Proposals to change the speed limits on the A5183 Redbourn Road are now out for consultation. The scheme will cover the stretch of road between Batchwood roundabout (A4147) and the Redbourn roundabout junction (B487/A5183), and was originally proposed by former county councillor Annie Brewster (pictured). Letters sent out by HCC to hundreds...
Sunday saw around 1,000 people descend upon St Albans Cathedral for the annual Advent procession and service. This is a beautiful candlelit service combining readings and music which marks the start of the season of Advent. Everyone present was given a candle to symbolise the first Sunday in Advent and the...
When Vicky Arlidge released her first album of music for young children in 2015 she had no idea that eight years later it would have reached 96 million streams, the threshold for receiving a BRIT silver disc. “When I looked to see who else had received silver discs in the last...
This has been the year Harpenden’s bubble burst, with the effects of the economic downturn taking an unprecedented toll on a retail footprint which once seemed immutable. Long-established family-run businesses have closed their doors forever, the last few banks have disappeared from the High Street, and even some of the chain...
A sponsored run along the 17.5 miles of the River Ver has raised £1,000 for the organisation dedicated to making the chalk stream a better place for wildlife and people to enjoy. St Albans resident and runner Richard Witter and his friends presented the money to the Ver Valley Society this...
St Albans-based Let's Dance Academy is celebrating being selected as an affiliate school of The London Ballet Company for the local area. Established in 1968, LDA has grown to become one of the largest schools in Hertfordshire with approximately 450 students attending classes each week. Becky Sherman, who grew up in St...
There may have been more rain than snow, but the magic of Christmas was still evident at Willows Activity Farm’s Santa Spectacular this weekend. Families should put aside a whole day to ensure they make the most of the vast number of festive activities taking place this year, from writing a...
The biggest celebration of live music and quality food to hit St Albans is preparing to return for its fourth triumphant year - with more on offer than ever before. Pub in the Park St Albans will be back in Verulamium Park next September for another mix of celebrity chefs and...
More than 200 festive fundraisers donned Christmas attire and antlers to take to the streets of St Albans for Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care’s annual Rudolph Run on Sunday, There were two routes – 1.5km and 5km - both starting outside the Waterend Barn pub where each runner picked up a...
Audiences will be spending Christmas in Narnia courtesy of The Company of Ten’s yuletide theatre production of C S Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The classic tale of good versus evil is set in a land of ice and snow, cruelly ruled over by the White Witch and...
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