Lower interest rates are on the horizon. It can be very lucrative for homeowners to monitor rates between getting a new mortgage offer, and the new rate kicking in. Martin Cotter, Lumin Wealth’s Managing Director, explains more. With inflation largely tamed, the Bank of England (BoE) cut interest rates from 5%...
No ‘showstoppers’ or ‘red flags’ were raised in a review of St Albans' draft Local Plan which would prevent it from being submitted 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, and today it moved into...
Harpenden MP Victoria Collins has shared her thoughts on today's controversial vote for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill . Victoria is one of 330 out of 650 MPs elected for the first time at the General Election, all of whom faced having to vote on a new Private Member’s...
Life matters, doesn’t it? But surely, so too should death? A new Private Member’s Bill giving some terminally ill adults the right to end their lives prematurely is to be debated in the Commons today. Under the proposed legislation, anyone over 18 (in England or Wales) registered with a GP for at...
The launch of this year's St Albans Postboxes Christmas campaign has seen national media attention. BBC News and ITV's This Morning were among the outlets covering the initiative, prompted by Monday's attempt to set a world record for the largest number of textile postbox toppers. St Albans Times editor Matt Adams was...
The roaring twenties - 1920s that is - brought some glitz and Great Gatsby glamour to St Michael's Manor in aid of Home-Start Herts. The event, which raised an incredible £23,350 to support local families who are struggling, saw guests getting into the 1920s spirit with flapper dresses, art deco jewellery,...
St Albans-based Loreto College has received four 'Outstanding' grades following an Ofsted inspection last month. The quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management were all recognised with the rating, with the sixth-form provision considered 'Good'. The inspector's report said: "Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are...
Rumblings from the Government suggest there could be plans to end the two-tier system of local government – abolishing district councils like St Albans and merging them into larger unitary authorities. The proposals would be the biggest overhaul of local government in more than half a century, with areas open to...
A partnership between Soroptimists International St Albans and District, SADC, Herts police commissioner, the Bishop of St Albans, the Herts High Sheriff, St Albans District Chamber of Commerce and campaign groups marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Monday’s event was part of the Soroptimists’ Orange the...
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