What can you do in 10 minutes? Eat a sandwich? Check your social media accounts? Flick through a copy of a newspaper? Not a lot, but also so much more. Give up 10 minutes of your time on Sunday June 23 and you may just provide a future to a desperate...
A stellar line-up of authors and illustrators entertained hundreds of families at the fourth STAHS Children's Book Festival on Saturday. MG Leonard, bestselling author of the Beetle Boy and Twitchers series teamed up with her Adventures on Trains co-author Sam Sedgman in the signing tent, following hugely popular individual talks. Manjeet Mann,...
The showpiece development years in the making, Jubilee Square could soon be seeing its first tenants moving in. The development once known as CCOS (City Centre Opportunity Site) South should have been completed in October 2022, but was subject to various delays over the following months. Although construction work concluded in...
Already considered one of the highlights of the St Albans events calendar, the Foodies Festival made its triumphant return to the grounds of Oaklands College last weekend, for three days of music, cookery and fun. Topping the bill were Blue, Sister Sledge ft Kathy Sledge and the Symphonic Ibiza Orchestra, while...
When St Albans mum Leanda Kelly lost her beloved daughter Tanya Kordek to suicide after a long battle with mental ill health, her heart was smashed into pieces. She eventually began planning a fundraising event for mental health charities, encouraging people to have a semi-colon tattoo to represent a sentence which...
“Well that was a fun half-term!...
Men of Fields - a St Albans based cricket club of dads with children at Garden Fields JMI School - have another massive charity walk coming up in early July. Their fifth marathon walk aims to raise more than £20,000 in aid of St Albans charity Youth Talk. Garden Fields Cricket Club...
The Garden Fields music teacher who wowed the nation with his vocal impressions on TV show Britain's Got Talent needs YOUR support to win the competition. Mike, 38, beat off rival act dancer Leightonjay Halliday after the decision on a place in tonight's finals went to the public vote following a...
St Albans Community Pantry has launched a new initiative to showcase the delicious menu possibilities using rescued foods. The aim of their Surplus Supper Clubs is to change the mindset surrounding food waste and food redistribution, highlighting how everyone has a part to play, and encouraging every demographic of St Albans...
The latest Netwalks - free events encouraging people from all walks of life to go for a walk together - proved the biggest yet, with 32 walkers and three Netdogs enjoying a gentle stroll round Clarence Park and raising £135 for mental health charity YouthTalk. Coffee was sponsored by EYES on...
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