Pupils at Skyswood Primary School enjoyed the opportunity to showcase their ceramic skills at a pottery exhibition alongside local potters Mike Hardy, Kathy Osmond and Jane Collins. The idea of a ceramics club was introduced by the headteacher, Bob Bridle, back in 2021, when the children returned to a full-time bubble-free...
After Bernards Heath Junior School teacher Katherine Taylor visited Bergen in Norway and saw the world’s biggest gingerbread city, she was inspired to create something similar closer to home. The final display, which incorporated almost 150 gingerbread buildings created by almost half the school’s pupils, featured in the school hall in...
Four years of district council accounts remain unaudited and unapproved due to shortcomings within the national auditing process for local authorities. Councillors sitting on the SADC audit and governance committee were told on Thursday that the auditor’s report for the three financial years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 had arrived late on...
James Cameron is back at The Horn to catch an intimate and innovative gig from a rising star...
This is the third year that OVO have run their promenade performance of ‘A Christmas Carol’ in the Roman Theatre and here’s the headline – it just keeps getting better and better! Although a small part of me was hoping they might choose a different Dickens Christmas story this year, I...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has been gearing up for her Christmas at home...
This year’s Santa Spectacular at Willows Activity Farm takes visitors further than they’ve ever been before - on a magical journey all the way to the North Pole! Youngsters will be transfixed after stepping inside the polar portal and flying through the skies to Father Christmas’ Arctic workshop, ready to come...
Highfield Park Trust and St Luke's Church organised ‘The Big Sing’ last week at the Highfield Park Visitor Centre. Minced pies and biscuits were donated by the local community who turned out in large numbers to support the event. St Luke's was raising funds for the St Albans Community Pantry to help...
If you were to sit down with a blank sheet of paper to come up with ways of celebrating Christmas, I bet you wouldn’t think of setting fire to a pudding, dressing a portly gentleman in a red suit and bringing a tree into the living room. But then the...
SADC leader Cllr Paul de Kort has signed a joint statement released by 10 Herts councils asking whether a single unitary authority would be right for the county. The Labour Government has announced plans to extend devolution to all parts of England, providing additional powers and funding flexibility for elected mayors,...
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