Rumours have circulated on social media about the future of the long-awaited Saints and Sinners pub - located in the former Nationwide building in St Peter's Street - with suggestions that pub chain McMullens has pulled out of the project. We're pleased to set the record straight with this comment from...
With Easter just a few weeks away, it won't be long before the streets of the city centre are packed with tourists flocking from across the country and beyond to enjoy all St Albans has to offer - but what sort of first impression might they receive? Aside from the traffic...
After years of criticism dating back to the pandemic, St Albans district council has finally unveiled an action plan which hopes to restore the city's beloved Charter Market to its former glory - but is it too late? Live music, theatrical performances, performing arts and a fashion show are among the...
One of the most notorious – and dangerous – stretches of road in the district will see long overdue safety improvements trialled later this summer. A three-mile section of the A5183 Redbourn Road between Batchwood Drive in St Albans and Redbourn High Street Roundabout has witnessed five fatalities and six serious...
Sometimes, quite often in fact, I feel like I am a YO! Sushi-esque conveyor belt of food production, only instead of small bowls of raw fish, I’m churning out the food of two extremes: from fine, elegant canapés for my food business clients to the vaguely nutritious but generally bland...
Lumin Wealth’s Managing Director, Martin Cotter, highlights the importance of optimising valuable, tax-efficient allowances ahead of the end of the tax year. Using annual allowances and tax wrappers effectively forms the backbone of a robust financial plan. Many of these valuable allowances operate on a ‘use it or lose it basis’....
Takeaway moped riders are flouting city centre road closures to reach their destinations quicker, putting pedestrians at risk in the process. With High Street and George Street shut for traffic at weekends between 6pm on Friday to 7am on Monday, riders faced a major diversion to get from one side of...
Rev Peter Crumpler, associate minister at St Paul’s Church in Fleetville, writes for the St Albans Times. Enthusiasm – I love it. Give me passion, excitement, fascination and joy over calm detachment and a cool distance anytime. Maybe that’s why I love the range of brilliant community organisations thriving in St Albans...
News that a Harpenden-based contracting company has gone into liquidation will not have an impact on the rest of the business, it has been confirmed. Jarvis Contracting, which dates back to 1905, announced to its 75 employees on Tuesday that the administrators had been called in before making them all redundant. Jarvis...
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