Demand has never been higher for one of Oaklands College’s most specialist provisions, a life-changing facility for people with very profound, complex, multiple learning difficulties or disabilities. LIFE (Learning for Independence and Future Employment) provides young people aged 16-25 with the support needed to make the next step in education or...
With the ‘new’ US President’s - no doubt orange - feet under the desk of the Oval Office, opinions are flying fast over here in the UK and we wanted to capture the views of what some of the movers and shakers in St Albans were making of the changes...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, celebrates the Trojan of the winter vegetables...
The stories of the notable individuals buried at Hatfield Road cemetery were featured in the pages of the St Albans Times several months ago, but what about those interred in the city’s churches and graveyards? St Peter’s Church, at the northern end of St Albans city centre, dates back more than...
It’s pretty normal to see the Victorian age as full of sombre darkness. Black and white photos of severe, buttoned-up gentlemen, television adaptations showing mills belching out smoke and ragged children in Dickensian slums. However, thanks to technical advances, Victorian fashion was not only a riot of colour but finally...
From exploring hydrothermal vents in the depths of the ocean to running an acclaimed independent school in St Albans is not your typical career path, but then Amber Waite is far from your typical headteacher. Traces of her natural Texan accent can still be heard when she speaks, her office is...
James Cameron checks out some local offerings for Burns’ Night and Chinese New Year...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, explores the benefits of adding more grains to your diet...
Behind a nondescript door along St Albans’ London Road is an Aladdin’s cave for axemen, strummers, pickers and shredders - or guitarists to you and me. Located in a windowless basement room, The 58 Sound offers vintage and rare pre-owned guitars to those people who know their Les Pauls from their...
Women across the UK who had expected compensation for the impact caused by a change in their pension age which led to some losing thousands of pounds in expected payments are furious after the Government rejected their plea. Born in the 1950s and known as WASPI women (Women Against State Pension...
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