A St Albans DJ is hoping to shake-up our shopping by presenting pop-up sets in local businesses to give something back to her community. Lauren Cumberpatch will be hosting The 1111AM Club in coffee shops, hairdressers, pubs, takeaways and other locations across the city. She is aiming to help businesses thrive during...
For just 48 days every year, a secret medieval recipe is used to create the Alban bun, part of the Easter tradition at St Albans Cathedral for nearly 700 years. It has featured on TV shows like The One Show, Lorraine, Good Morning Britain and on Mary Berry’s Easter Feast, and...
The drama of the Easter story will be retold in Clarence Park on Good Friday with prizes for anyone who follows the special Easter Trail. Members of St Paul’s Church, Hatfield Road, will be acting out episodes from the last days of Jesus Christ’s life, his death and resurrection from 1.45pm...
What a place to work! Newly appoined Bishop of St Albans, the Right Reverend Andrew Rumsey, had the chance to check out his new base of operations and meet the team at the Cathedral last night. These remarkable pictures, taken by occasional St Albans Times photographer Toby Shepheard, give an insight...
Almost 1,000 nominations have already been received for the 2026 St Albans Retailer of the Year Awards - all highlighting the phenomenal local businesses, teams and individuals who make the city such a vibrant place to shop, dine and visit. Brought to you by The Maltings Shopping Centre and the St...
Lasting improvements to Verulamium Park’s artificial lakes are moving slowly ahead, SADC has revealed. At the end of January 2025, councillors on the public realm committee approved plans for new wetlands, nature walks and plant beds, alongside long-awaited enhancements to the water quality of the lakes. This would include dredging the heavily...
Downing Street has announced that the Right Reverend Andrew Rumsey will be the new Bishop of St Albans. Bishop Andrew is currently the Suffragan Bishop of Ramsbury in the Diocese of Salisbury. The nomination, approved by His Majesty The King, was announced by 10 Downing Street this morning. Bishop Andrew returns to...
Bishop’s Stortford 2 St Albans City 2 (4-3 on penalties), Herts Senior Cup, semi-final From Jess Unwin at Woodside Park, Bishop’s Stortford. File photo of Zane Banton by Jim Standen. Saints boss Gary McCann admitted he was angry after his team failed to clinch a place in the final of the Herts...
James Cameron checks out the new pizza hotspot...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Mary Conneely, current chair of St Albans Civic Society. Where do you walk when you want to think? Verulamium Park – past the lake and up across the boundary with...
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