A Watford woman who developed a cough was diagnosed with incurable lung cancer - despite never having smoked.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences after police seized £125,000 of plants from a cannabis farm in Watford.

An "exciting" afternoon featuring more than 20 classic vehicles has been promised ahead of a classic car festival near Watford over the Bank Holiday weekend.

A "spectacular" KATSEYE tribute act has been announced for the Watford Colosseum.

Grow your own citrus trees right here in the UK with the Citrus Grove Collection – Orange, Lemon and Lime.

The Essex Arms in Langley Way, Watford, has reopened following a refurb.

A two-bedroom detached bungalow in Homefield Road, Radlett, has been listed for sale at an asking price of £1.65m.

A fox bit a three-month-old child’s head after entering a bedroom inside her Watford home, a “horrified” mother has revealed.

Three times the national average number of GCSE entries have come back grade 9 at Royal Masonic School for Girls.

Westfield Academy has celebrated its highest ever maths results on GCSE results day 2026.

Independent school St Margaret's School, Bushey, has said it is "extremely proud" to announce its impressive GCSE results.

Rickmansworth School pupils have expressed their pride over GCSE results as their school believes it has produced its best ever grades.

Despite a slight drop in overall top grades for Watford, GCSE results day has brought heaps of successes amid “best ever” outcomes.

A Hemel Hempstead teacher accused of sleeping with two of her pupils "behaved like she was in a Sabrina Carpenter video", a court heard.

Outstanding individual success stories have been spotlighted as a school handed out GCSE grades this morning.

Top grades represented almost half of all entries at high performing school St Clement Danes.

The Grange Academy in Bushey has celebrated the best GCSE results in its history amid a "substantial rise" in top grades.

Three Rivers and Hertsmere have made the top ten nationwide for GCSE top grades.

Chorleywood pub The Land of Liberty, Peace and Plenty is holding a car boot sale this weekend (August 22).

The second series of BBC series Ludwig starring David Mitchell is set to start airing this evening (August 20) following filming that took place in Rickmansworth, with locations in Radlett and Chorleywood also rumoured to be used.

KPop Demon Hunters will take over the Tesco Extra Watford café this summer and offer free food for kids.

Watford Grammar School for Girls is "incredibly proud" after more than half of results were top grades as GCSE results were handed out this morning.

CarFest 2026 with bp roars into Silverstone, the home of UK motorsport, across the August Bank Holiday weekend (28th–30th August), for three days of family fun that doesn't let up

Plans to turn the former St Hilda's Prep School in Bushey into a nursery have been submitted, ending speculation

Antisocial behaviour involving youths has led to a dispersal order being put in place by police in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.

Pupils across Watford and southwest Hertfordshire are collecting their A-Level results today and you can follow this blog for the latest updates.

Police have confirmed that a cordon was put in place near the Hertsmere Borough Council offices in Borehamwood over two "suspicious packages".

Deal of the Week: Experience the Imperial Cities and Yuletide Markets on Riviera Travel’s festive river cruise along the magical Danube.

UK Lawyers for Israel has written to West Herts College over Watford and Hemel Hempstead staff reportedly wearing “pro-Palestinian” badges and lanyards at work.

Trevor Nelson has shared that he was recently diagnosed with a brain tumour, which is why he took a break from his radio work on the BBC

Watford MP Matt Turmaine has blasted CitiPark over out of order lifts at the car parks it manages in the town centre.

Watford’s most expensive school uniforms have been ranked as headteacher are urged to keep costs down.

Plans to turn a woodland clearing in Loudwater into a caravan site have been validated months after trees were reportedly torn down without permission.

After receiving the lowest possible Ofsted grade, Bushey nursery Step by Step has suddenly shut down.

Watford-based pub giant JD Wetherspoon has announced a ban on customers playing music or taking phone calls on speaker in its boozers.

Large numbers of private hire vehicles are reportedly being brought in by lorry and dumped on North Watford’s residential roads.

A Hemel Hempstead teacher accused of having sexual relationships with pupils told police allegations against her were a “total fabrication”, a court has heard.

New Ofqual data has revealed how Watford's schools compared to the rest of Hertfordshire in this year's A-levels.

A video of a prominent far-right activist with close ties to Tommy Robinson visiting Watford has gone viral.

A Stevenage, Hertfordshire, resident has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 for repeated noise breaches over persistent dog barking.

A KFC branch in St Albans Road has applied for permission to serve food until 3am seven days a week.

A house in Vicarage Road in Watford could be turned into a six-person HMO after new plans were submitted.

The project to create new pub The Old Station House in Watford is “definitely still going ahead” despite delays.

Police have released images of four men following a row in Watford's Market Street that has seen an arrest made on suspicion of affray.

Police have appealed for the public's help to find Watford-linked teenager Mekeal who has gone missing from Birmingham.

A woman has been arrested in Watford over several offences including theft from a motor vehicle and assaulting a police officer.

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The CQC is investigating Courtland Lodge care home in Watford after a resident died during heatwave weather.

Discover the history of Pallett’s Bakery, later known as the Old Bakery, on Park Road in Bushey, and the wartime white rolls locals still remember.

Watford MP Matt Turmaine was halfway through a fact-finding visit at Watford Fire Station on August 3, when firefighters were called out mid-conversation.