06 Aug 2025 Fruits of summer
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, explores the delights of plums, greengages and gooseberries...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, explores the delights of plums, greengages and gooseberries...
If you’ve ever owned or thought about buying a flat in England or Wales, you’ve probably come across the leasehold system, and you might have heard a few complaints about it too. But there’s another option out there, and it’s called commonhold. What is commonhold? Commonhold is a different way of owning flats...
The founder of the Herts 10K has dismissed suggestions that this year’s event has been cancelled due to its “unpopularity”. Lawrence Levy set up the event in 2006 to raise money for what was then Grove House Hospice, and is devastated that the 20th year will pass without recognition. But he said the...
“It doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world…” Well if you’re talking about impoverished widow Tilly Trott, her gullible son Jack and his, er, bovine bestie Daisy, then let’s hope they actually amount to some...
The winners of a talent competition to support the main stage acts at this year's St Albans Pub in the Park have been revealed. The Tom Kerridge-fronted food and music festival again teamed up with music media, events and management company Headliner to uncover some of the most exciting up-and-coming artists...
Whether central St Albans should have its own parish or town council is one of the issues which will be addressed as part of SADC’s Community Governance Review (CGR). The review follows the Government’s decision to restructure local government at district and county level to create more unitary authorities by May...
“That first week I kept getting lost, and my favourite thing was when I was with one of my colleagues and we confidently walked into a cupboard thinking it was the tearoom! Some in the corridor laughed at us and said, ‘It’s the next door down!’” It’s now a year since...
Campaigners have reflected on the devastating decision to approve development of 721 new houses on 30 hectares of Green Belt land to the west of Chiswell Green village. They fear the High Court’s decision sets a major precedent for future schemes across the district. Paul King, speaking on behalf of Greenbelt, the...
Harpenden Icons - a new photography exhibition reflecting on the town's many drinking establishments - is on display at the Eric Morecambe Centre. The project is the work of local photographer and regular St Albans Times contributor Steve Collins, and features images of all the pubs in Harpenden, double-exposed against their...
The Government’s announcement that the age UK residents can vote in elections will be reduced from 18 to 16 has been condemned as a vote-grabbing exercise by the local Reform party. The move, which could see an extra 1.5 million voters potentially having their say at the next General Election, was...
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