Councillors have overwhelmingly voted to introduce charges at the free Haseldine Road car park in London Colney. This week’s meeting of the public realm committee considered implementing the charges, subject to consultation, with a projected annual income of £66,000. The vote was passed by 11-0 with one abstention. London Colney councillor Mike Hobday,...
A football project in St Albans is empowering women in incredible ways. Empower, held at Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre (playing pitch) and Cotlandswick in London Colney, aims to improve confidence and fitness as well as cultivate camaraderie and friendship and 112 women have taken part so far. The group for women...
An abandoned skip overflows with festering fly-tipped rubbish, mattresses and car parts litter a roadside ditch, a disused community centre rots away over a decade after it should have been demolished, unwanted garages provide a breeding ground for anti-social behaviour, and a broken estate wall remains unrepaired years after it...
Rough sleepers have moved into dangerous and derelict garages in London Colney to escape freezing temperatures, raising further questions about the long-term future of the site. Four homeless people are now living in one of SADC’s neglected garage blocks on Alexandra Road/Five Acres, and although both local councillors and the police...
A lifelong pilot came face-to-face with his former plane during a visit to the de Havilland Aircraft Museum in London Colney. Richard ‘Wilkie’ Wilkinson spent most of his working life in aviation flying numerous aircraft, both civilian and military. Now retired in Sydney Australia, he enjoys looking at YouTube as a...
St Peter’s Church in London Colney held their inaugural Carols on the Green on Thursday. This was a first for St Peter’s with their new vicar, Rev Tom Smith leading the proceedings and the local community singing along and shaking their tambourines. The rain and wind abated with the chilly air being...
A proactive initiative to tackle shoplifting in St Albans city centre and other shopping areas resulted in six arrests. The Safer Business Action Week saw a dedicated team of plain clothed and high-visibility officers working with security staff at shops in St Albans city centre, Colney Fields shopping centre in London...
Any decision on whether to charge motorists using London Colney’s Haseldine Road car park has yet to be made, councillors have heard. The position was confirmed at a meeting of the public realm committee this week, and reiterated SADC leader Cllr Paul de Kort’s statement to this newspaper. He told the St...
Any decision on whether to charge motorists using London Colney’s Haseldine Road car park has yet to be made, councillors have heard. The position was confirmed at a meeting of the public realm committee this week, and reiterated SADC leader Cllr Paul de Kort’s statement to this newspaper. He told the St...
The proposed introduction of charges for free car parks in Redbourn and London Colney has been quietly shelved by SADC – for now. Council leader Cllr Paul de Kort told the St Albans Times: “There is no current consultation planned for either of these two locations. They were referenced in the...
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