St Albans Times photographer Toby Shepheard not only takes pictures across the district, he also works on national stories for a major press agency. Here he reflects on his favourite images from the past year and the stories behind them. Find out more about his work at shepheardphotography.com. Prime Minister Rishi...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, is on a mission to declutter her festive food supplies...
If you want to make 2025 your year to take up - or improve - your running, then you are living in the right place. St Albans has a plethora of interesting running routes and clubs to help keep you motivated. Here’s our pick of some of the best...
The second half of 2024 began with the long-awaited General Election, as St Albans MP Daisy Cooper retained her seat, now joined by fellow Lib Dem Victoria Collins in Harpenden and Berkhamsted, and we followed up the result with in-depth analysis across the political spectrum. We asked whether police were doing...
Word to the wise, trying to take photos while careering around an electric karting circuit and attempting to hold your own against three highly competitive opponents is not going to produce quality images. In fact, the blurry consequences of my efforts are really only worth publishing to highlight just how much...
Despite hitting a milestone 100 issues, there was a reluctance at the St Albans Times to appear too self-congratulatory in marking the occasion. However, long-term supporter Rev Peter Crumpler, associate minister at St Paul’s Church in Fleetville, persuaded us otherwise when he offered a heartfelt testimonial on the achievement. He said: “The...
It’s time to blow the dust off the TARDIS console, set the coordinates for the start of 2024, and take a look back at some of the biggest news stories of the past 12 months… We began the year with then-district council leader Chris White promising to progress SADC’s draft Local...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has been gearing up for her Christmas at home...
If you were to sit down with a blank sheet of paper to come up with ways of celebrating Christmas, I bet you wouldn’t think of setting fire to a pudding, dressing a portly gentleman in a red suit and bringing a tree into the living room. But then the...
WARNING: This article contains images of surgery some readers may find distressing. “Gentlemen, we have the technology…” TV’s Six Million Dollar Man might have had cybernetic parts implanted into his body, but today’s surgeons are using robots to assist in carrying out operations with a skill and precision impossible to achieve with...
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