If you were able to travel back in time nearly 2,000 years to the streets of Verulamium, you would probably stroll past scurrying slaves, braying goats and soldiers doggedly marching northwards. You might also expect to see Romans draped in snowy white togas. However, you would have been much more...
Quaint coaching routes and cute cobbled streets might be a charming characteristic of our city but what is it like to navigate one’s way through as a wheelchair user? St Albans mum Liz Boulter and her son Ben Jones explained some of the challenges faced by wheelchair users and the work...
An anonymous campaign has been launched to thwart what it perceives to be a drive by SADC to take away our basic freedom to travel. It is another attack on the concept of the 15-minute city, or in this case, the '20-minute neighbourhood', and calls on residents to have their say...
St Albans church leaders have refused to be drawn into a row over the safeguarding of local youngsters. The controversy follows the investigation into Mike Pilavachi of Soul Survivor Watford over allegations made about his past conduct towards young people. He was suspended on May 20, six weeks into the launch of...
A major city centre road is going to be cut in half as part of a new county council trial into introducing a new cycling lane. Under the latest proposal, a new carriageway layout will be introduced on Marlborough Road between New Kent Road and Victoria Street from Monday. Marlborough Road will...
The 2023 St Albans & District Sustainability Festival (SustFest23) has surpassed the expectations of the volunteer festival team, delivering over 65 sustainably-focussed events during a nine day period. Events were hosted by local businesses, community organisations, faith groups, individuals and 19 local schools with hundreds of children taking part. Trustee Jill Watson...
Do the negative impacts of the expansion of Luton Airport outweigh the benefits to the local community? That is the assertion by the Harpenden Society in response to proposals to increase passenger numbers to 32m per annum. The Society intends to submit evidence to the forthcoming Public Inquiry about specific concerns about...
Harpenden Paralympic legend David Clarke has been made an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours. David, 52, who is chief executive of the British Paralympic Association, was recognised for his contribution to Paralympic sport. Between 1998-2012 he scored 128 goals for England as part of Great Britain's blind football team, and was...
Further clarity is needed on whether we need to build on Green Belt land ahead of any decision on a district Local Plan, says Green Party leader Simon Grover. He was speaking to the St Albans Times ahead of a meeting of the SADC planning, policy and climate committee next week,...
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