There are some spectacular shop window displays across the district this Christmas, and we wanted to recognise the huge amount of effort put in to making them so fun and festive. Our team of volunteer photographers have been out and about snapping shots of as many as possible to showcase...
The indications on the doorsteps were reassuringly positive, but did anybody really expect the Harpenden Rural by-election to see one of the biggest swings ever recorded at County Hall? The resignation of Annie Brewster as county councillor earlier this year opened up her former ward for a fight between Liberal Democrat...
Churches across St Albans, Harpenden and the district around will be celebrating the birth of Jesus, the new-born king, in services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Here the St Albans Times publishes a round-up of many of those services, showing the range of celebrations on offer – from midnight Mass...
Private polling seen by the St Albans Times shows Labour would win the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted, but the party seems to have given up the fight for the seat. In recent communication to its members, Labour called the constituency a “non battleground seat”, as they began to select...
Posting a Christmas card has not been the same in St Albans over the past six years, thanks to the efforts of a determined group of volunteer knitters. Dozens of pillar boxes across the city and beyond are transformed over the festive season with handmade and uniquely crafted toppers that tell...
Pupils' enthusiasm and love of learning shone through during a recent Ofsted inspection, says the headteacher behind the 'outstanding' Harpenden school. Anna Archer, who has run The Grove Infant and Nursery School for the past 16 years. welcomed the result of the school's first full inspection for 16 years. Three Ofsted inspectors...
The Liberal Democrats have overturned a 1,580 Conservative majority to win the Harpenden Rural seat in yesterday's county council by-election. Alison Wren received 1,474 votes, compared to 766 for the Conservatives, 168 for Labour and 119 for the Greens, taking the seat vacated following the resignation of Conservative Annie Brewster to...
This has been the year Harpenden’s bubble burst, with the effects of the economic downturn taking an unprecedented toll on a retail footprint which once seemed immutable. Long-established family-run businesses have closed their doors forever, the last few banks have disappeared from the High Street, and even some of the chain...
The bitterly cold weather didn't deter 20,000 people from descending on Harpenden yesterday for the town's annual Christmas Carnival. The event included live entertainment, street food, a Christmas Market, the pipes and drums-led procession, Santa and the much-anticipated Christmas lights switch-on. Photos by Steve Collins, Hannah Hall, Jill Bolton, Tim Tate, Helen...
International campaigns White Ribbon Day and Orange the World are receiving the full support of St Albans district over the coming week. This includes an information stall at the Charter Market on White Ribbon Day, Saturday November 25, and lighting up the Museum + Gallery to support the UN's Orange the...
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