If you were to believe the social media conspiracy theories, St Albans Charter Market should have been run into the ground earlier this year and replaced by large-scale, alcohol-fuelled festivals packing out St Peter’s Street with tourists from London. But while the tourists have still visited in their droves - and...
Welcome to the new Maltings car park entrance! The main entrance in Victoria Street has reopened after a five-week refurbishment.Improvements include wider lanes, upgraded brighter lighting and renewed road surfaces.The refurbishments are designed to make the entrance easier to use and offer enhanced parking in St Albans city centre.Maltings Shopping...
A new exhibition at St Albans Museum tells the story of Fleetville’s Ballington Hosiery Mill, which manufactured everything from delicate stockings to robust artillery shells between the 1920s and the 1960s. The name Ballito is believed to have originated from the company’s first hosiery mill in Ballington, Tennessee. In the early...
St Albans grassroots venue The Pioneer Club recently hosted its first major event in partnership with Headliner Spaces, with a show-stopping performance from multi-award-winning UK drum and bass outfit Rudimental. The event was the first of its kind to take place at The Pioneer Club since Headliner Space and St Albans...
The only children’s contact centre in St Albans is pleading for a volunteer administrator to come forward in order to avoid closing. The service, run from a Scout hall on Oysterfields, facilitates non-resident parent and child meet-up sessions on the first and third Saturday of each month. There could be a number...
Officers investigating a stabbing near Oaklands College in St Albans have now charged and remanded a teenager in connection with the incident. A 17-year-old boy from Hatfield was today charged with two counts of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm and for being in possession of cannabis. An incident involving...
Forty years ago, in October 1983, the Bishop of St Albans, the Rt Revd John Taylor, welcomed the Revd Donald Lee and Fr Robert Plourde as Free Church and Roman Catholic ecumenical chaplains of St Albans Cathedral. This was then followed by the first of regular services in each of these...
A massive demonstration of parents outside St Albans Museum + Gallery called for improved funding for children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Today’s protest was organised by SEND Reform England, a group set up to fight for more specialist schools and school places, more SEND funding in mainstream schools,...
A teenager has been arrested in connection with the recent knife attack near Oaklands College in St Albans. A fracas involving a group of young people was reported to have kicked off at around 3.40pm on Monday outside Oaklands Stores on Hatfield Road. Local police officers attended the scene, joined by armed...
A new project is underway to restore St Albans’ Civic Rose Garden with the aim of creating a city centre open space which can be enjoyed by residents all year round while also bringing additional biodiversity to the area. The garden is situated to the north of the Civic Centre and...
Contribute
You can help keep quality local journalism alive by making a one-off donation or set up a regular direct debit. Any contributions will help ensure the long-term future of the St Albans Times.
