The sounds of horn blowing, banging pots and pans, musical instruments and a general hullabaloo could be heard resonating from Highfield Park as the sun set on Saturday evening, part of an ancient folk ceremony to ensure a good crop of apples at Cell Barnes Orchard. Faithfuls gathered from across the...
St Albans theatre production company OVO has received formal planning permission for its new St Germain’s Barn theatre. This huge milestone means the 17th century barn and St Michael's Pavilion in Verulamium Park will shortly be undergoing restoration plans for their new purpose, which includes offering theatre opportunities for all. The repertory...
Four courageous women have been praised for helping to bring a sexual predator to justice after he was convicted of assaulting them while working as a masseur at a St Albans hotel.Sovamsing David Muivah, 26, of Abbots Park in St Albans, was handed four prison sentences of two-and-a-half years each...
Former patients of St Albans’ Hill End Adolescent Unit who suffered abuse and mistreatment in the late 1960s to early 1990s are being warned by lawyers that the settlement scheme to access compensation is due to close to new claimants in March this year. In-patients as young as 10 years old...
Oaklands College students have launched a new conservation group bringing together learners and staff with a shared interest in protecting and improving the natural environment on campus and beyond. O.W.L.S (Oaklands Wildlife Society) focuses on practical conservation work, environmental education, and sustainable change, with members encouraged to shape activities and campaigns...
‘Don’t You Forget About Me’ - James Cameron visits the St Albans stalwart...
Tim Abbott, chair of Highfield Park Trust, offers a personal view on the green space the organisation oversees...
The annual St Albans Pancake Festival makes its much-anticipated return to the city centre on Shrove Tuesday, February 17, and the entire community is invited to take part. Now in its tenth year, the St Albans Pancake Festival is organised by local children’s charity, Home-Start Hertfordshire, in collaboration with Business Buzz...
A ceramic plaque on the side of the Clock Tower is all that remains of St Albans’ Eleanor Cross, one of 12 erected to mark the overnight resting places of the beloved medieval queen’s funeral procession. Installed by St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society in 1929, it reads: “Near...
Local mental health charity Youth Talk has launched a new survey inviting young people aged 13–25 in St Albans, Harpenden and the surrounding areas to share their thoughts on what it’s really like growing up today. The short, anonymous online survey asks about some of the challenges and pressures young people...
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