Fun-starved councillors at SADC have come up with a creative new strategy to enable free parking for visitors to central St Albans and Harpenden. Kicking off today, their innovative ‘Larking for Parking’ scheme will enable anybody parking in full fancy dress to avoid paying the unpopular on-street parking fees. A spokesperson for...
Production crews are currently filming scenes for a new TV show in St Albans city centre. Scenes are being filmed at Books on the Hill, Bishop's Cave, Vintry Gardens and The Peahen on Holywell Hill and London Road for a new romantic comedy called Lightbulb. The show is described as a series...
A decision is expected soon on whether there will be charges brought for the destruction of three Peregrine falcon eggs at St Albans Cathedral almost a year ago. The incident, which occurred on April 7 2025, reportedly saw a man walking over the eggs on the livestream camera set up to...
The newly refurbished spa at Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre will be reopening on Wednesday April 8 following a £400,000 transformation. The Verulamium Spa, which is managed by Everyone Active on behalf of SADC, will feature a fully refitted sauna and steam room, upgraded hydrospa, enhanced monsoon showers, and new tiling and...
Cray Valley PM 2 St Albans City 0 (Isthmian League Premier Division)Report by Jess Unwin, photos by Jim Standen While news that six players have committed their futures to St Albans City shows the club is already focusing on next season, there was a surprise defeat in what remains of the...
The older lady came across to me where I was sitting, drinking coffee. “Do you want this?” she said, offering me a copy of that day’s newspaper. “A friend just gave this to me,” she explained, “but I can’t bear to open it. The news is just so awful every...
St Albans City skipper Zane Banton and five other players have agreed to sign on for another season with the club. Banton is joined by midfielder Alex Dyer, who has been outstanding for Saints, and has so far been ever-present in the Isthmian League Premier Division during the present campaign. Full backs...
The new headteacher set to take over from Annie Thomson at The Marlborough Science Academy has been announced. Caroline Legg - currently the headteacher of The Beaconsfield School, a non-selective secondary school in Buckinghamshire - will step into the role in September. The appointment follows a rigorous selection process and interviews, as...
Primary school eco-councils across the city have been getting creative, producing anti-idling slogans for a competition run by The Green House Climate Club. Tricia Gibbons, director of the St Albans-based sustainability hub The Green House in London Road, said: “A car idling for one minute produces the equivalent of 150 balloons...
At a time when confidence and communication skills are increasingly important for young people, a St Albans-based youth theatre programme is helping them develop these talents through hands-on performance training. At their weekly training set up at Brilliant Theatre Academy of Performing Arts, students aged 7 to 19 train each week...
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