Students from St Albans Girls’ School tackled a host of challenging subjects ranging from knife crime and domestic abuse to human trafficking and the challenges faced by young carers as part of a new initiative aimed at helping local charities. Eight groups of Year 9 pupils delivered powerful presentations which impressed...
Harpenden MP Victoria Collins has challenged Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions over top-down housing targets that are leaving our local councils and communities powerless, without the affordable homes or services we need, while failing to protect our precious landscapes. Victoria warned that the Government is forcing large-scale development onto...
A brand-new adaptation of Sherlock Holmes will be opening this summer’s 12th annual Roman Theatre Open Air Festival on Friday. OVO is presenting a gripping new reimagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic novel, adapted and directed by Royal Television Society award-winner, Mark O’Sullivan. Audiences will step into Sherlock’s world, as they...
A grassroots campaign has been launched calling for the council-run splash park in Verulamium Park to open earlier than planned. Despite the hottest May half term on record, many residents were disappointed to see that the splash park remained closed, with its opening hours restricted to the school summer holidays. As part...
Dementia-friendly screenings of classic films are taking place at The Odyssey to provide a gentler and more welcoming cinema experience for those people with the condition and their families. The screenings include meaningful adjustments, such as low auditorium lighting, no adverts or trailers, and a relaxed environment where people are free...
James Cameron and Deborah Heath return to Redbourn for this year’s celebration of local produce and agriculture Like all outdoor events in this country your Hertfordshire County Show experience will be heavily impacted by the weather. Last year the weekend was overcast, always threatening to spill over into rain but never...
New Harpenden Mayor Cllr Kirsti Wenn discovered more about the town’s history between the wars at the museum’s latest exhibition. Cllr Wenn, who is also honorary president of the Harpenden History Society, checked out the maps, photos and text which made up Inter-war Development in Harpenden 1919-39: “Visiting the new exhibition,...
St Albans Foodies Festival welcomed record-breaking crowds to Oaklands College for an unforgettable weekend of food, music, entertainment and family fun, all set against a backdrop of glorious sunshine. Thousands of visitors poured onto the Smallford campus from the moment the gates opened. With packed cooking theatres, bustling artisan markets, masterclasses...
There are some moments in business that feel a little surreal. One minute (and let’s say, just for the sake of it, 4.55pm on a Thursday in May) you’re adjusting somebody’s glasses in Marshalswick whilst St Albans starts making its way home for the day. The next (and we made it...
A St Albans mother-of-two who blacked out when she ate has had her extremely rare condition treated using a cutting-edge medical procedure, in a study supported by the British Heart Foundation and the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre. Midwife Sarah Hall’s heart stopped beating properly 12 times in a single day,...
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