A Scout leader has been recognised for his 60 years of service to the organisation. Ian Woods, Group Scout Leader at the 4th St Albans Scout Group, was presented with his 60 year Chief Scout’s Length of Service Award by Herts Deputy Lieutenant David Williams, with MP Daisy Cooper also in...
Local artists Ilan Galkoff, Morgan Howell, Mandy Johnson and Debbie Knight have joined 150 other artists and celebrities in a charity campaign to fundraise for a branch of the Samaritans. Ilan - better known for his acting roles including BBC2’s Good Omens - and his fellow artists have each donated a...
One of St Albans' flagship venues is relaunching with an exciting new look. The Pioneer Club in Heathlands Drive opens its doors this Saturday (September 23) for a special open day. All fixed up and painted over the past few weeks by a keen team of volunteer skaters, musicians and parents, they'd...
A St Albans social group celebrated its 10th anniversary last weekend with pub drinks and piñatas. Around 50 people from the ‘Social in St Albans – Millennials’ group marked the milestone birthday in the White Hart Tap pub’s beer garden on Saturday. Among the festivities were two special piñatas shaped as a...
James Cameron gets his noodles on at the refurbished Beehive...
A developer is appealing against the refusal of plans to build nine houses on Green Belt land behind properties in Napsbury. The scheme, by Montway Limited, is for six terraced houses, two semi-detached houses and one detached house to the rear of of 28 to 34 North Cottages, plus associated landscaping...
Two years after water voles were reintroduced to the River Ver, the geographical range of the animals has approximately doubled year-on-year. Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, in partnership with the Ver Valley Society and a number of private landowners, reintroduced the rare mammal to a stretch of the river west of...
Later this month the 44th Ryder Cup will be held at the Marco Simone Golf Club near Rome. This bi-annual golf tournament between Europe and the United States will attract millions of golf fans the world over – but did you know that it all started here in St Albans? The...
The decision to rescind certain road closure measures in St Albans city centre and implement a third phase of the pedestrianisation experiment has met with mixed reactions from retailers, councillors and residents alike. The trials are a joint initiative between SADC, St Albans BID and HCC, with monitoring and evaluation taking...
The inclusion of Bedmond Lane Wildlife Meadow in SADC’s draft Local Plan would make a mockery of any environmental credentials the council professes to promote, a senior wildlife expert has declared. Matt Dodds, planning and biodiversity manager for Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, has urged the district council to see sense...
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