Following the sudden and disastrous closure of Halloween Haunt Fest in Redbourn, which left a large number of actors and managers unpaid and cost contractors and the Hertfordshire Agricultural Society tens of thousands of pounds, local businesses and volunteers have come together to salvage something positive from the ashes of...
St Albans' next Blue Plaque commemorates John Chapple, who saved St Albans Cathedral's tower from collapsing during the Victorian age. It will be installed at 2 Romeland at noon on November 22, the house where Chapple lived during the Cathedral restoration works (1871-1878). The plaque will be unveiled by James Gaffney, who...
The deputy leader of St Albans district council has insisted that imposing parking charges in Harpenden has been seen as a good thing in the town. Speaking at last week’s public realm committee meeting, chair Cllr Helen Campbell, who is also SADC’s lead on parking, responded to suggestions that residents and...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Alex Duggan, a former police officer turned writer, whose new novel Fortunes Fools is the story of two people who win the lottery in 2015, one from St...
It might have been one of the mildest on record, but that shouldn't take anything away from the achievements of the 150-plus people who took part in this year's St Albans Sleepout. They swapped their beds for cardboard at Oaklands College last Friday night to raise funds and awareness for five...
A veteran district councillor has come out in support of the campaign fighting for a parish council representing the city of St Albans and surrounding areas. Cllr Robert Donald has spoken out ahead of a meeting of SADC’s strategy and resources committee next week, which will be considering the results of...
Councillors are set to decide how to proceed with plans for 191 homes on Green Belt land at Chiswell Green. The development is part of a site on land south-west of Chiswell Green Lane which already has outline planning permission for up to 391 homes, a primary school, and associated development. Now...
James Cameron take a jaunt outside the confines of the city to explore a rural restaurant by the river...
A quick science lesson: the human body relies on electrical impulses from the brain to muscles, which trigger contractions to create movement, and the harder you engage those muscles using resistance or cardiovascular exercise, the fitter you become. But what if you could harness this process to mimic the effects of...
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