The newly refurbished spa at Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre will be reopening on Wednesday April 8 following a £400,000 transformation. The Verulamium Spa, which is managed by Everyone Active on behalf of SADC, will feature a fully refitted sauna and steam room, upgraded hydrospa, enhanced monsoon showers, and new tiling and...
Cray Valley PM 2 St Albans City 0 (Isthmian League Premier Division)Report by Jess Unwin, photos by Jim Standen While news that six players have committed their futures to St Albans City shows the club is already focusing on next season, there was a surprise defeat in what remains of the...
The older lady came across to me where I was sitting, drinking coffee. “Do you want this?” she said, offering me a copy of that day’s newspaper. “A friend just gave this to me,” she explained, “but I can’t bear to open it. The news is just so awful every...
St Albans City skipper Zane Banton and five other players have agreed to sign on for another season with the club. Banton is joined by midfielder Alex Dyer, who has been outstanding for Saints, and has so far been ever-present in the Isthmian League Premier Division during the present campaign. Full backs...
The new headteacher set to take over from Annie Thomson at The Marlborough Science Academy has been announced. Caroline Legg - currently the headteacher of The Beaconsfield School, a non-selective secondary school in Buckinghamshire - will step into the role in September. The appointment follows a rigorous selection process and interviews, as...
Primary school eco-councils across the city have been getting creative, producing anti-idling slogans for a competition run by The Green House Climate Club. Tricia Gibbons, director of the St Albans-based sustainability hub The Green House in London Road, said: “A car idling for one minute produces the equivalent of 150 balloons...
At a time when confidence and communication skills are increasingly important for young people, a St Albans-based youth theatre programme is helping them develop these talents through hands-on performance training. At their weekly training set up at Brilliant Theatre Academy of Performing Arts, students aged 7 to 19 train each week...
A much-loved mascot for a restored heritage railway station, Baz the labrador has tragically been given less than a year to live, but his owner is determined to make every day count. Local postman Michael Izzard, better known as ‘Nast Hyde Halt Mike’, spent four years between 2015 to 2019 lovingly...
Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a community champion who turned personal tragedy into a campaign for mental health. Park Street resident Leanda “Landy” Kelly passed away on Sunday following a short battle with cancer. She had lost her beloved children Tanya and Steve Kordek to suicide in 2018 and 2023, when...
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