(Image: Google Street View) The most visible shop in the footage is hardware store J Salmon & Son, but next door to that is a branch of a shoe shop many readers will recall – Freeman Hardy Willis.

Local history columnist Lesley Dunlop looks back at the history of burials in Watford, its grim body snatching past and a pub ...

These people, who were either from the Watford area or committed crimes on our patch, were all jailed in March 2025.

An area guide for the peaceful Cottonmill area of St Albans, with information about history, shops, schools and more.

This photo genuinely shows Lombard Street. It was taken sometime in 1975, and its photographer, Mike Fitzpatrick, confirmed ...

The Bank of England has left itself the option to “skip” an interest rate cut later this year, economists have said, after ...

Watford was on a mission Saturday, leading the Nets with a season-high 26 points. Don't look now, but Watford has scored double-digits in four straight games, averaging 16.3 points, 3.0 assists ...

WH Smith has sold its 233-year old high street business to the owner of Hobbycraft in a £76m deal. Sky News revealed in January how a sales process was under way for the arm, which employs ...