Alongside a Turner Prize winner and nominees, St Albans School of Art saw generations of artists, designers, academics and creatives pass through its doors. Kim Wilde completed a one-year foundation course there before pursuing her music career and English writer, actor and raconteur Quentin Crisp was a life model at the...
The Smartphone Free Childhood campaign continues to gain momentum with the news that another St Albans school is set to impose a ban on the devices. Fleetville Junior School headteacher Clare Whitehouse made the announcement to parents at the Hatfield Road school this afternoon. This time last year, when the St Albans...
The St Albans branch of Reform UK is looking optimistically towards the future in the wake of their successful polling in the recent county council elections. Although they did not secure any seats, the party came second in the divisions of St Albans East, North and South and St Stephen’s, beating...
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School in St Albans has received an overwhelmingly positive outcome from its recent ungraded Ofsted inspection. The report recognised the significant progress made across the school and confirmed that Abbey School is now due for a full graded inspection within the next one...
A St Albans mum who ran 10 miles a day throughout April to raise awareness of a little-known autoimmune condition which affects her eight-year-old daughter has reflected on her achievements. Lindsey Brown, 43, was fundraising for three charities which support her daughter Gertie, who has Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: CCAA kids with...
Thousands of people visited St Albans city centre on Sunday for the first new Spring Festival. Run by SADC, the event featured live music, arts and crafts, street theatre, fairground rides and dozens of stalls selling takeaway food, drink and other produce. It was devised to replace the long-established St Albans Feastival,...
Two years ago, a young girl in New Greens asked her dad for a litter picker after noticing rubbish on her walk to school. That simple request has grown into a powerful community movement - one that has transformed New Greens into what many, including SADC contractor Veolia, now call...
St Albans-based rehabilitation charity, The Living Room, is celebrating 25 years since it first opened its doors to support people affected by addiction. Since 2000, The Living Room’s free, time unlimited group therapy has successfully treated 7,500 people living with addiction across the county. Past and current clients celebrated the occasion with...
A St Albans insurance company has launched a feel-good competition aimed at celebrating everyday heroes in the local community.Howden Insurance in London Road is inviting residents to nominate someone who has gone above and beyond to make a difference — whether through acts of kindness, helping the community or just...
EastEnders, influencers and stylists will be taking to the catwalk for a sold-out charity fashion show which aims to raise awareness of neurodiversity while helping boost funds for a local junior school. The Fleetville Fashion Extravaganza is being hosted by Hatfield Road shop I’m Fine Wellbeing to support Fleetville Junior School. Taking...
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