09 Dec 2024 Panto review: Sleeping Beauty at the Eric Morecambe Centre
Matt Adams heads to Harpenden for the first pantomime of the season...
Matt Adams heads to Harpenden for the first pantomime of the season...
Campaigners against district Green Belt developments have reacted to the news that SADC has submitted its Local Plan for Government approval. SADC’s blueprint for planning development in the district for the period up to 2041 has been three years in the making. A public consultation was held recently to assess the Plan's...
St Albans MP Daisy Cooper took to the stage of iconic St Albans music venue The Horn for a show-stopping performance of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. The Liberal Democrats' deputy leader revealed a hidden talent for singing when she belted out the rock classic at Saturday's exclusive event marking The Horn's 50th...
Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre could end up empty and unused – leaving a gaping hole in the lives of local residents – because managers Everyone Active are putting profit before people. As revealed in the St Albans Times, after taking control of the centre at the start of October, the...
Will the huge monstrosity currently being built in Park Street become a road or rail freight terminal? So far there is no confirmation as to what percentage of goods will be transported by train rather than HGV. Local opinion fears that the facility will end up as a road-to-road interchange, clogging...
The former Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Harpenden has questioned why a council officer who doesn’t live locally should have the final say on controversial plans for on-street parking charges in the town. Nigel Gardner, who ran for the constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted in July’s General Election, made the fight against...
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...
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