Ye Olde Fighting Cocks is set to host its second all-day free festival this weekend. Co-owners Martin Robinson, Ian Baulsh and Sam Walker will be turning the pub into a mini-Glastonbury for The Fighting Cocks Fest on August 3 with 10 live bands performing. Bands perfoming include Kaspar and the Swamp Dogs,...
When a group of neighbours decided to transform a disused piece of council land into a space for the whole community to enjoy, they thought they were doing something positive. But jobsworths at SADC disagreed, and have ordered them to return the site - behind properties 36-41 at De Tany Court...
A St Albans care home resident is marking a milestone birthday today. Marjorie Clarke was born on August 2 1924, a month which also saw the debut of comic strip Little Orphan Annie, Denmark hosting the second World Scout Jamboree, and the death of the novelist Joseph Conrad. A resident of Alban...
The flagship city centre development now known as Jubilee Square was officially opened at a special ceremony today. A ribbon was cut by Mayor Cllr Jamie Day, council leader Cllr Paul de Kort, Cllr Jacqui Taylor, the cabinet member for housing and community safety, and St Albans MP Daisy Cooper. The project,...
For nine-year-old Mandeville pupil Aydy Ryan, the good old days were 100 years before he was born. Because the youngster, who lives in Cottonmill, is obsessed with the bygone Victorian and Edwardian eras of the early 20th century. He can regularly be seen checking out the treasures at St Albans Vintage Market...
Your new favourite indulgence has arrived. Family-run Waffle Wands is bringing its sweet goodness to The Maltings Shopping Centre, with a mouth-watering array of freshly-cooked waffles coated in assorted sauces and toppings. Co-owner and mum of three girls Sophie Stafford [she runs the family business with her brother Louie] tested the...
A St Albans playgroup is hoping to bolster its numbers for the autumn by raising awareness of its services. Fleetville Community Playgroup in Royal Road is a much-loved facility which has seen hundreds of children – including two whole generations of families - pass through its doors since it first opened...
There are no signs that the closed footpath from St Michael’s village into Verulamium Park will re-open any time soon, councillors have confirmed. The route from St Michael’s Street into Bell Meadow was shut for safety reasons back in May, after the footpath became slippery due to flooding from the River...
The day after securing her place in the 2024 Paris Olympics with a phenomenal victory at Manchester’s UK Athletics Championships, St Albans’ Phoebe Gill was back in school, enjoying some semblance of normality while she still could. It’s fair to say that things have taken a remarkable turn for the 17-year-old...
Men of Fields - a St Albans-based cricket club of dads with children at Garden Fields JMI School - have completed their fifth charity walk of over 100km. After setting themselves an initial target of £20,000 for St Albans charity Youth Talk, they have more than doubled their fundraising to over...
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