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18 Dec 2023 Why not celebrate Christmas at a church near you this year?

Posted at 11:17 in Colney Heath, Events, Harpenden, London Colney, Park Street, Redbourn, Sandridge, Smallford, St Albans, Wheathampstead

Churches across St Albans, Harpenden and the district around will be celebrating the birth of Jesus, the new-born king, in services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Here the St Albans Times publishes a round-up of many of those services, showing the range of celebrations on offer – from midnight Mass...

16 Dec 2023 Audio Biographer reveals: ‘Hearing someone’s voice is like receiving a hug’

Posted at 09:46 in Feature, St Albans

The voices of those we love can be preserved for generations to come thanks to Caroline Pearce and the Audio Biographers...

Ongoing work at St Peter's Church in St Albans.

15 Dec 2023 What is happening with building project at St Peter’s Church?

Posted at 13:55 in Uncategorised

Work is continuing apace to replace the floor at St Peter’s Church in St Albans city centre. The church closed on July 31 for the start of a major building project to remove the impermeable concrete floor which has been damaging the main structural pillars. Plans call for a new permeable York...

15 Dec 2023 College sets new fundraising record at Columban Fayre!

Posted at 11:42 in St Albans

The community of St Columba’s College rallied round to raise a staggering £27,000 at their annual festive fayre - the biggest amount ever recorded. Headmaster Karl Guest said simply that he was “lost for words” after the total was tallied. The funds raised will drive the development of school sports facilities and...

The Friends of Jersey Lane planting the new hedgerow.

15 Dec 2023 Jersey Lane volunteers plant 120 small trees for new hedgerow

Posted at 09:42 in St Albans

Taking advantage of a break in the rain, half a dozen members of The Friends of Jersey Lane volunteered their time on Friday to assist in the planting of what will, in time, grow to become a new stretch of native hedgerow. In all, 120 small trees – termed ‘whips’ –...

Don't miss next year's New Writing Festival at the Abbey Theatre.

15 Dec 2023 Call out for theatre scripts for New Writing Festival in St Albans

Posted at 09:39 in Events, St Albans

Playwrights will have the chance to see their scripts performed next year at a two-week long New Writing Festival to be held at the Abbey Theatre in St Albans. Local drama group, The Company of Ten, is putting on the Festival in July 2024 to give emerging writers much needed stage...

Conservative candidate Nigel Gardner and Lib Dem Parliamentary hopeful Victoria Collins.

14 Dec 2023 Labour topping polls in Harpenden and Berkhamsted – but not fighting for constituency

Posted at 14:32 in Harpenden

Private polling seen by the St Albans Times shows Labour would win the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted, but the party seems to have given up the fight for the seat. In recent communication to its members, Labour called the constituency a “non battleground seat”, as they began to select...

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14 Dec 2023 Issue 46

Posted at 12:39 in 2023, Past Issues

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113-115 London Road is currently undergoing construction work.

14 Dec 2023 Redevelopment of London Road eyesore site fails at appeal

Posted at 11:22 in Planning, St Albans

A bid to redevelop the near-derelict buildings at 113-115 London Road has failed to win planning permission at appeal. Not far from the prestigious Gabriel Square development, on the corner of Alma Road, are two abandoned business premises which are slowly falling into wrack and ruin. The former Mumtaj Tandoori at 115...

13 Dec 2023 St Albans Postboxes proves a smash hit for sixth Christmas running

Posted at 18:16 in Harpenden, St Albans, Wheathampstead

Posting a Christmas card has not been the same in St Albans over the past six years, thanks to the efforts of a determined group of volunteer knitters. Dozens of pillar boxes across the city and beyond are transformed over the festive season with handmade and uniquely crafted toppers that tell...

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