Many UK Government bonds, or gilts, are currently trading below their nominal value. High earners can benefit from attractive after-tax yields, thanks to tax-free capital gains. Lumin Wealth’s Managing Director, Martin Cotter, explains more. A conventional gilt (UK Government bond) is a type of debt security whereby an investor lends their...
Cyclists appear to be steering away from a new lane through the heart of the city centre designed to promote active travel. The southbound cycle lane runs down Marlborough Road between the junctions of Victoria Street and New Kent Road, with the aim of ensuring safer, more convenient journeys by connecting...
Councillors of all parties are enjoying the benefit of substantially discounted parking despite the ongoing controversy surrounding the introduction of new charges for ordinary motorists. Elected members of SADC are entitled to park for pennies in council car parks and residential parking zones when performing their duties across the district. The charge...
Take a close look at this photograph. Do you see what’s missing? Now try and imagine St Albans without the Cathedral at the heart of the city, and ask yourself whether you take this amazing building for granted? A staggering 115,000 people visited the recent Museum of the Moon installation at...
Pedestrians trying to navigate the pavement at a dangerous Fleetville junction have been taking their lives into their hands. Roadworks outside Morrisons - where Hatfield Road meets Sutton Road - have resulted in one pavement shut off for digging, while the other side is strewn with signs and traffic lights. The zebra...
Years of developers being subsidised by local taxpayers has come to an end thanks to the efforts of St Albans MP Daisy Cooper. For more than two years Daisy has campaigned to scrap a Government-imposed cap on the planning fees that local authorities can charge big developers. In 2020-21 the cap led to...
Matt Adams is at the Eric Morecambe Centre in Harpenden for a celebration of the ‘nineties stakefest...
St Albans associate minister Rev Peter Crumpler has called on churches across the UK to support the nation’s growing industry of independent news providers. Writing for Church Times, Peter highlighted the crisis facing mainstream news providers as the migration of advertising to big-tech companies such as Facebook and Google, rising costs,...
Popular booze and trainers running event The St Albans Sixer is upping the stakes for its next challenge. The Backyard Ultra will be an ultra-endurance race where runners must complete a 4.167-mile (6.706 km) loop every hour, on the hour, until only one runner remains. But as this is The Sixer,...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Kat Harrington, the creative force behind award-winning Thai takeaway Kat’s Cuisine: https://www.katscuisine.co.uk/ Where do you walk when you want to think? I enjoy walking around Highfield Park because it’s a...
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