A Radlett butcher's has closed after 36 years due to retirement.

Latest Dacorum Borough Council planning applications: home extensions, loft conversions, agricultural buildings, and tree works.

FindMySchool has ranked Watford's primary schools using a range of government data.

Watford's MP has welcomed 'first big visual sign of progress' on enabling works for new Watford General Hospital in latest Watford Observer column.

Tweaks have been recommended for a major plan for 247 homes in Watford.

Pulse Padel is eyeing July 2026 for the opening of its new club and courts in Hertfordshire.

Plans for 16 homes to replace office buildings in Hemel Hempstead have been approved.

A nostalgic snap of Regent Street, Watford, showing car parking was also an issue around 50 years ago.

Everything we know so far amid a row over 10 caravans allegedly being set to arrive on land in Hertfordshire.

Here are the five businesses in the Watford area that have been rated 1/5 for food hygiene so far in 2026.

Nominations have opened for the 15th annual British Kebab Awards, giving residents in Watford and across Hertfordshire the chance to nominate their favourite eateries.

The £1.2 million project to reopen an Elstree pub is nearly complete after taking the “dilapidated” building “back to brick”.

The cost of parking in Watford Borough Council car parks and on street in the town is set to rise next month.

Affectionate Staffie Cross Rupert, rescued by the National Animal Welfare Trust in Watford, seeks a forever home. Adopt this loving dog in the UK today.

Find out why Namaste in Watford's St Albans Road is not only the town's most highly-rated Indian restaurant but also its highest overall.

Fed up with icy UK roads, endless potholes, poor council services and council tax rises? Brett Ellis winter journey exposes failures.

An extraordinary public meeting is to be held by Chorleywood Parish Council over plans for 333 homes by the M25.

Scenes for Ryan Gosling's Project Hail Mary were shot at The Hemel Hempstead school in Hertfordshire.

Read the full Ofsted report for St Anthony's Catholic Primary School in Croxley View, Watford.

The Watford Observer visited the "hidden gem" that is Bushey Museum and Art Gallery

Latest planning applications validated by Three Rivers District Council include home extensions, garage conversions, new signage and access works.

A permit for a road closure in South Oxhey has been extended again as work to fix a sinkhole continues.

The planning inspectorate's reasons for refusing a 7-bed HMO plan in Watford have been revealed.

More than £9,000 has been raised to pay for the funeral of Eden Bunn, who died after the car she was travelling in crashed into the River Nene.

B&M has announced it will be opening its latest Hertfordshire store in Waltham Cross next week (March 27).

Discover the latest Hertsmere Borough Council planning applications, including house extensions, new dwellings, tree works, and local developments.

Latest Watford Borough Council planning applications include home extensions, loft conversions, outbuildings, and accessibility improvements.

A petition calling for Watford Junction and other stations in the town to be rezoned into TfL Zone 6 has hit 3,000 signatures.

HATCH in St Albans is regarded as one of the top spots for a burger in Hertfordshire. See what guests are saying about it.

The final selection of pictures from the Watford Observer Camera Club on the theme of our ever changing high streets.

Hatfield House in Hertfordshire has been described as "extraordinary" and "wonderful".

The village Kings Langley in Hertfordshire has a rich history and was once the home to kings.

Early morning and late evening journeys for two Watford bus routes, 322 and 20, are being axed in new route changes.

A rail worker died during urgent works near Radlett railway station and Elstree and Borehamwood station in Hertfordshire.

Tearing down trees to allegedly allow for caravans to be moved onto fields in Loudwater has sparked a planning enforcement complaint.

A video has emerged showing a fight between Watford and Stoke following the Championship game between the two clubs on Saturday (March 14).

The government has named two Watford-based carpenters in its 'name and shame' list of deliberate tax defaulters.

A Watford employer has been named and shamed by the government for underpaying a member of staff at his business

Wholesale retailer Rexel UK has opened a new store in Colonial Way, Watford.

A look back at the former Caledonian Hotel in St Albans Road, now occupied by The Quarters Watford.

A 64-year-old man was punched in the face by a stranger while sitting on a park bench in Radlett.

Motorists are reporting "cars everywhere" around Watford and Bushey Arches this afternoon.

A paedophile is to be released from prison after the appeals court overturned a judge's decision to jail him for 20 months.

Watford community venues, including Palace Theatre, Harebreaks Hub and Orbital Centre, receive major sustainability upgrades.

Concern for “historic” burial mounds continues amid ongoing work to create a caravan site in Kings Langley.

Watford-based pub giant JD Wetherspoon has warned that annual profit could fall short of market expectations

A Bushey High Street pub is seeking a new operator to take over according to a listing shared this week.

The 527 objectors to a 280-home Bushey planning application are “over the moon” it has been refused, but “the battle isn’t over”.

The Watford Observer has published four Watford-area death notices in the last seven days.

Herts Police have warned motorists to "avoid" the A1(M) at Bignell's Corner after a crash.