Following ongoing controversy over Labour’s plans to add VAT to school fees, the party’s candidate for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted has entered the fray. Asked for her views on Kier Starmer’s plans, which opponents claim will result in increased class sizes in public schools as a result, Zara...
Get on your bike and ride! As part of National Bike Week, we've come up with a selection of cycle routes around St Albans for riders of all abilities. Jackie Jayawardena, experienced cyclist and founder of JJ Fitness Personal Training in St Albans said: “Cycling is excellent to boost fitness and...
The St Albans District Chamber of Commerce Community Business Awards are back for 2024 - and nominations are now open. This year’s categories have been amended to include the following: Rising Star Award Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Award Excellence in Customer Service Award New Business Award Small to Medium Business of the Year Award Large Business...
When a loved one dies, certain dates can become particularly difficult to navigate. Where once perhaps full of joy, days like Christmas, birthdays and other events can feel overwhelmingly difficult to plan for and to manage. Aaron Roberts, manager of the bereavement, listening and talking therapies service at Rennie Grove Peace Hospice...
The positive return outlook for equity over long periods speaks for investing your money as soon as you can. Global equities can complement UK holdings. Lumin Wealth’s Managing Director, Martin Cotter, explains more. Many global stock markets, including the FTSE 100 index, hit record highs in recent months, as investors benefited...
Eighty years on from the D-Day landings, Company of Ten commemorate this extraordinary event with a play by David Haig. Deborah Heath finds out more about the role the weather played in the Allied invasion...
Visitors to Verulamium Park have watched another year pass by with no signs of activity to tackle the flooded lakes or improve the beleaguered River Ver. The long-awaited Revitalising the RiVer project aims to return 2.5km of the River Ver to its natural state, helping to clean out the lakes, which...
Neighbours in St Albans city centre say they face draconian new parking restrictions which will prevent them from having family or tradespeople visit at any time of the week. Proposed parking changes include removing the single yellow lines and scrapping most of the one-hour waiting bays in Lattimore Road, eliminating the...
Harpenden residents who missed out on a place at the town's General Election hustings will be able to follow the event online. With demand for seats at Katherine Warington School way exceeding the 220 capacity it was necessary to find a way to broadcast the event, which takes place one...
A St Albans secondary school could become one of the first in the district to introduce an outright ban on smartphones. Beaumont School is proposing to update its policy to ensure there is absolutely no use of smartphones on site, including teachers not being allowed to request children to use them...
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