A little refresher… It’s pretty widely known that the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) grants “security of tenure” to commercial tenants – i.e. commercial tenants (with a few exceptions) have the right to renew their leases when the contractual lease term comes to an end. However, landlords and tenants can...
Step inside the newly launched Liverpool Street Chop House & Tavern and you feel a sense of London’s dining history humming through the walls. Part tavern, part chop house, this is both a nod to the City’s 17th-century eating houses and a modern reinvention, where heritage and produce are treated...
Former Herts High Sheriff and St Albans Mayor Annie Brewster has been appointed as one of four new Deputy Lieutenants for the county by The Lord Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, Robert Voss CBE CStJ, Annie, who lives in Gustard Wood, joins an esteemed group of individuals tasked with supporting the Lord-Lieutenant in...
One May evening, a man emerged from a wood near London Colney. Buried in the wood was a parachute, a radio transmitting set and a parcel of food. Also hidden was a loaded pistol and a swastika. The man was a German spy. It was 1941. Much of Europe had fallen to...
Questions have been raised about a percieved lack of any real consultation with interested parties over the district council's £6m restoration of a New Greens sports pavilion . SADC this week announced proposals to restore the community facilities at the William Bird Pavilion following its closure three years ago, insisting it...
Could nationally important Roman remains be buried beneath a wildlife meadow mooted for housing development? Preliminary archaeological digs at Bedmond Lane wildlife meadow show the need for more excavations in case what lurks beneath the surface may be of equal value to registered scheduled monument standard. This means they could be of...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Mollie Fielder, 10-year-old pupil at Fleetville Junior School, who insisted on completing our Q&A in order to give a youthful perspective on life in St Albans. What's the first...
Stacey Turner, founder of It’s OK To Say mental health care and well being charity, reflects on personal moments of doubt and self-awareness...
The A1081 London Road route into and out of St Albans will be closed for four nights next week to allow for essential railway bridge inspections. The work is taking place overnight at the bridge between Colindale Avenue and Orient Close on November 10-13 between 11pm to 6am. Outside of the working...
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