When wildlife faces a lack of water - whether from drought, heatwaves, or habitat loss - a combination of immediate relief and long-term conservation is usually most effective. Like much of the rest of the country, St Albans has been experiencing unprecedented drought caused by a lack of rain and extreme...
The last few weeks have been full of frustration again, writes Laura Bill. The search for meaningful work in addition to the work I do with the St Albans Times. I am very much a journalist and a teacher – by qualifications, skills and experience. It’s not a flaky thing,...
Enfield Town 1 St Albans City 2 (Isthmian League Premier Division)At the end of a night of high drama, striker Inih Effiong grabbed a 96 th -minute winner asSaints claimed the scalp of another side that’s tipped to be a promotion rival this season,writes Jess Unwin. After Saturday’s encouraging season-opening home...
Dramatic photos taken from across St Albans show the thick billowing clouds of smoke erupting from the fire at Ventura Park in Colney Street. They include pictures taken from the roof of The Maltings Shopping Centre by manager Richard Marrett. London firefighters are supporting their colleagues from Herts in bringing the inferno...
St Albans City 3 Chatham 1 (Isthmian League Premier Division)From Jess Unwin at Clarence Park, photos by Jim Standen St Albans City went toe-to-toe with one of the fancied teams in the Premier Division and delivered a knockout performance, but it was their ability to roll with the punches that most...
The jewellery featured in new multi-media fantasy universe The Toymaker’s Key has been created by local designers Merve and Ertugrul Istanbullu of Sade Hane, who have a stall on St Albans Market. The Toymaker's Key creator Andy Turner explained: “I designed them and they produced them. They’re amazing. Each of them...
Chaos City Comics in Heritage Close will be the exclusive UK stockist of the limited edition box set of multi-media creation The Toymaker’s Key, containing the graphic novel, posters, an original key jewellery piece and more, available in store only. A trailer for the release was filmed in and around St...
A St Albans creative who has spent the past decade shaping a multi-media universe which he describes as “a modern fairytale” is preparing to unleash his project on the world. The Toymaker's Key has grown from an original graphic novel into a 73-minute cinematic motion comic film, three original soundtrack albums,...
A St Albans chess prodigy is hoping national media coverage about gender imbalance in the sport will encourage more girls and women to participate. Emily Maton, 18, hit the headlines after it was revealed that her all-female chess team – the first to reach Division 1 of the prestigious Four Nations...
Deborah Heath is at the Roman Theatre Festival as Shakespeare meets the Summer of Love...
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