One of the city's amazing charities will be represented on the forthcoming St Albans edition of legendary boardgame Monopoly. The chosen charity will get to star on one of the game’s Community Chest spaces. "It's our way of thanking the public for getting behind the new and official Monopoly: St Albans Edition...
Campaigning work by the St Albans Times has resulted in the district council re-evaluating plans to expand the number of markets taking place in St Albans. As highlighted in recent weeks, SADC proposed allowing smaller markets of up to 10 traders on days when the Charter Market is not taking place. The...
Pupils denied a place at St Albans' popular Beaumont School after the county council reduced the number of forms for Year 7 have fresh hope of securing a slot following a major reversal in policy. HCC and Beaumont School have now agreed that the school will offer additional places for this...
How do you approach an interview with someone representing a political party as mired in controversy, divisiveness and extremism as Reform UK? The organisation once known as the Brexit Party has been steadily growing in popularity over the past year, attracting both disgruntled former Tories and other voters fed up...
The owner of the popular food van Dave’s Tasty Bites will be turning off his fryer for the last time this month due to the proposed hike in pitch costs for street traders. Dave Lawrence said although any decision on the changes has yet to be made - and is due...
The row over fee increases for street traders in St Albans city centre reached the council chamber last week ahead of a final decision on the plans. Under plans announced by SADC, mobile outlets could soon see their annual fees skyrocket from a few hundred pounds to well over £5,000 depending...
The potential introduction of new bus lanes on the A1081 London Road - a scheme first revealed in the St Albans Times - are now open for public consultation. As part of its Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP), which is fully funded by the Department for Transport, Herts county council is...
St Albans county councillors have furiously condemned HCC after it drastically reduced the boundaries for next year's intake of Year 7 pupils at Beaumont School. On instruction from County Hall, the hugely popular 'Outstanding' school has reduced its intake from eight back down to seven forms following a couple of years...
Much-loved birds have disappeared from the gardens of St Albans residents living alongside a major railway tree felling project. As previously highlighted in the St Albans Times, homeowners in Lancaster Road and Gurney Court Road are angry at a scheme to remove many of the trees behind their gardens – including...
A new exhibition at Verulamium Museum provides a unique opportunity to meet the women who uncovered the city's Roman history in the 1930s, as well as four significant Roman and Iron Age women linked to St Albans. ‘Women doing everything, everywhere, all at once…’ opens on Friday March 8, International Women’s...
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