We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: tongue-in-cheek X (formerly Twitter) feed and secret satirist St Albans Voice (Parody). Where do you walk when you want to think? Trent Park in Enfield. It's just up the road...
Walking from Ye Olde Fighting Cocks to St Albans Cathedral and back again is how a 75-year-old former social worker is training for a French Three Peaks Challenge. Miranda Phillips, who survived severe spinal injury, is walking up three mountain peaks in the French Alps to raise money for the Spinal...
St Albans City is one of the country's busiest stations for bike parking - but it also suffers from the highest number of cycle thefts. New research by Direct Line Insurance has revealed bike thefts at UK train stations is up 39 per cent year-on-year, with St Albans City reporting 260...
A community meadow which was home to a huge array of plants and wildlife has been destroyed by council contractors. Martyr mini meadow – between Creighton Avenue and Martyr Close in Cottonmill – was mown down in error by workers from contractors John O’Connor, leaving volunteers heartbroken. The meadow was created by...
The Victoria Street entrance to The Maltings Shopping Centre car park has been temporarily closed while a major refurbishment project is carried out.Improvements include wider lanes, upgraded lighting and renewed road surfaces. The refurbishments are designed to make the entrance easier to use and offer enhanced parking in St Albans...
More than 550 people have signed a petition calling for the reopening of public toilets in Verulamium Park instigated by nearby pub Ye Olde Fighting Cocks. The loos closed last year, and SADC plans for a Community Toilet Scheme have yet to emerge. YOFC say the closure is placing a burden...
A father and son acoustic guitar combo are performing a free gig to encourage more customers to visit their local. Mark Lomax and dad Paul - who perform as Lomax and Lomax - are playing at The Rat’s Castle in Fleetville on Saturday from 8pm. Mark explained why they agreed to perform:...
Welcome to this week’s Wine Times which is dedicated to celebrating the fantastic wines from Bordeaux. I must admit though, it wasn’t my idea! Penny Edwards and her team at Cellar Door Wines are helping customers to discover Bordeaux wines throughput the whole of September and very kindly sent me a...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This time: canine coach Lisa Sinnott of St Paws Training Academy. What was your first job? My first job was in a hairdressers washing hair at 15 on a Saturday! It was...
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