St Albans School has reached a landmark moment in its 1,000-year history, welcoming its first girls into Year 7 – 35 years after girls first joined the school’s Sixth Form. Twenty girls joined the new First Form cohort this September, making up almost a quarter of the intake and marking a significant milestone...
A trio of St Albans and Harpenden foodie businesses have been recognised among the best in the county in the Great Food Club Hertfordshire Awards 2026/7. Hundreds of nominations were submitted by Great Food Club members and readers during the summer, before finalists were selected across seven categories and judges chose...
Almost 10 acres of Green Belt land in Sandridge are to be concreted over with a massive development of 84 homes after councillors voted to approve a controversial new housing scheme. Arable land behind Shottfield Close in the village was given the green light for housing at last night’s meeting of...
Rail freight developer SEGRO has agreed to save a 70-80ft mature sycamore which faced being chopped down as part of the Park Street roundabout works taking place to accommodate the depot – but four other trees are still at risk. Last year Herts Highways proposed to destroy dozens of mature trees...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Jaiya Bhandari, a St Albans painter and self-taught portrait artist who creates work that emerges from a meditative space, where the creative process becomes a path to freedom...
St Albans Mencap members, volunteers and staff came together with the Mayor of St Albans to celebrate the 80th birthday of the Royal Mencap Society. Around 50 supporters attended the event at Trinity Community Project at St Albans URC Homewood, which included music, games and a fish and chips supper. St Albans...
St Hilda’s School in Harpenden welcomed around 60 former pupils and staff back through its red doors for the school’s very first Alumni Event, bringing together generations of its community for an afternoon of memories, friendship and celebration. Among those attending was former headmistress Mary Piachaud, who led the school from...
Five hundred years ago, a hunted scholar in Worms, Germany, completed an act that would change the world: translating the Bible into English. His name was William Tyndale. His translation was smuggled across borders, burned by bishops, and ultimately cost him his life. But the words he left behind not only...
Does the district’s recently adopted Local Plan provide the protection against speculative development which councillors claimed it would? That’s the question being asked by campaigners fighting against a scheme for 84 homes on Green Belt land in Sandridge village. The Local Plan identifies where more than 15,000 homes should be built across...
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