St Albans' family-friendly autumn festival is back at Oaklands College's Smallford campus on Saturday October 4. Oaktober Fest 2025 will feature live performances and workshops from St Albans School of Performing Arts, farm fun including animal meet-and-greets, shopping stalls with local crafts, produce and unique gifts, food and drink, from street...
A group of parents from multiple primaries across St Albans have written a letter to Beaumont's head urging him to ban pupils from bringing smartphones onto school premises. It follows an announcement at the end of the summer term by Sandringham School head Alan Gray, which said new Year 7 students...
These are not just any cows. These are Marks & Spencer dairy cows. But are they happy? MP Daisy Cooper seems to think so. The St Albans MP has come under fire for a social media post about sustainability and animal welfare with a video of her standing at a marketing...
The 28th annual St Albans Beer & Cider Festival is now in full swing at the Alban Arena, running from Wednesday to Saturday. Organised by South Herts CAMRA, the event features hundreds of cask ales, craft beers, international brews, perries, ciders, wines, spirits and soft drinks. Across three floors of the Arena...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Aisha Adi, co-curator of the new exhibition, ‘Our Stories; Tracing Black Histories in Hertfordshire’ which runs throughout October at St Albans Museum + Gallery, chair of St Albans...
A team of committed volunteers raised more than £57,000 for Mount Vernon Cancer Centre by organising a charity day that included a 14-mile sponsored walk from the cancer centre to their local pub, The Plough Inn in Tyttenhanger. What initially started as sponsored walk for a small group of friends, turned...
Award-winning Harpenden photographer Steve Collins has launched a 2026 calendar featuring many of his images of ‘Britain’s Most Desirable Town’. The limited edition release features 12 seasonal images around Harpenden, including iconic landmarks such as Rothamsted Park, Lydekker Park, HarpendenCommon, Batford Springs, Southdown Ponds and The Nickey Line, as well as...
A sharply-written, laugh-out-loud comedy about love, life and everything in-between comes to the Abbey Theatre in October. Darkly funny, poignant, yet heart-wrenchingly honest, The Harmony Test by acclaimed playwright Richard Molloy tells the story of two couples, one trying for a baby, the other teetering on collapse. Newly-weds Zoe and Kash are...
Major improvements to the district’s three cemeteries at Hatfield Road, Westfield Road and London Road are moving forwards as part of a £730K programme. Cemeteries superintendent Kate Mercer told SADC’s public realm committee that a new garden of rest will be installed in Westfield Road Cemetery in Harpenden, including the renovation...
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