A Harpenden family is speaking out to challenge the perception that spinal cord injuries only affect younger people, after a 92-year-old former BBC producer – who once travelled the world covering royal tours – was left tetraplegic following a sudden accident at home. Marking Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day (SCIAD) on...
Why we should all get involved in Mental Health Awareness Week and change lives for the better...
After more than 20 years have passed since your crimes, it’s not unreasonable to think you’ve got away with it. Then one day, quite out of the blue, comes an unexpected knock at the door, and your life begins to unravel before your eyes. In 2002, Alec Housden kidnapped and seriously...
The Beech House in St Peter's Street has announced it will be permanently closing its doors after Sunday lunch. The pub was bought out by Upham Inns last July after former owners Oakman Inns went into administration. But today Upham revealed that the high street hostelry would not be continuing to operate...
On Saturday May 2, 30 years to the day since it was incorporated, Highfield Park Trust celebrated its 30th anniversary with two early morning walks around the park. The Sunrise Walk left the Visitor Centre at 5.30am and for those who needed a bit longer in bed, a second group left...
A celebratory May fair was held in Park Street to recognise 60 years of the village residents’ association. Taking place at the recreation ground on Bank Holiday Monday, it featured a variety of stalls and entertainment throughout the afternoon. PSRA chairman Joy Mendelsohn said: “It was a lovely community event to celebrate...
Take a walk, cycle or run along the Alban Way and you’ll come across a curious ‘halt’ or stop on the disused railway line linking St Albans with Hatfield. Called simply ‘Salvation Army’, it’s a local link with a publishing phenomenon that today spans 130 countries around the world – and...
St Albans' annual whisky festival is back this weekend in a new location. Now an established part of the UK whisky events calendar, this year’s event, on Saturday May 16, will be the seventh edition of the Summerton Whisky Festival. But this year it will be relocating to the Hare and Hounds...
Influencer Inspector Organ, who claims to have made it his life's work to play every pipe organ in existence or die trying, made an impromptu visit to St Albans Cathedral last week. The social media sensation, who has more than 45.000 followers on Instagram, 337.9K TikTok likes and 240K YouTube followers,...
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