Watford town centre's newest supermarket has arrived with the official opening of La Mart.

Road closures remain in place after a leak turned a North Watford junction into a “new fountain”.

Watford town centre looks set to welcome the return of Boga Steakhouse after signage went up at its new home near Canvas in The Parade.

Forecasters have pulled back on predictions of snow this week, but there is still a chance it will fall in Watford and elsewhere in Hertfordshire on one day.