A St Albans insurance company has launched a feel-good competition aimed at celebrating everyday heroes in the local community.Howden Insurance in London Road is inviting residents to nominate someone who has gone above and beyond to make a difference — whether through acts of kindness, helping the community or just...
A week on from the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we look at how the milestone was celebrated across the St Albans district. As the Clock Tower struck nine o'clock on Thursday morning, St Albans Town Crier Stephen Potter read a proclamation marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe which...
Why not immerse yourself in the extraordinary 900-year architectural history of St Albans Cathedral in an intimate, after-hours setting? Discover the evolving architectural styles that have shaped this iconic building, from the powerful Abbots who left their mark, to the fascinating (and sometimes controversial) Victorian restoration that redefined its structure. The construction...
What does it take to become a Cathedral tour guide? Former lawyer Peter Goodman is undertaking six months of formal training for the role, and invites us to join him on his journey...
EastEnders, influencers and stylists will be taking to the catwalk for a sold-out charity fashion show which aims to raise awareness of neurodiversity while helping boost funds for a local junior school. The Fleetville Fashion Extravaganza is being hosted by Hatfield Road shop I’m Fine Wellbeing to support Fleetville Junior School. Taking...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Harpenden author and folklore historian Natalie Lucy, whose young adult fiction novel Searching for the Remarkable Things is published by ZunTold next month. Who was your first best friend? A...
Increases in car parking tariffs and parking permits, the introduction of on-street parking charges in areas where it used to be free, the imposition of Controlled Parking Zones across the city, unwanted yellow lines preventing residents from receiving visitors or tradespeople… Added together and it would not be unfair to assume...
Harpenden solicitor and campaigning Conservative Aaron Jacob considers the high price we might pay for increased house building in the district. As someone who took the time to attend and sit through over two and a half hours of SADC’s development management committee meeting that decided the 550-home development at Cooters...
The annual Rennie Grove Peace Question of Sport fundraising dinner has once again scored a huge success after raising a staggering £100,000. The evening welcomed 247 corporate supporters of the charity at Sopwell House for a sports quiz hosted by broadcaster Geoff Shreeves and won by a team from Sherrards in...
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