Runners of all ages and abilities are being urged to lace up their trainers and join a special celebration event this June, as the much-loved St Albans Summer Solstice 10K marks its 10th year. Taking place on Friday June 19, the popular evening race - which is organised by St Albans...
The Orchard Nursing Home in St Albans marked their newly achieved Veteran Friendly status with an event for residents, relatives and specially invited guests from the local community. The celebration, hosted by home manager Dumitru Vazaru, and the home’s VFF Champions, who include Natalie Collard and Vicky Ashby, took place in...
Women aged between 30 and 66 are improving their fitness, confidence and camaraderie as part of football training sessions taking place in London Colney and St Albans. Launched in September 2022, Empower Women’s Football is run by LeeAnna’s Wish CIC, a Black-led community organisation based in the Cottonmill and Sopwell area...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Martin Ferguson, founder of Men of Fields, the Garden Fields Cricket Club, a group of local dads obsessed with charity fundraising (and the odd game of cricket!). Where do...
People are increasingly parking large sums of money in cash, unaware that a combination of inflation and tax slowly take it away from you. There is therefore one truth that cannot be overlooked – cash is not king. Lumin managing director Martin Cutter explains why. Many people hesitate to invest because...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has been working on her orzo… Of all the pasta shapes – long, short, twirly or tube – I think the trickiest to make the best of is orzo, owing to its tiny size and potential for clumping together. But with...
A packed St Albans church attended a special service to welcome and induct a new minister to its pastorate, as well as to churches further afield. Revd Naomi Young-Rodas now has responsibility for St Albans URC at Homewood and Greenwood (in South St Albans) and Newland Church in Luton and Dunstable. She...
A major retrospective exhibition of work by celebrated local Harpenden photographer Steve Collins has launched at the Eric Morecambe Centre in the town. ‘Looking at the Black and White World’ is his second solo exhibition at the EMC, following the acclaimed Harpenden Icons series, six images from which remain on permanent...
Puppet shows based on the story of Saint Alban and the Cathedral’s Victorian renovations have been performed by a team of local volunteers and 60 children from Mandeville Primary School - working with arts charity Young People’s Puppet Theatre. St Albans Cathedral hosted the two productions, both written by Rebekah King...
It’s OK To Say founder and CEO Stacey Turner marks Volunteers’ Week, a time to celebrate the people who quietly make an extraordinary difference in our communities. As I sat down to write this article, I found myself thinking about all the volunteers I have met throughout my career. The ones who...
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