St Albans City 4 Stanway Rovers 1 (Isthmian League Premier Division). From Jess Unwin at Clarence Park, photos by Jim Standen. A return to winning ways for St Albans City was nowhere near as easy as the final scoreline suggested, and Saints manager Gary McCann admitted his team were “second best”...
This month, Ruth Newman thinks about first times, last times, and why the years in between have a habit of speeding up. A few weeks ago, at the grand age of 39, I had a first day at work. I was nervous, which was expected, but what surprised me was how vivid...
The Abbey Theatre in St Albans is opening its doors on Saturday September 5, from 10am to 4pm, inviting local people to come along, explore the theatre and discover the many ways they can get involved. The free Open Day offers visitors the chance to look behind the scenes of the...
Scorching temperatures, parched gardens, bone dry rivers, broken supermarket fridges - the toll of multiple heatwaves have impacted on communities across the district. The past few months have been exceptionally hot, dry, and characterised by record-low rainfall and multiple severe heatwaves, with peak temperatures reaching or exceeding 38°C. Although the weekend saw...
The OVO Roman Theatre festival draws to a close this Bank Holiday weekend with a production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, staged by the OVO Youth Ensemble. Adapted and directed by Faith Turner, the production reimagines the classic comedy in a vibrant seaside circus setting, brought to life by an 33-strong cast...
Irreplaceable archaeology could be lost forever as works proceed on the Park Street roundabout redevelopment. The location is the site of the Watling Street Roman road - perhaps the most important of its kind in Roman Britain - and a major route through old Verulamium. But efforts to involve archaeologists during extensive...
More than three decades since St Albans last had any semblance of a Local Plan and the final hurdles are in sight for this latest interation following approval by Government inspectors. The Lib Dem Plan took three years to prepare and allows for the building of 15,000 new homes in the...
A St Albans School sixth former has written and starred in his own original play at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, receiving rave reviews from critics. Kai Yilmaz-Porter, an A level drama student at St Albans School, wrote Make Me Good Again, a new play exploring family life, identity and neurodiversity. He...
A St Albans dad of two has secured the title of World Hovercraft Champion following his decisive victory at the weekend. Nick Drew, 49, won the F50 class at the 2026 Hovercraft World Championship held at Whittlebury Park, Buckinghamshire. Former Beaumont School pupil Nick, who was born and raised in St Albans,...
With a week to go before St Albans’ planned Sound Bites festival was due to take place, many potential punters are still out of pocket. The new festival was launched in the wake of Tom Kerridge’s popular Pub in the Park (pictured), which hosted its final event in Verulamium Park last...
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