We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Theresa Kennedy, owner of Up We Pop in The Maltings Shopping Centre and the most-recent Champion in the St Albans Retailer of the Year Awards. Who was your first...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, raises her little finger for some afternoon delights...
Most people think they already know how colour-changing lenses work.Usually because they remember the old ones.You know the type. The lenses that took ages to darken… and then seemed to stay tinted long after you’d walked indoors, leaving you looking slightly like you’d forgotten to take your sunglasses off.Modern lenses...
One of the biggest floral attractions in the county is gearing up to open for a second year just outside St Albans this Friday. Tulleys Tulip Fields, based at Willows Activity Farm in London Colney, features more than 750,000 bulbs that will be flowering between now and-mid May. Stuart Beare, owner of...
With Easter just around the corner, The Maltings Shopping Centre is the perfect place to get everything you need to celebrate in style. From indulgent chocolate treats to charming homeware and family-friendly craft kits, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Shoppers can pick up beautifully designed Easter cards from Mooch, perfect...
Fun-starved councillors at SADC have come up with a creative new strategy to enable free parking for visitors to central St Albans and Harpenden. Kicking off today, their innovative ‘Larking for Parking’ scheme will enable anybody parking in full fancy dress to avoid paying the unpopular on-street parking fees. A spokesperson for...
Production crews are currently filming scenes for a new TV show in St Albans city centre. Scenes are being filmed at Books on the Hill, Bishop's Cave, Vintry Gardens and The Peahen on Holywell Hill and London Road for a new romantic comedy called Lightbulb. The show is described as a series...
Are you male, retired, working flexibly, or just fancy a new hobby? Then why not come along to the new Harpenden Men’s Daytime Singing Group! Run by well-known professional singer and choir director, Tim Armstrong-Taylor, this group will meet on Tuesday mornings after Easter in the Harpenden Trust Hall. Tim’s life has...
A decision is expected soon on whether there will be charges brought for the destruction of three Peregrine falcon eggs at St Albans Cathedral almost a year ago. The incident, which occurred on April 7 2025, reportedly saw a man walking over the eggs on the livestream camera set up to...
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