How you change the focus of the NHS from reactive medicine to proactive wellbeing is at the heart of a new initiative running from a St Albans surgery. The Living Well Course is run by team of GPs with expertise in lifestyle medicine, supporting people so they can enjoy the best...
The fascinating lives of Harpenden residents which would otherwise be lost to the mists of history have been collated and preserved for posterity. Social worker Andy Strowman has lived in the same house in Roundwood Lane for more than 15 years, but resided in Harpenden for 40. During this time he...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, explores the delights of plums, greengages and gooseberries...
Vote-chaser or expansion of democracy? The Government’s announcement that the UK voting age would be lowered from 18 to 16 has been met with mixed reactions nationwide. Sixth former at The Marlborough Science Academy, Scarlett Sanders, takes a look at the implications. An extra 1.5 million voters could potentially have their...
Laura Bill dons her best frock and finds out how the tradition of proms has become an intrinsic part of school life in the St Albans district...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, celebrates the complex fragrance and flavours of basil. Basil hates me. Any basil plant I’ve ever owned has invariably died within days, no matter how shady or sunny the spot it inhabits, the amount of water I give it,or the level...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, makes the most of the fruit from her husband’s apricot tree. My husband’s prized apricot tree has borne fruit. This is an event, because in the seven years since it was planted, it has only produced three measly apricots, and they were...
To commemorate the milestone of the Herts Ad’s 170th anniversary, we take a look back over the history of the title, some of the major stories it has covered in this time, and how it was forced to react to changing social and economic pressures over the decades...
St Albans mum Lisa Stanley shares – in her own voice - the story of her battle fighting for her child’s education, and why she feels let down by the organisations which should have supported her through this traumatic time...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, celebrates the cooking opportunities from her best frond...
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