Not only has town snapper Steve Collins achieved the prestigious 'Photographers Bar' from The Guild of Photographers for the sixth time but he also scored Runner Up in the Image of the Year (Urban Category). This was for his photograph showing chef Mehmet Berhan Aksahin preparing for the evening service, taken...
A community-led fundraising campaign to redevelop the playground at Bernards Heath reached fruition on Saturday, with the reopening of the new facility by St Albans MP Daisy Cooper. Let’s Play at Bernards Heath was set up four years ago with the aim of raising £100,000 to renovate the tired old playground...
Blue, Sister Sledge and the Symphonic Ibiza Orchestra will be topping the bill at this year's St Albans Foodies Festival - returning to Oaklands College between May 31 and June 2. Known as Gastro-Glastonbury, the three-day event will feature live cooking demonstrations from TV celebrities and chefs drawn from the ranks...
It’s been 20 years since award-winning entrepreneur and town centre investor Mark Robinson has visited St Albans, and he freely admits to being blown away by the changes wrought in that time. He has spent the last five of those chairing the High Streets Task Force, an alliance of experts working...
Singer and actress Paloma Faith has been revealed as the headline act closing out this year's Pub in the Park St Albans. She will be appearing in Verulamium Park on Sunday afternoon. Pre-sale tickets are apparently live on Thursday, but you can sign up to the presale here. https://www.pubintheparkuk.com/sign-up ...
A blue plaque commemorating the life of the first female town clerk in England and SADC's first chief executive officer will be unveiled at The Saint & Sinner pub later this month. Betty Entwistle was a hugely significant figure in local government, and will be recognised with the 11th plaque installed...
It's lambing season at Willows Activity Farm, and to mark what the venue calls the cutest time of the year, half-term will see a whole range of activities as part of their February Frolics event. Visitors will be able to see lamb bottle-feeding demonstrations, learn all about lambs from the livestock...
An ongoing bid to redevelop Harpenden's former M&Co fashion store as a pub with rooftop terrace has gone to appeal. Pub chain Oakman Inns bought 6 High Street in autumn 2021, and unveiled ambitious plans for its redevelopment as an 80-seater restaurant, bar and a rooftop terrace. The venue, in the heart...
Historic 100-year-old features have been ripped up from one of St Albans’ most prestigious roads – and will be re-used by Herts Highways elsewhere in the county. The stone setts – large heritage cobbles used to line roads and dropped kerbs in Park Avenue - have been dug up and either...
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