Modern policing in St Albans is no longer simply about coppers slapping the cuffs on criminals, but has seen a more proactive approach to law enforcement, with the emphasis on protecting vulnerable members of society from becoming victims of crime or embroiled in offending themselves. St Albans Acting Chief Inspector Ady...
Deborah Heath is blown away by a modern take on Chaucer's classic roadtrip stories. Every now and then a show comes along that takes my breath away. 'The Canterbury Improv Tales', brought to us by Make it Beautiful Theatre Company, sent shock waves through the Roman Theatre by mixing comedy, live...
Deborah Heath has much to laugh about at the annual Verulamium Park gagfest...
Stacey Turner, founder of mental health care and wellbeing charity It's OK To Say, reveals her latest initiative. It’s wonderful to see how we are becoming more and more known as a mental health care and wellbeing charity offering counselling, workshops and support groups for people of all ages. Our work...
This week I’ve been preparing myself for the UK alcohol duty changes coming into effect from 1st August 2023. Here's a breakdown of what you need to know - for still wine with alcohol content between 11.5% and 14.5%, the price for still wine falling within this alcohol range will see...
Imagine if you lived in Tudor St Albans. Would you mourn Henry VIII’s destruction of its Abbey? The loss of centuries of scholarship, as well as its infirmary? The disappearance of the pilgrimage trade which had brought prosperity to the town? Or would you celebrate the new found freedom from the...
A seven-year-old eco-warrior is calling on the district council and its contractors to do their job and clean up the streets where she lives. Grace Gaskin, a pupil at Garden Fields School, has been collecting rubbish in the New Greens area for almost two months, and has recruited an army of...
“We have to be thin but not too thin, and we can never say we want to be thin you have to say you want to be healthy. But also you have to be thin.” – The Barbie Movie (2023). Having seen an ‘are you summer ready?’ type advert locally, we...
Did officers at St Albans district council impose a gagging order on any discussion of a serving Liberal Democrat councillor facing accusations of child sex offences? Disgraced former Sopwell Ward representative Shakir Rahman, 46, of Creighton Avenue, St Albans, has now been convicted of the rape of a child under 13...
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