The sun is shining, mums pushing fancy buggies are clutching their Starbucks skinny iced lattes and there is a topless teenage boy doing a wheelie on his BMX through the pedestrianised walkway… Or maybe it’s the sound of revving engines waiting at the Lattimore Road junction on the London Road, an...
It ain't over 'til it's over. The county council may have finalised the sale of the former Radlett airfield to rail freight developers Segro, but there is still hope the final scheme can be thwarted. Campaign group Save St Albans: Fight the Freight is still intending to push for a Judicial...
The new owners of Ye Olde Fighting Cocks are set to host their first all-day free festival at the pub they took over in April 2022. Co-owners Martin Robinson, Ian Baulsh and Sam Walker will be turning the pub into a mini-Glastonbury for The Fighting Cocks Fest on July 15 with...
South Africa came to Hatfield Park last Saturday as Cellar Door Wines enjoyed an unforgettable afternoon at their Wines of South Africa summer tasting event. Owner Penny Edwards said: "It was fantastic to see so many people enjoying all the different wines on offer from every region and style in the...
Liberal Democrat Daisy Cooper writes exclusively for the St Albans Times on the decision to sell the former Radlett airfield for a rail freight depot. Residents and campaigners have fought against these plans for a monstrous terminal on their doorstep from start to finish for more than 20 years so this...
Popular community music event the M Festival went ahead successfully despite a fire causing an evacuation of the site for more than two and a half hours. More than 500 people were already on the field at Marlborough Science Academy when a blaze broke out in the Real Belgium Fries van...
Christopher Place Shopping Centre is proud to once again welcome exotic ice cream parlour Darlish for the foreseeable future. Laura Bill had the enviable job of tasting samples while finding out more about the shop and its founder. Unable to find the ice cream flavour she craved, Darlish founder and owner...
The latest blue plaque to be installed in St Albans will celebrate the life of Pre-Raphaelite painter ER "Ted" Hughes. The ceremony will take place on Saturday July 22 at his last home at 3 Romeland. The plaque will be officially installed by Professor Geraint John, a well-known architect, who is the...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This time: Dean of St Albans Cathedral Jo Kelly-Moore. Where do you walk when you want to think? Out in nature somewhere. We are so blessed to have Verulamium Park here in...
A milkman at the heart of the St Albans community he serves is to be presented with a staggering £15k raised by grateful customers on the occasion of his retirement. Michael Tutton MBE, also known as ‘Mick the Milk’, will receive the donation at a special event hosted by the Portland...
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