Today sees the start of the second Zombies Begin Here Festival - a packed weekend celebrating the pioneering sixties band’s connection to St Albans. The event includes a special panel with original band member Chris White in the Lady Chapel at the Cathedral, which is now set to be introduced by...
Pubs, high street shops and other hospitality businesses are reeling in the wake of a devastating Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has reduced the business rate relief discount from 75 per cent to 40 per cent, which is a huge leap in payable rates, especially with many pubs rated up to £120,000...
Rev Peter Crumpler, Associate Minister at St Paul’s Church, Fleetville, reflects on the importance of remembering those lost to war...
Months after its official completion, tenants are finally moving into city centre development Jubilee Square. The £64m project, on the site of the former police station and NHS clinic, was handed over by SADC in July, six years after work began. SADC housing lead Cllr Jacqui Taylor welcomed some of the residents...
Council bosses have snubbed the will of the people and ignored overwhelming opposition to plans to charge for on-street parking in Harpenden. Out of the 1,199 individual responses received during the recent public consultation, 95 per cent were in opposition to SADC’s proposals, with the majority fearing the impact they would...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Influencer, personal stylist, denim expert Karen Jennings of StylingOut50, a senior stylist at The Dressing Room for 17 years, and manager, director and franchisee of St Albans’ late-lamented...
More needs to be done to ensure children living in Colney Heath and surrounding villages receive their first choice of secondary school. Parent Gavin Prime, whose son ended up having to choose an alternative school to Beaumont, said too much emphasis is being placed on the volume of applications and the...
Deborah Heath discovers some of the stories of people who left their lives in the Caribbean to relocate to St Albans...
The battle has been lost, but will the war continue against plans for 721 homes on Green Belt land at Chiswell Green? Last week saw the campaign take a major blow after the judgement was handed down from the Judicial Review hearing earlier this month. But although the judge ruled against Keep...
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