A driver caught speeding at 119mph on the A41 near Berkhamsted told police they “were just having fun”.

Were we really tougher as children? Brett Ellis recalls go-karts, stinging nettles and the remedies that fixed almost everything.

Hatter’s Farm in Essex is named the UK’s best pumpkin patch by the AA, with 100,000 home-grown pumpkins, Halloween activities and a Pumpkin Nights event.

Discover how to spend a day in Berkhamsted, named Hertfordshire’s best place to live, with shopping, canal walks, castle history and Ashridge Estate.

A Croxley Green resident has scooped a £250,000 prize in the People's Postcode Lottery.

The Watford Observer reviews Namaste, which is Watford's highest rated restaurant on Tripadvisor.

Two M25 lanes are currently closed in Hertfordshire after a fire broke out near the M1 and A405 junctions.

The business set to open in the former TUI unit on Watford High Street has been revealed as Mr Bull Noodle Bar.

The RSPCA has launched an appeal after a pony was “abandoned and left to die” in extreme pain near Bovingdon.

A sacked Watford PCSO kissed and pursued an inappropriate relationship with a child, it has emerged after he was sentenced yesterday.

Plans have been unveiled that could see 555 homes built on land near Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire.

A Watford man has been sentenced for stalking and assault after repeatedly following and confronting a woman.

One Watford winner is among six lucky Hertfordshire areas in the latest People's Postcode Lottery draws.

A Herts Police PCSO who worked on youth crime in Watford has avoided jail after admitting misconduct involving communications with a child.

Police have confirmed details of a crash in Garston last night (October 1).

Warner Bros. has applied for permission for an extra sound stage which appears to be for the HBO Harry Potter TV series.

A Rickmansworth takeaway appears to have been taken back by its landlord after a possession notice was put up in the window.

New figures have shown how much Watford's population has grown over the last year.

A car crashed into a Watford garden early this morning after what an eyewitness described as a "police chase".

There is something particularly special about roses and You Garden’s Classic ‘Old English’ Shrub Rose Collection is certainly exceptional.

A masked gunman and a hammer-wielding thug are still on the loose after three businesses were targeted within hours in the same road in Watford and Bushey.

A drug-driver has been sentenced after causing a head-on crash on the M1 near Watford which left a motorcyclist with a broken neck.

"Characterful community pub” The Western in Rickmansworth is being marketed for a new operator to come in.

More than £10 million is being spent on major upgrades at Kings Langley station, including a new footbridge and lifts.

A new business plans to revive the name of Chorleywood’s historic Sportsman Hotel as The Sportsman – Coffee and More.

Herts Police are investigating arson after a property was set on fire in Tenzing Road, Hemel Hempstead.

A Radlett teacher who tied a boy to her bed and blindfolded him during repeated sexual abuse has been jailed.

Film crews have returned to the Abbots Langley roads where The Inbetweeners was filmed amid rumours they are shooting the new movie there.

Herts Police are appealing for information after a fourth burglary in a week in Bushey.

Riviera Travel’s Deal of the Week: One of Europe’s best kept secrets, explore the sleepy villages and medieval towns unchanged for centuries, amongst the breath taking rolling hills and terraced vineyard slopes of the stunning Douro Valley.

These seven men were all added to the Herts Police wanted list in September 2026.

The milestone marked more than a century of supporting railway workers in Watford and was honoured with a drinks reception and long-service awards.

Latest Watford-area public notices: Abbots Langley footpath closure, Oxhey Hall children’s home, pub hours and Bushey nursery plans in Hertfordshire.

Bushey’s sweet shop history: remember Bunty’s, Orchards and other local favourites, plus penny chews, cola bottles and school treats of the 1970s and 80s.

The local news media sector's new audience measurement platform Regional Audience Intelligence Data (Raid) has officially launched today, enabling media planners to see local more clearly.

A 22-year-old advocate from Kent will be recognised for her work to improve the housing system for care leavers at a London awards ceremony this month.

Hertfordshire County Council has confirmed why it is selling a temple’s site as “Watford risks losing its only Hindu place of worship”.

Two men have been sentenced after weapons were spotted during a fight in broad daylight in a Radlett alleyway.

Watford and Rickmansworth shop units are being advertised for lease for new businesses to potentially open in.

The latest draft Hertsmere Local Plan reveals where 5,428 homes could be built across Bushey and Radlett.

A new "state-of-the-art" nursery is set to open in Watford.

“Overwhelming” support has poured in after popular Bushey coffee van The Roaming Roast crashed.

These five criminals from in and around Watford have all been jailed over the last month.

Watford's sixth forms have been graded in a new national newspaper study.

A Watford teenager has appeared in St Albans Crown Court over alleged machete possession in the town centre and affray.

David Mitchell has been spotted filming in Hemel Hempstead as BBC filming takes over a business in the town.

The landlord of a traditional Bushey pub has said he is "over the moon" after it was once again included in The Good Beer Guide.

From an autumn declutter to batch cooking, cosy season is here and if you’re prepping your home for colder and perhaps wetter weather, Lakeland has some seasonal offers not to be missed.

Herts Police are clamping down on a spot known as the “Secret Garden” as well as Franklin Avenue and Vicarage Road cemetery over drug offences.

A Hertfordshire pensioner has said a 10-day-closure of a major road has cut him off from vital services.