There’s a new weapon in the fight against retail crime in St Albans city centre – an information-sharing app to improve safety and security for traders. Known as Disc, the facility includes photo galleries of known offenders alongside instant messages and alerts on recent incidents, keeping shop and hospitality staff up-to-date...
The Harpenden Society has issued a tirade of objections to plans for housing on Green Belt land to the north-west of the town. Developers Legal and General want to build 550 new homes on land at Cooters End Lane and Ambrose Lane, on arable fields close to King’s School, Spire Hospital...
Like Boris and Brexit, Paul de Kort has got the job done. Both men tackled head-on a controversial issue which had polarised politicians for years and pushed it to a resolute conclusion. And just as it took some time to see the consequences of Johnson’s policies, how the St Albans Local...
Questions have been raised over the safety of a breathtaking new slide in a St Albans playpark. The apparatus, at Greenwood Park in Chiswell Green, is apparently causing children injuries, prompting parents and carers to demand immediate action from the parish council responsible for it. Qualified teacher and nanny Claire Randall said...
A crackdown on shoplifting by a St Albans police taskforce continues to yield results. A team of officers dedicated to tackling the offence made six arrests in one week. Sophia James, 22, of no fixed-abode in Stevenage, was stopped on Tuesday October 22 and arrested on suspicion of stealing alcohol from Marks...
A St Albans speakers event aimed at sparking reflection, engagement, and emotion returned for its second year recently. Hosted by Hertfordshire High Sheriff Annie Brewster at the Abbey Theatre, TEDx St Albans featured 14 dynamic speakers who inspired, challenged, and moved an eager audience under the central theme of ‘curiosity’. Nathaniel Hawley...
One of our most familiar butterfly species is rapidly vanishing from the St Albans countryside, experts have warned. In just three years, the small tortoiseshell, (Aglais Urticae, pictured ), has declined by 90 per cent in Hertfordshire and Middlesex, fuelling fears of a national butterfly emergency. St Albans resident Malcolm Hull, chair...
A Harpenden nonagenarian is defying age stereotypes through her dedication to staying fit, writes Olivia Thompson. Jean Grant, 93, claims she is “stronger than ever” and says she is determined to keep others her age out of wheelchairs by staying active. Over the past year, her fitness journey at Harpenden Leisure Centre...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Anna Marsh, an artist and market trader operating as Gal and Goose, “art to make you smile”, www.etsy.com/shop/galandgoose/ Where do you walk when you want to think? There is nowhere...
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