An appeal has gone live over 600-home plans at the edge of Whippendell Wood, in Croxley Green.

Motorists may be barred from using a route while a film is made in their Croxley Green road.

The Cumbrian Mountain Express steam train will pick up passengers from Watford Junction on four days this year.

Schools near Watford and across Hertfordshire have been included in a new list of the top 200 private schools in England.

There’s still up to 60 per cent off High Street TV products in the £1 million stock clearance sale.

Aldi is set to open its new Watford store this summer, the Watford Observer understands.

The final two criminals involved in the Watford A41 shooting have been sentenced, bringing to an end the extensive legal process.

A man was threatened with a screwdriver in an alleged antisemitic incident outside a synagogue in Hertfordshire.

Two men have been jailed after kidnapping and beating a man in Watford, as well as stunning another man with a taser several times.

A look back at Rumbelows, Brentford, William Hill and other shops trading in Lower High Street, Watford, in 1981.

Rickmansworth School ranks in the top 10% of UK secondary schools for KS4 attainment, earning an SSAT Educational Outcomes Award for 2025 exam results.

A Bushey teenager battling a rare form of cancer has said the fight will make him stronger, describing it as a "David and Goliath moment".

Watford-based firm Wickes has announced it will create more than 2,000 new jobs as its profits surge.

North Watford Mosque hosted a community Iftar, uniting Watford and Hertfordshire faiths for Ramadan. Civic leaders and residents gathered to promote unity.

New signage has gone up at the Harlequin in Watford following its return to the former name.

Hertfordshire car parks and jobs are at risk after major operator NCP collapsed into administration.

Staffordshire Police are investigating reports of a fight at a restaurant in Stoke-on-Trent following the Stoke City v Watford FC game in the Championship on Saturday (March 14).

Join West Herts Hospitals Charity’s Walkies 100km challenge this May across Hertfordshire to support NHS hospitals and the Caring for Generations appeal.

More than 200 people attended Watford’s One Vision Big Iftar at Stanborough Primary, celebrating Ramadan, unpaid carers, and community health.

Plans to redevelop the Bushey Country Club site are moving ahead, with fresh details revealed ahead of a consultation next week.

Whether it’s snoring, conflicting bedtime routines or different sleeping preferences, bedtime irritations can have a negative effect on a relationship.

Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden has applied for permission from Three Rivers District Council to install a new bus shelter amid “sustained growth in demand”.

Simmons has opened in Watford so the Watford Observer visited to get a feel for the popular Hertfordshire-based chain's newest bakery.

Seven babies were born at Watford General Hospital on Mother’s Day, with proud families from Watford and Harpenden celebrating their special arrivals.

Follow live updates after a crash between junctions 5 and 6 of the M1 in Hertfordshire

Watford charity New Hope has sounded the alarm over increasing amounts of fly-tipping outside its Queens Road store.

Archive photos of the 'community favourite' King Stag pub, in Bournehall Road, Bushey, from 1993. It underwent a complete refurbishment in 2013.

A man arrested in Watford over allegations he was spying on the Jewish community on behalf of Iran has been released without charge.

A paedophile from Luton has been jailed after travelling to St Albans to meet who he believed was a 14-year-old boy.

A new business has opened at 116 High Street in Watford, formerly home to Bubbleology.

Watford's former Barrio unit is to be taken over Reveal Bar & Food Watford, with an opening date confirmed.

The Telegraph has heaped praise on "Britain's pub capital", St Albans in Hertfordshire.

There is traffic chaos in Hertfordshire this morning (March 16) as a jackknifed lorry is causing delays on the M25 and other key roads

Police are set to patrol outside an Abbots Langley school at drop off time today amid concern over parents’ driving.

Whilst many of us know the first steps may be paint and wallpaper, it's the finishing touches that can complete the perfect interior scheme for rooms in the home.

An appeal has been launched as police grow increasingly concerned for a missing teenage girl from Watford.

Campaigners have four months to raise the funds to buy a “much loved” listed building in Boxmoor and prevent it becoming flats.

M1 traffic has been stopped in Hertfordshire after a crash this afternoon.

Another popular Watford pub, The White Lion in St Albans Road, has suddenly shut down – with a second operator leaving within less than a year.

Watford Observer local history columnist Lesley Dunlop looks back at author Herbert Winckworth Tompkins' passion for Hertfordshire.

The Great British Pub Crawl was left impressed with Watford’s boozers after the YouTuber toured 25 this week.

The Clarendon Road side of Beechen Grove Baptist Church, in Watford, has a modern feel but it was completed almost 150 years ago.

Residents have hired private security and used cars to block off Loudwater land as 10 caravans were allegedly set to arrive.

Latest Dacorum Borough Council planning applications: home extensions, new dwellings, tree works, and changes of use in Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring.

Former London’s Burning actor John Alford has died in prison months after being jailed for sexually assaulting two teenage girls.

A modern detached family home in Green Lane, Oxhey, with a gym, gated driveway and landscaped garden has come onto the market for £1.65 million.

A round-up of the latest public notices including the latest planned road closures in Watford, Bushey, Croxley Green and Rickmansworth

Two cats named Ellie and Julian at the National Animal Welfare Trust, in Watford, Hertfordshire, are up for adoption together.

Old Gorhambury House is a free English Heritage site in Hertfordshire that is a great place for a walk.

Brett Ellis - Print magazines in the UK face decline as digital media rises, with niche titles like Cow Management and Starburst surviving