It's the final chance for residents of Chiswell Green to have their say and prevent a staggering 721 new homes from being built on their doorsteps. Developers want to stick the housing on Green Belt land at St Stephen's Farm and south of Chiswell Green Lane, adding 1,800 new residents to...
The government has failed to support the hospitality industry in its latest Budget, a St Albans publican has claimed. Sean Hughes, landlord of The Boot and Dylan’s, and co-founder of the Save St Albans Pubs campaign group, says local venues are actually far worse off after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spring statement. “The...
A leading planning lawyer has told Herts county councillors they do not have to sell the former Radlett airfield site for redevelopment as a rail freight terminal. The advice, from Paul Brown KC, says HC needs “good reasons” to halt the sale – one of which is if the original planning...
James Cameron checks out the vegan offerings at the pub pop-up...
Rumours have circulated on social media about the future of the long-awaited Saints and Sinners pub - located in the former Nationwide building in St Peter's Street - with suggestions that pub chain McMullens has pulled out of the project. We're pleased to set the record straight with this comment from...
With Easter just a few weeks away, it won't be long before the streets of the city centre are packed with tourists flocking from across the country and beyond to enjoy all St Albans has to offer - but what sort of first impression might they receive? Aside from the traffic...
After years of criticism dating back to the pandemic, St Albans district council has finally unveiled an action plan which hopes to restore the city's beloved Charter Market to its former glory - but is it too late? Live music, theatrical performances, performing arts and a fashion show are among the...
They've been mothballed since the start of the Covid pandemic, but now any hopes of a phoenix-like resurrection by the Charter Market's traditional stalls may have been quashed by the decision to melt them down for scrap metal. Even though the debut of 80 promised replacement stalls has been indefinitely postponed...
A year after councillors announced the closure of public toilets in Spicer Street and Verulamium Park, there remain limited options if you want to spend a penny in the city centre. It was back in February 2022 that SADC's public realm committee revealed plans to close Verulamium Park Causeway toilets due...
Ripped from their homelands by a fear of violence or death, then thrust into a strange new country where barriers of language and culture keep them isolated, it takes a remarkable person to use these experiences to create works of art and verse. Yet a handful of asylum seekers living in...
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