Social media influencer Karen Snook, founder of the St Albans Mums Facebook Group, has been recognised with a special national award. The Brilliant Breakfast Champion award recognises contributions delivered through a UK-wide campaign raising money for young women and girls as part of the Change a Girl’s Life initiative. The St Albans...
With the nation in the midst of a heatwave, an enterprising group of Harpenden youngsters saw an opportunity – to raise money for Children In Need. The fantastic five, Tia, Lucy, Stanley, Maisie and Amar, united to run their very own lemonade stand – even freshly making the lemonade themselves. It was...
Charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People has made an urgent appeal for at least 13 dog lovers in St Albans to consider becoming a volunteer puppy trainer and radically transform the life of someone who is deaf or has hearing loss. According to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID),...
A new arrival will be making a splash at Willows when the farm’s Summer Spectacular event kicks off on Saturday. The 500-acre leisure attraction, near London Colney, will be welcoming CBeebies star, Jeremy Fisher, to its line-up of characters from the animated Peter Rabbit TV series. Beatrix Potter’s music-loving frog is the ninth character to...
TV sensations Electric Umbrella made a triumphant return to St Albans Cathedral for their second annual Shine a Light event. The band – which actively welcomes people with neurodivergence or disabilities – hit the headlines after reaching the semi-finals of last year’s Britain’s Got Talent. Featuring a live band and a full...
Row upon row of mostly dead saplings and whips stretch into the distance at what should be the new country park created by rail freight depot developers SEGRO. Hundreds of new trees have perished since they were planted over the winter, repeating the pattern of the previous year when exactly the...
Lesley Cowland is cast away in the Abbey Theatre Studio for Company of Ten’s latest… What was meant to be a team building exercise for four women working at the Pennine Mineral Water Company turns out to be something very different when, accidentally, they end up on a small island in...
St Albans council has been accused of slipping harsh measures including eviction threats and loft bans into new tenancy contracts which will affect thousands of local residents. As part of a complete overhaul of SADC’s secure tenancy agreement, it appears as though they have included various legal changes which may have...
Months after a failed attempt to win approval for a massive retirement community in the very heart of St Albans city centre, and a huge section of Catherine Street’s retail footprint remains derelict with no plans for its future. Developers McCarthy & Stone wanted to develop 42 one and two-bedroom retirement...
It's almost a week since Summer Sounds returned to The Maltings Shopping Centre for its second year, and the dust has only just begun to settle after a vibrant celebration of music, shopping and community spirit. Visitors enjoyed an evening of free live entertainment, late-night shopping, delicious street food and a...
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