The Company of Ten brings acclaimed Olivier Award-winning comedy Home, I’m Darling by Laura Wade to the Abbey Theatre this September. What happens when the perfect 1950s fantasy of married couple Judy and Johnny collides with the reality of life? Judy has transformed her home and herself into an idealised vision...
St Albans salon Trinder Hair Studios has officially been crowned The Professional Salon of the Year 2026 at The Pro Hair Awards. More than 400 guests came together at STEREO in the heart of London’s Covent Garden on Monday for The Pro Hair Awards - a night dedicated to recognising talent,...
Tributes have been paid to Noel Cantillon – the 12th editor of the Herts Advertiser – who has died at the age of 83. Over a period of 22 years running the newspaper he oversaw it make the move from a paid-for title to free distribution, and the days of hot...
Hashtag United 0 St Albans City 2 (FA Cup first qualifying round, replay) Report by Jess Unwin, photos by Jim Standen It may have looked on paper like the proverbial banana skin, but Saints made sure they didn’t slip up against a previously unbeaten Hashtag side with match-winning contributions from keeper Sam...
Charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is calling on St Albans dog lovers to open their homes – and their hearts – to some of its most extraordinary dogs: the charity’s ‘supermums’, who are responsible for bringing the next generation of hearing dogs into the world. Hearing Dog mums play a...
A one day music festival featuring 10 of the best emerging artists in the alternative music scene is returning to St Albans next week. Escape to the City is back by popular demand for its second year at The Pioneer Club on Saturday September 12, with a line-up of acts including...
A St Albans woman whose flat was deliberately set on fire on Christmas Day has spoken out about the impact it has had on her – after the man responsible was sentenced to four years imprisonment. St Albans Crown Court heard that the arson had caused the woman aged in her...
Plans to scrap Hertfordshire district, borough and county councils and replace them with new unitary authorities have been placed on hold pending a review by the Government - but the creation of a St Albans City Parish Council is ploughing ahead. Local Government Reorganisation would have seen Hertfordshire divided into four...
With just days to go before an emergency meeting of SADC’s Full Council is expected to approve the St Albans Local Plan, further reactions to the Planning Inspectors’ report have come in from campaigners and councillors. After a three-year preparation process and rigorous scrutiny by Inspectors Matthew Birkinshaw and Thomas Bristow,...
Residents from across the district who oppose the council’s proposed Local Plan are being urged to gather peacefully outside the Civic Centre. The gathering is scheduled for 6.15pm on Wednesday September 9, ahead of the Extraordinary Meeting of SADC’s Full Council at 7pm. An ePetition signed by 611 residents has called on...
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