Filming on the first season of a new BBC comedy called 'Ann Droid' will be taking place outside the Music Department shop on the corner of Lattimore Road and London Road. The shop will be used as the workplace of the show's main character's son, and will involve interior and exterior...
Are you brave enough to venture inside the UK's most terrifying new Halloween event? Halloween Haunt Fest will be making its debut at Hertfordshire Showground on October 17, featuring four hair-raising immersive scare mazes alongside many more eerie experiences for a night out that’s guaranteed to deliver heart-pounding, high-intensity horror. Created by...
A vintage bench marking the Railway 200 initiative has been unveiled in the garden of St Albans South Signal Box alongside a mosaic designed by pupils from Camp School. The project was conceived back in March at the National Community Rail Awards (CRA) in Newcastle, attended by Andy Buckley, line officer...
Early this summer I had the pleasure of spending four days in Avignon exploring what the Côtes du Rhône region has on offer when it comes to wine tourism. I went with quite a few pre-conceptions, mainly that all the wines would be red, very heavy with high levels of alcohol...
An inspirational Harpenden mother is celebrating her 10-year milestone free from cancer in the best way she knows how; by giving back and supporting others. A decade ago, Angel Ashcroft was facing the unthinkable. She had a diagnosis of triple negative grade 3 breast cancer while 22 weeks pregnant with her...
The Bootleg Beatles are returning to St Albans on October 9, bringing their highly-acclaimed tribute to the Fab Four to the Alban Arena for one night only. Deborah Heath caught up with George, aka Stephen Hill, to gain a behind-the-scenes insight into the show. Got To Get You Into My Life The...
Has the district council’s flagship Jubilee Square development lost nearly £25m in value? The development officially opened in July last year, six years after work first began on the site of the old police station and NHS facility on Victoria Street. The council sold all 93 residential properties to Watford Community Housing,...
The sounds of bells ringing and hazel sticks beating echoed throughout St Albans city centre on Saturday. Members of St Albans Morris - together with representatives from seven other sides - were marking the end of this year's season with their annual day of dance, and saw displays outside the Alban...
Harpenden Town Council is considering commissioning a third party market research firm to survey local residents and retailers about the impact of on-street parking charges. Town clerk Carl Chivers has already written to SADC seeking a review the current policy ahead of the start of SADC's September budget-setting process given the...
From Vietnam with love - Matt Adams visits the city’s newest chain restaurant...
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