We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Matt Fisher, photographer at www.mattfisher.uk and Green Party district councillor for Clarence ward in St Albans. Where do you go to listen to music? Anywhere – but usually in the...
One of St Albans’ most popular garden centres is celebrating seven decades since it was founded on seven and a half acres of land off the North Orbital Road. Roger Aylett was just 21 when he set up Aylett Nurseries in 1955, having studied at Oaklands Institute of Agriculture and Horticulture...
Salisbury Tennis Club has been named Herts LTA Club of the Year 2025 in recognition of its remarkable transformation and the community spirit that defines the club. The accolade celebrates the Fleetville-based club’s achievements across all areas of tennis, from grassroots development and coaching to facilities, volunteering, and community engagement. Club chairman...
There’s something stirring in the heart of St Albans. A pulse of creativity, colour and counterculture. And right at the centre of it all is The Pioneer Club, the city’s home of grassroots energy and alternative spirit. Next Tuesday night, following on from a successful debut, it plays host to Live...
SADC leader Cllr Paul de Kort has dismissed suggestions that he is ideologically in favour of making St Albans a car-free city - but other organisations seem more keen. Keen cyclist Cllr de Kort has re-posted various X posts championing European cities which have imposed a ban on motorised traffic in...
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey had a prickly reception when he visited Harpenden today - and not from the media scrum in attendance. He was accompanying local MP Victoria Collins on a tour of Hornbeam Hedgehog Sanctuary, off Common Lane, and donned a pair of thick gloves in order to get...
Harpenden RFC has revealed that the 59th National Pub Sevens (NP7s) will be part of the largest rugby sevens tournament in Europe. Selected to host the third leg of the LIT Super 7’s “Elite” Competition, this prestigious event will take place on Saturday June 21. Dating back to 1966, the NP7s is...
Even before the unprecedented High Court challenge against the Government’s imposition of VAT on private school fees, many independent establishments were already looking at ways of coping with the changes. While some schools have tried to absorb a percentage of the extra costs, others have looked at ways of increasing their...
A mother and daughter are going head-to-head in next week’s county council elections after standing for different parties in the same division. Former St Albans Mayor, Frances Leonard, is standing for the Conservatives in the Marshalswick and Colney Heath Division, but campaigning against her for the Green Party is her daughter...
A St Albans man is taking part in this weekend’s London Marathon to mark 20 years since he lost his brother to a muscle wasting disease. Ben Pusey, 32, is running in memory of his brother Lewis who lived with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and died at the age of 14. Ben...
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