St Albans City Centre BID is lighting up the city with Christmas decorations and a new family-friendly Bauble Trail. Between November 15 and December 28, families can collect trail maps from the St Albans Museum + Gallery and set off to find 12 colourful Christmas baubles hidden across the city centre....
Members of the St Albans United Synagogue community – the oldest-established Jewish community in Hertfordshire – gathered for a special celebration to mark the 10th anniversary of the induction of Rabbi Daniel Sturgess as rabbi of the synagogue, alongside his wife Alli. The couple were honoured for a decade of inspiring...
A St Albans school’s drama department has been named a finalist in the prestigious Music & Drama Education Awards 2026. These national awards celebrate the outstanding contributions of schools, educators, and organisations that enrich lives through music and drama. The Marlborough Science Academy has been recognised in the category of Outstanding School...
Laura Bill meets the observational comic whose musings on St Albans life have gone viral on Instagram...
The city of St Albans, and towns and villages further afield, fell silent at 11am on Sunday, as residents, dignitaries, faith leaders and representatives of the armed forces and community groups remembered those who had died in conflicts spanning more than a century. Following a parade through the city centre, the...
In 2015, 18-year-old Marlborough school-leaver Phoebe Shergold-Willis was in a quandary. She had excelled in the performing arts at her nurturing school, worked hard at her A-levels and yet didn’t want to continue on the school/university treadmill at that point, writes Debbie Heath. Having grown up in the East End of...
St Albans Mayor Cllr Teresa Heritage will lead the city’s annual Remembrance Day Parade and Service tomorrow (Sunday). Residents are expected to turn out in force to pay their respects to members of Britain’s armed forces who lost their lives in two World Wars and other conflicts. Faith leaders, honorary aldermen and...
Niki Sykes visits St Albans Cathedral for the return of the Remembrance light show...
Can the city’s newest restaurant live up to the hype? Ask Matt Adams...
A chance discovery in her parents’ loft unlocked a journey of discovery for a St Albans history student which revealed new insights into her family’s wartime past. Rosie Fitzpatrick, who is in Year 11 at The Marlborough Science Academy, found handwritten notes by her great-grandmother relating to her training for the...
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