A band made up of former students at Marlborough Science Academy, which featured ex-S Club 7 star Paul Cattermole who tragically died in 2023, will be performing at this year’s M Festival, which is taking place at the school on July 5. Paul was a pupil at the school in the...
Survivors of abuse at St Albans' former Hill End Hospital Adolescent Unit have been coming forward to claim compensation for traumatic events which occured during their treatment. Hill End was in operation from 1969 until 1995 when it was convered into a housing estate. It was intended to treat teenagers under...
A team from a St Albans solicitors took on a huge 22-mile walking challenge in the South Downs National Park to raise over £3,200 for St Albans charity Youth Talk. Taylor Walton Solicitors support a local charity each year and carry out several initiatives to help promote their work, raise funds...
Local snapper Stephanie Belton is used to seeing her work in print, but never on such as scale as this huge billboard poster. The image was a commission from St Albans High School for Girls to highlight their renewed focus on single sex education in the wake of several local establishments...
Market stalls selling poorly packaged, unlabelled toys at last Sunday’s St Albans Spring Festival have raised fears that they were dangerous counterfeit items which could pose a risk to children. The three stalls were offering a range of products based on recognisable brands such as Hello Kitty, LOL Surprise, Spider-Man, Minecraft...
After 16 years as Bishop of St Albans, Alan Smith is preparing to hand over the crozier and begin a new chapter. From village churches and cathedral services to debates in the House of Lords, he has spent more than a decade and a half serving both the local and national...
Representatives of St Albans City Football Club have met with Chiswell Green Residents Association to discuss their ambitions to build a new stadium off Noke Lane. Last night's annual CGRA meeting saw club representatives share their early thoughts on the need for improved facilities and discussed how a new home could...
A leading St Albans-based home-care provider says it has seen a 22 per cent rise in the number of its clients receiving a dementia diagnosis in the last five years. Abbots Care is Hertfordshire County Council's preferred provider for home-care services, and employs 600 care workers to look after 1,300 clients,...
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...
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