Neighbourhood police officers have been investigating a spate of break-ins in St Albans pubs over the festive period. Burglaries took place at The Portland Arms before Christmas, the Craft and Cleaver and Jolly Sailor shortly afterwards, and The Horn on December 31. But there has been a positive result in relation to...
Marty Wilde MBE, Paula Wilcox and Robert Powell head a star-studded bill as Talking Pictures TV brings a weekend of old-fashioned entertainment to the Alban Arena. Festival of Film is a weekend of classic film and television taking place on Saturday March 21 and Sunday March 22, and includes a mix...
A special service celebrating the life of local dad Ryan Pring - the driving force behind a much-loved school sports club - will be taking place next week. South African ex-pat Ryan was well-known locally for running the Super Kids Club and Supernastics with his wife Mandy, offering local children the...
A campaign has been launched to save a mural depicting a contemporary illustration of a Shakespearean work hidden for centuries in a St Albans hotel. The painting at the 15th century White Hart Hotel in Holywell Hill depicts a scene from the Greek legend of Venus and Adonis, which was the...
Local co-educational prep school, Beechwood Park School, and independent senior school, St Albans School, have officially joined together as part of a new strategy that unites the two schools in their shared ethos and strong sense of community, marking an important new chapter in their longstanding relationship. The partnership strengthens both...
Waiting eagerly in the wings of the Eric Morecambe Centre, the cast and crew of the Harpenden and Wheathampstead Gang Show are putting the final touches to their 76th Gang Show, which is returning to Harpenden in just seven days’ time. A cast of 140 local Cubs, Scouts, and Explorers are...
Highfield Park Trust will host their annual Wassailing event from 4.30pm this Saturday. This is an ancient English folk tradition, usually celebrated around Twelfth Night, in which singing and loud noises are used to prevent mischievous spirits from damaging the apple trees. The event reflects a general a general revival in the...
A world-renowned naturalist whose pioneering work in zoology, paleontology, and biogeography redefined scientific thinking in Victorian England is remembered in a new exhibition at Harpenden Museum. Richard Lydekker (1849-1915), whose family lived at Harpenden Lodge, worked extensively in cataloguing fossil vertebrates and describing new species, particularly from India, where he spent...
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