A St Albans businesswoman has been named one of the UK's most inspirational female entrepreneurs in the f:Entrepreneur ‘#ialso100' 2024 line up. The f:Entrepreneur ‘#ialso100' campaign is run by Small Business Britain and aims to showcase trailblazing female founders who lead purpose-driven businesses alongside a roster of other responsibilities, such as...
For the month of January, St Albans BID is highlighting health and wellbeing services in the city centre, including a free event to inspire residents, visitors and those that work in the area to get active and healthy. The New Year is a time when people start to focus on selfcare...
A local legend in the Cottonmill community has been immortalised in the name of a new road. Jenny Huggard-Sena lived with her family in Holyrood Crescent, St Albans before passing away from lung cancer in 2020, aged just 53. At the time her heartbroken husband Jose posted a tribute to his late...
A former teaching assistant at Beaumont School who died following a collision in Fleetville has been remembered by her family. Teresa Hambridge, 71, died several weeks after the accident at the junction of Hatfield Road and Sutton Road on December 1. In a statement, the family said: “After being airlifted to the...
The Company of Ten brings mythical creatures, epic battles, and magical realms to the Abbey Theatre Studio this week. She Kills Monsters introduces us to Agnes Evans, an ordinary woman whose life takes a dramatic turn when she loses her parents and sister Tilly in a car accident. Despite their differences...
Award-winning tourism film maker Julian "Joolz" McDonnell has left his usual London haunts to celebrate the delights of St Albans. Joolz Guides claim to be among the most watched and respected videos on YouTube, offering a Londoner's perspective on walks around the city, picking out the top sights, sounds and secret...
A family-run nursery in the heart of St Michael’s village has been rated ‘Outstanding’ in its latest Ofsted report. Toddlers-In Nursery School, based at St Michael’s Memorial Hall in Branch Road, was visited by inspector Jill Hardaker at the start of December, its first routine inspection since the Covid pandemic began...
Theatre company OVO stands on the precipice of further growth and development, with exciting plans for the coming year. The next few months will see a process of restructuring and reorganisation for the St Albans-based organisation, with a specific focus on resourcing and the creation of a development strategy. “We haven’t stopped...
A St Albans Brownie unit celebrated its 100th birthday with a talent show. The girls from 7th St Albans Brownies showcased their skills in gymnastics, guitar, drawing, magic tricks, contortionism, karate, acrobatics, Irish dancing and poetry recital. The event, attended by county commissioner Sandra Sayce, ended with two girls showing off the...
A kitbag is thrown on the ground and a group of eager youths scramble to extract their choice of weapon, be it a sword, axe, staff or even a massive hammer… But have no fear, their weapons are wood and the wielders are actors in the Company of Ten’s latest production,...
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