Forty years ago, in October 1983, the Bishop of St Albans, the Rt Revd John Taylor, welcomed the Revd Donald Lee and Fr Robert Plourde as Free Church and Roman Catholic ecumenical chaplains of St Albans Cathedral. This was then followed by the first of regular services in each of these...
A massive demonstration of parents outside St Albans Museum + Gallery called for improved funding for children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Today’s protest was organised by SEND Reform England, a group set up to fight for more specialist schools and school places, more SEND funding in mainstream schools,...
A teenager has been arrested in connection with the recent knife attack near Oaklands College in St Albans. A fracas involving a group of young people was reported to have kicked off at around 3.40pm on Monday outside Oaklands Stores on Hatfield Road. Local police officers attended the scene, joined by armed...
Homeowners face three weeks of disruption caused by emergency works to repair a collapsed sewer pipe - and must find alternative car parking for the duration. Two houses in London Road - between Cunningham Avenue and Cunningham Hill Road - were suddenly greeted by the sight of waterworks contractors setting up...
St Albans MP Daisy Cooper has met with Park Street residents to discuss the impact of the rail freight development on their lives and homes, and promised to take action to ensure planning conditions were enforced. Speaking to neighbours in Hampden Place, whose houses back onto the site, she told them:...
A new project is underway to restore St Albans’ Civic Rose Garden with the aim of creating a city centre open space which can be enjoyed by residents all year round while also bringing additional biodiversity to the area. The garden is situated to the north of the Civic Centre and...
Neighbours of the proposed rail freight site are furious after a 100-year-old oak tree was chopped down by contractors working at the former Radlett airfield. Frogmore residents say the tree, which shielded their view of the site, was cut down with no warning and no consultation. And they say contractors employed...
Security has been heightened at a further education college following a double stabbing - with a second lockdown enforced this morning. Two students aged 16 and 17 from Oaklands College in St Albans were injured during the course of the original incident, which took place at about 3.40pm on Monday. Then earlier...
Increased police patrols are being introduced around Oaklands College after two students were injured in a knife attack outside the campus yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred outside Oaklands Stores in Hatfield Road, St Albans, at around 3.40pm. Officers from St Albans and armed response officers attended with support from the National Police...
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