Counsellor, psychotherapist, coach and clinical supervisor indu Khurana specialises in helping people with long-term health conditions like MS, ME, Lupus and Fibromyalgia - but are these conditions actually increasing and what is being done to help? In 2023, a study based on 22 million people in the UK found that one...
Five years after the first Clap for Carers during the early days of the Covid pandemic, one St Albans home care provider has said that nothing has changed for the sector. Abbots Care says that the number of calls that it has received to its Hertfordshire headquarters has risen by 66...
It’s all Greek to James Cameron as he heads to the Fleetville family favourite.. I’m not sure a whole city made of Souvlaki would be architecturally sound. Would the pitta and chips be enough to support multiple-storey buildings or heavy vehicular traffic, and also wouldn’t it start to smell quite quickly? Still,...
Experience an unforgettable week filled with style, glamour, and self-care right in the heart of St Albans city centre with the return of the Fashion & Beauty Week. From Monday April 28 to Sunday May 4, participating businesses will be offering exclusive discounts on a wide range of fashion and beauty...
The drama of the Easter story will be brought to life in Clarence Park, St Albans, on Good Friday, April 18 – with prizes for anyone who follows the special Easter Trail. Members of St Paul’s Church, Hatfield Road, will be acting out episodes from the last days of Jesus Christ’s...
After four months of essential maintenance and a complete refurbishment, the car park at Christopher Place Shopping Centre reopens today. The works began in January and were sequenced to minimise disruption to the car park, but because the project involved taking up and relaying the concrete floor there were periods where...
“We’ve always said to the audience, our job is to make you leave with a smile. If we've done that, then we've done our job. If they can get up and dance with their mates, great. If they can sing at the top of their voices even better, it's all...
What do you really know about how Harpenden grew to surpass all neighbouring villages as the predominant settlement in the area? Given the known early greater importance of Wheathampstead, people often ask when and why Harpenden eventually took over. It’s so easy to say that it was simply the railways that...
A community interest company has been awarded £3,000 by Asda to help kickstart the eventual transformation of an unused and overgrown plot on the edge of the Sopwell Mill allotment into an Inclusive Community Allotment. This plot is situated just 500m from Cottonmill Community Centre – the base for activities by...
Forget about bringing in games on the last day of term, one St Albans school recruited their pupils to do something truly remarkable for the local community. Fleetville Junior School’s inaugural Community Day saw youngsters embark on a variety of different projects. These included cleaning the outside space at Fleetville Community Playgroup,...
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