Tree saplings and strawberry plants have been donated to 16 schools across the district as part of an initiative to enable biodiversity to flourish in school grounds. This year’s 20 saplings all stem from the same mother trees growing apples or pears at Grow Fruit Trees’ nursery in Kent, and were...
Thick billowing clouds of polluting fumes and revving motorbike engines controversially marked the opening of a new takeaway on Hatfield Road. More than two dozen bikes and various high-performance cars held an impromptu meet outside Big Juicy Burgers when it opened its doors for business on Friday evening. The event, which was...
St Albans crime author Heather Critchlow is taking a look into a grim future in her first dystopian novel. Before concluding her acclaimed Cal Lovett detective series, she is time-travelling into the 2050s for her new book The Tomorrow Project. Once again the world finds itself in the grip of a deadly...
St Albans’ iconic medieval Clock Tower has re-opened for the 2025 season, offering unparalleled views over the city centre and beyond - if you can manage the 93 steps to the top! St Albans Mayor Cllr Jamie Day carried out the traditional Good Friday opening ceremony, accompanied by volunteers from St...
Around 200 children and adults took part in an Easter Trail organised by St Paul’s Church in Clarence Park on Good Friday. Members of the Hatfield Road church acted out the Easter narrative of Christ’s last days before his crucifixion, playing the roles of characters involved in the story. People following...
A bill nicknamed after one of St Albans' most famous residents has won the backing of local MP Daisy Cooper. “Philomena’s Law” aims to ensure former mother and baby home residents, who now live in England, can claim compensation they’re rightly owed by the Irish government without fear of losing their...
Former Miss England and acclaimed fashion designer Hammasa Kohistani is the special guest at an event taking place at The Alternative Beauty in The Maltings Shopping Centre. Taking place on Thursday May 1, from 5.30-7.30pm, the event marks the UK launch of three new fragrances from Matin Martin and showcases Hammasa’s...
How do you go from casual runner to competing in three marathons? St Albans native Carole-Anne Upton will be taking part in the London Marathon this month, and then Sydney later this year, having already tackled the Boston Marathon in Lincolnshire in 2024. But she said she only "kind of fell into...
Five years after the first Clap for Carers during the early days of the Covid pandemic, one St Albans home care provider has said that nothing has changed for the sector. Abbots Care says that the number of calls that it has received to its Hertfordshire headquarters has risen by 66...
After four months of essential maintenance and a complete refurbishment, the car park at Christopher Place Shopping Centre reopens today. The works began in January and were sequenced to minimise disruption to the car park, but because the project involved taking up and relaying the concrete floor there were periods where...
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