Our very own River Ver took part in the Restore Nature Now demonstration in London on Saturday. The banner, to represent our local chalk streams, was made by St Albans Extinction Rebellion, who joined with other environmental groups from the district, including the River Ver Society and Herts and Middlesex Wildlife...
St Albans Times editor Matt Adams will be joining Rev Peter Crumpler, associate minister of St Paul’s Church, St Albans, on Sunday evening, to discuss how to counter fake news and disinformation. The event, ‘Standing for Truth in an Age of Disinformation,’ will be held at the Blandford Road, Fleetville, church...
TEDx St Albans is returning to St Albans this autumn. The event will be held at the Abbey Theatre on October 16 from 10am-5.30pm. The TEDx programme helps communities, organisations and individuals produce TED (technology, entertainment, design) style events - whose mission is ‘ideas worth spreading,’ - at a local level. The theme...
As the battle for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted enters its final days, political campaigning has escalated into personal attacks on candidates in a bid to secure victory. Nobody thought the seat was going to become a warzone, but in the weeks since the General Election was announced things...
In January the St Albans development management committee voted to refuse an application to build 95 houses in the Green Belt west of Watling Street. In May the applicant, Scott Properties, lodged an appeal which is due to be heard by Public Inquiry, starting on September 10. On Monday night, meeting in...
A district council drive to create a seven-day market operation in St Albans city centre has met with bitter condemnation over its limited consultation. In a bid to increase much-needed revenue and balance its budget, SADC is proposing to provide pitches for up to 10 traders throughout the week, operating under...
A new social networking app and portable office booking platform has been launched by a St Albans entrepreneur for women who work from home. Flockhere is the brainchild of Danielle Wallington, and aims to shake up the local business scene by providing a supportive community alongside flexible workspaces for female founders. She...
James Cameron explore la cuisine française dans le centre-ville de St Albans...
A man has been arrested this morning on suspicion of criminal damage, harassment and an offence relating to the Representation of the People Act (1983). The offences relate to stickers fly-posted on lampposts around the Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency alleging Conservative candidate Nigel Gardner was a lobbyist for Putin's Russia. Under Section...
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