Lisa Sinnott, a dog behaviourist who qualified in clinical animal behaviour with The University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Vet Studies is the founder of St Paws Training Academy. As part of National Pet Month she offers her top tips for preparing for off-lead walks with your dog. We’ve had...
Tucked away in the backrooms of a sleepy gospel hall is one of St Albans’ best kept secrets. Unless you are wandering down Lattimore Road on a Sunday and come across the volunteers handing out leaflets, chances are you will not be aware of the existence of a free exhibition offering...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, explores the versatility of the seasonal salad...
For 20 years, between the 1970s and 1990s, thousands of innocent sick children were pumped with HIV, Hepatitis C and CJD – and it was covered up until this week. In Caroline Thain’s exclusive interview with a St Albans-based campaigner and victim, we reveal how her horrifying story is finally...
Since they took over The Boot two decades ago, father and son team Will and Sean Hughes reckon the pub has sold more than 2.2 million pints. Last week they were presented with a Dedication Award from owners Star Pubs in recognition of their milestone anniversary and the £200,000 they have...
For any professional rugby player, there will always be a point in your career when it’s time to hang up your boots, but exactly what you do afterwards is perhaps not as obvious. After tenures with major local clubs, plus a stint representing his native Wales, Will Harries made the perhaps...
Founder and CEO of mental health awareness charity It’s OK To Say, Stacey Turner shines the light on a week important to the whole community. Mental Health Awareness Week for me is all about raising awareness of the year-round struggles people face with reminders of the help and support available. This year’s...
From butterfly spotting to barefoot yoga in one of St Albans’ wonderful parks, from listening to the dawn chorus to watching bats at dusk, Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is inviting the local community to take part in 30 Days Wild and connect with nature this June. Over the past decade,...
Coming face-to-face with a suspected serial poisoner might be the career-defining anecdote which most solicitors would dine out on for years to come, but for Peter Goodman it is just one of many fascinating stories from his time in law. A former President of St Albans Chamber of Commerce and one-time...
Glued to our mobile phones or trying to navigate our way past chuggers, how often do we really take in our immediate surroundings? A walk through St Albans city centre and beyond can yield some surprising finds if you only take a moment to look up… Having identified some quirky features...
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