Years in the pipeline, major improvements to Verulamium Park have finally been given the green light - but what has changed in the interim? Budget-strapped SADC has rowed back on its original proposals to return the Ver to its original path as it flows through the Bell Meadow flood plain. The scheme...
Blithering Post Office bosses have once again failed to answer simple questions over the future of the St Peter's Street branch, St Albans MP Daisy Cooper has revealed. She condemned them for inviting expressions of interest from sub-postmasters to take over some of the services at risk of closure, without actually...
They were three singing sisters from St Albans who collaborated with some of the biggest stars of the sixties and seventies – but have you heard of The Carolines? The group consisted of twins Carolyne and Helen Samuels and their sibling Marion, and enjoyed fleeting success as backing singers with the...
No decision has been made on the future of St Peter's Street Post Office, despite rumours of its impending closure. The facility, one of the organisation's surviving Crown Post Offices, is on the list of branches at risk of being sold to a franchisee or closing permanently. But St Albans MP Daisy...
Interior designer Emma Kosh - who writes a regular column for the St Albans Times - has won the first Rennie Grove Peace Strictly Come Hospice competition alongside her partner Jo Campbell-Kent. Emma and Jo were matched after signing up for the new hospice fundraising initiative last autumn. As part of...
Thames Water have failed to apologise for pumping raw sewage into the River Ver for weeks. According to water analysis website Top of the Poops, the Markyate wastewater treatment works has been releasing sewage continuously for more than 1,000 hours since December 12. The Ver is one of the world’s rare chalk...
New Greens resident Myah Richards has cerebral palsy, is legally blind and wheelchair bound. She suffers from dystonic tremors and functional neurological disorders. last year she went to a festival for disabled people thanks to fundraising support from the St Albans community, but now she needs more help for her...
We live in an age where those seeking information can simply just Google it, but what do older people do if they don’t have access to the internet? Local grant-giving charity St Albans Old People’s Trust has produced a new printed book to help older people who are struggling to access...
What would be your top five things to see in St Albans? The St Albans Tour Guides invite you to discover their Top 5 on a 60-minute stroll around the historic city centre. You can join a qualified local guide who knows the area, the history, the people, and the stories...
Changes at a much-loved community Post Office have met with fierce opposition from the local community. The Post Office counter at the rear of Morrisons Daily in The Quadrant, Marshalswick, has now closed, with all services now offered from the front of the shop. Popular postmaster Akhlaq Ahmmed has revealed his last...
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