Oaklands College will be hosting the Herts School Games Celebration Event 2025 for the second time this Friday, welcoming over 600 children and young people from across Hertfordshire for a day of inclusive, inspiring, and development-focused sport. The event gives pupils aged 7–16 the chance to experience the buzz and excitement...
The Abbey Line Community Rail Partnership celebrated its 20th anniversary with past and present team members and stakeholders gathering to reminisce and to look to the future. They were joined for cake and a glass of fizz by St Albans Deputy Mayor Cllr Susan Griffiths. Community Rail Partnerships aim to ‘Connect Communities...
There’s just a couple of days to go until this year’s M Festival – a popular community music event which is now in its 15th year. Taking place at The Marlborough Science Academy on Saturday, the charity fundraiser will include live bands, food and drink, fairground rides, children’s entertainment and arts...
A St Albans school was the first to trial a new workshop to help tackle the Male Violence Against Women and Girls (MWAWG) agenda, a huge policing priority, locally and nationally, Twenty-five students at Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School took part in a session led by PC Jo Busch which addressed the...
Zombie singer Colin Blunstone has welcomed the news that the British invasion icons are returning to their St Albans roots for a special screening of their captivating documentary ‘Hung up on a Dream’. Tickets are selling fast for this special event at The Odyssey cinema on Saturday July 5, which will...
Who would have thought that the hottest place in town on a Friday night would have been a shopping centre? But there was no disputing the fact that The Maltings Summer Sounds was one of the highlights of the city calendar so far this year. Thousands of people came over the course...
The three Peregrine falcon chicks at St Albans Cathedral have now been ringed at the age of three weeks - and they're all males. The ringing was carried out by Barry Trevis, a licensed bird-ringer and nest recorder, who holds a Government license to visit the nests of this specially protected...
From clubfloor classics, through sausages, cider and noughties pop, and ending up with country and western, there was a diverse mix of entertainment at the Smallford campus of Oaklands College this weekend. Kicking off with the Ibiza Orchestra Experience on the Friday night, there were plenty of white isle anthems alongside...
Whether St Albans' historic Mayoralty continues in the wake of local government reorganisation will be determined in the coming weeks. The role, which dates back to 1553, has its long-standing civic and ceremonial duties protected by statute, with a district councillor holding the position since SADC was created in 1974. The...
Has the change in administration at County Hall resulted in any major improvements to HCC’s SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) provision, or are the previous problems continuing in the wake of May’s elections? The extent of the SEND crisis in Herts was identified following an inspection in July 2023 which...
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