St Albans City is one of the country's busiest stations for bike parking - but it also suffers from the highest number of cycle thefts. New research by Direct Line Insurance has revealed bike thefts at UK train stations is up 39 per cent year-on-year, with St Albans City reporting 260...
A community meadow which was home to a huge array of plants and wildlife has been destroyed by council contractors. Martyr mini meadow – between Creighton Avenue and Martyr Close in Cottonmill – was mown down in error by workers from contractors John O’Connor, leaving volunteers heartbroken. The meadow was created by...
The Victoria Street entrance to The Maltings Shopping Centre car park has been temporarily closed while a major refurbishment project is carried out.Improvements include wider lanes, upgraded lighting and renewed road surfaces. The refurbishments are designed to make the entrance easier to use and offer enhanced parking in St Albans...
More than 550 people have signed a petition calling for the reopening of public toilets in Verulamium Park instigated by nearby pub Ye Olde Fighting Cocks. The loos closed last year, and SADC plans for a Community Toilet Scheme have yet to emerge. YOFC say the closure is placing a burden...
A father and son acoustic guitar combo are performing a free gig to encourage more customers to visit their local. Mark Lomax and dad Paul - who perform as Lomax and Lomax - are playing at The Rat’s Castle in Fleetville on Saturday from 8pm. Mark explained why they agreed to perform:...
Skilled local drone pilot - and regular contributor to the St Albans Times - Andy Lawrence has captured this bird's eye view of Pub in the Park. He took the images on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, when crowds at the Verulamium Park event were enjoying the September sunshine. ...
The festival season reached a fitting finale this weekend with the return of Pub in the Park St Albans. The annual celebration of food, drink and music was hosted by celebrity chefs Tom Kerridge and Ainsley Harriott, and featured performances from the likes of Rudimental, Craig David and UB40 featuring Ali...
Residents living on the Verulam Estate are suffering a ‘double whammy’ of misery courtesy of St Albans district council. Everyone needs nature. And people know what’s fair, what’s just and what’s right. Significant encroachments on green space proposed, prompted (and not prevented) by SADC are abhorrent to every right-minded person living...
Earlier this year, Small Business Britain and BT ran a pilot series of ‘Netwalks’ – a walk and talk networking programme aimed at boosting connections, opportunities and optimism for local entrepreneurs in today’s challenging economic climate. One of the hundreds who walked in those pilots was local business owner Jen Smith...
One of the most divisive traffic experiments St Albans city centre has witnessed since the one-way system of the 1980s is continuing to polarise opinion even as it begins winding down. As predicted by the St Albans Times, Herts county council (HCC) has announced new plans which will see High Street...
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