Developers are pressing ahead with their plans to develop 550 new homes on Green Belt land to the north-west of Harpenden, even though their proposals do not conform with the draft Local Plan. Under the newly submitted Plan, Legal and General’s development would be restricted to just 300 homes on land...
Could Victoria Street be closed to all vehicles apart from buses? That sounds like one of the outcomes being mooted as part of a consultation about the major route into St Albans city centre. Herts county council is working with St Albans district council on a community-led initiative to create a...
A pig wandering along a Redbourn road was returned to safety after Herts Police saved his bacon.Police were called just before 9am on Sunday October 27 to reports of the loose pig at the side of the carriageway on St Albans Road. They managed to track down the owner of the...
The Company of Ten brings Merry England to sparkling life on the main stage of the Abbey Theatre in November with Jessica Swale's witty, fast-moving, Olivier Award-winning comedy, Nell Gwynn. Prepare for an unforgettable journey through the bawdy, brilliant world of 17th century England. First staged in 2015 at Shakespeare’s Globe,...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has her own suggestions for trick or treat giveaways...
Does the Indian takeaway have what it takes to stand out from the crowd? We can’t ignore the elephant in the room. Touch of Spice occupies the same premises as India Garden in Catherine Street, a takeaway closed down in 2022 after a drugs raid by police. But despite the building’s...
Fans of seminal sixties rock band The Zombies are coming from all over the world to celebrate their St Albans roots. The second Begin Here Festival is taking place across the district from Friday November 8 until Sunday November 9, and promises a host of up close and personal moments with...
The latest Blue Plaque to be installed in St Albans remembers Frederic Kitton, the man who saved one of the city's most recognisable landmarks from demolition. It features on 13-15 Market Place, the building known as The Gables which is now used by Anthropologie but on several occasions was occupied by...
Autumn is upon us. Days are shorter than nights and the weather is, just in case you hadn’t noticed, a tad wet. “What’s this got to do with our favourite local independent optical practice?” we hear you ask. Well… Driving at night or in challenging lighting conditions, such as rain or...
The Conservatives have seen a surprise renaissance in Harpenden after their candidate Sue Griffiths dealt the Liberal Democrats a bloody nose in Thursday’s by-election. She won the ward of Harpenden North and Rural with 661 votes, an 18.7 per cent increase for the Tories. Lib Dem James Robertson was in second place...
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