Three years after losing his dad after a short battle with depression, a St Albans runner is aiming to complete a gruelling seven marathons in seven days in support of Mind, a mental health charity. Tom Toyer, 29, a quantity surveyor for a local construction company, is marking the anniversary by...
The Tesco festive advertisement filmed in St Albans' Market Place back in September is now available to view. As reported by the St Albans Times, The Boot pub was transformed into The Gingerbread Arms, complete with fake snow and gingerbread boardings, a Christmas tree was erected outside Christopher Place, and shop...
Harpenden held its own moving Remembrance Sunday service, attended by service personnel, voluntary organisations and representatives from the town and county councils. Recently elected MP Victoria Collins attended her first service in the role, joining dignitaries in the parade through the centre of town from the entrance to Rothamsted Park up...
The appeal by developers against the refusal of planning permission to build 95 houses on Green Belt land in Park Street has been allowed by the Planning Inspector. The public inquiry over the proposals, which are for land opposite the BP garage, ran for five days in September with community group...
St Peter's Street fell silent as district dignitaries, service personnel and members of the public paid tribute to the fallen in conflicts spanning more than a century. In the year which marks the 110th anniversary of the start of World War One, there was an added poignancy to the already moving...
A cross-generational dance partnership is wowing audiences across the district. Keely Rolls, 40, and her nan Mary, 83, have teamed up to present a tap dancing routine with a difference – they’re both sitting down. Keely explained: “My nan and I share this incredible bond and a love for dance. My nan's...
The first signs of the budget-balancing challenge faced by St Albans district council in the coming year have been revealed. Wednesday’s meeting of the housing and inclusion committee highlighted SADC’s financial position for 2024/25 and prospects for budget setting for 2025/26. It is the first opportunity for a council committee to consider...
A stunning crochet poppy wreath has brightened up St Albans Abbey Station to mark Remembrance Day. It came about thanks to a partnership between Leeanna’s Wish Create & Craft Group and the Abbey Line Community Rail Partnership. A dozen community members of all ages have spent the past month crocheting individual poppies...
Local business leaders have responded negatively to the Budget, fearing its impact on companies already struggling to survive. Steve Bedford, executive director and business advisor for STANTA (St Albans Enterprise Agency), said it looked like a gamble. “The gamble is that investment in public sector projects will stimulate growth in the private...
The inaugural Alban Film Week - a collaboration between St Albans Cathedral and St Albans Film Festival - packed in cinema-loving fans for a host of different events. Highlights included Wallace and Gromit model-making workshops, Four Weddings and a Funeral director Mike Newell taking part in a Q&A after a screening...
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