An amateur athlete who aims to complete a triathlon in all 78 UK cities over 2024 raising money for three charities close to his heart has come to St Albans. Sales director Alex Davis, who works for national IT and cyber security firm Equate Group, started off his epic mission in...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Caroline Swanne, an illustrator who is known by the pencil name of Jo Bird. She's worked for an extensive client list including Libertys, Red Valentino, Chanel, Molton Brown,...
It was perhaps one of the most inauspicious of introductions, but indicative of how our amazing community comes together to highlight the achievements of its residents, and in doing so, provides the St Albans Times with a wealth of fantastic stories. When Wine Times writer Darren McCabe visited acclaimed eatery Toast...
The dilemma of parking versus housing has mired a prospective new Harpenden development in controversy. Improvements to the town’s railway station have been promised for years, but now new plans are proposing the construction of two blocks of flats in the already over-subscribed eastern car park, reducing the limited number of...
The story of a two day bike ride from Stoke Mandeville to Clichy in Paris to raise awareness and funds for the Paralympics Inspiration Programme (PIP)...
The first major Harpenden Local History Day proved a huge success, packing out the Eric Morecambe Centre with residents and visitors alike keen to find out more about the town's past. Saturday's free family day out celebrated both the 50th anniversary of the local history society and the official opening of...
Bureaucratic delays have hampered a campaign to thwart the development of green space in the heart of a St Albans estate. As previously reported by the St Albans Times, vast swathes of what was previously thought to be public space were sold across the estate in June 2021, including one lot...
Just over 40 years since Hertfordshire appointed its first female High Sheriff, the latest incumbent becomes the first woman to have held the officers of Mayor of St Albans and Chairman of Herts county council before taking on the historic position. Former Wheathampstead parish, district and county councillor Annie Brewster was...
Harpenden Photographic Society’s annual exhibition returns next Saturday (April 27) at High Street Methodist Church, Harpenden. The event features inspirational work from HPS members, with images including landscapes, macro, street, abstracts and the natural world, and features many award-winning images on display, including prints from the society’s Photographer of the Year...
A major national cycling event involving riders competing in races and dirt jumps is coming to St Albans next week. St Albans Cycle Hub in Cottonmill will be hosting the inaugural rounds of the British Pump Track Series on April 27 and 28. Following the resounding success of last year's event which...
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