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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The actions of county councillors have been compared to Christ's betrayal by Judas Iscariot after they rushed through the sale of the former Radlett airfield site for a controversial rail freight terminal. Weeks after ignoring a petition of more than 8,500 signatories calling for HCC to think again about the sale,...
A young actor from St Albans is winning fantastic reviews for his role in comedy drama The Great. Henry Meredith plays Maxim in the third series of the period romp, which also stars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. He made his debut in the show at the end of the second season,...
Where are the main sites submitted for inclusion in the draft Local Plan, and what are the key elements of each scheme? We take a look at the proposals put forward by council officers...
Is the tide starting to turn against the controversial city centre road closures? As we move towards the third and final period of the trial, the success of the scheme is increasingly coming into doubt. As readers will be aware, the closures of High Street, George Street and part of Verulam Road...
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