Seventy-seven years after first opening its doors, Harpenden's award-winning independent boys' school will be moving to co-education in 2025. Aldwickbury School will be welcoming girls into the Pre-Prep (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2) from next September, with the co-educational model rolled out on an annual basis so that by 2031...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: The Rt Rev Alan Smith, Bishop of St Albans since 2009. He has spoken on a wide range of subjects in Parliament with a particular focus on rural...
Riddled across St Albans city centre and further afield is a network of cut-throughs and alleyways providing pedestrian access between roads and estates which you might not realise are there. Of course the most well-known and well-used of our walking and cycling routes is the Alban Way, which connects up various...
“Feliz Rioja” is a celebration held every November dedicated to showcasing the exceptional wines from the Rioja region of Spain. The festival aims to highlight the diversity and quality of Rioja wines, offering consumers the chance to sample a wide range of wines, from young and fruity to aged and...
More than 500 people have signed a petition calling for full fencing around a local park to increase safety for pets. It was set up by Sami Goldbrom after the death of beloved family pet Larry outside Greenwood Park in Chiswell Green. Sami said: “Larry, engrossed in his natural instinct to chase,...
This week marks 30 years since a naïve Matt Adams started his career in regional media. Here he looks back at the challenges and changes which he has experienced over this period...
Forget Black Friday and Cyber Monday, our local independents are focused on this weekend’s big event – Small Business Saturday. Taking place this Saturday, December 7, this is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to 'shop local' and support their independent communities. Each year Small Business...
A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car at a city centre junction. According to witnesses the bike was travelling along London Road towards London Colney when it hit a car turning right into Lattimore Road at just before 2.30pm today. Lattimore Road remains closed southbound at...
The Company of Ten brings the heart-warming family tale of The Railway Children to the main stage of the Abbey Theatre for this festive season. The lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis Waterbury are mysteriously disrupted when they are forced to move with their mother to the countryside. The nearby railway offers...
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