Students and teachers at Beaumont School are celebrating another set of "record-breaking" GCSE results. Headteacher Martin Atkinson said: "I am delighted that our students have scaled new heights in their attainment this year. We are looking forward to starting the new term with our largest Sixth Form ever." Assistant headteacher Danielle Irving...
Verulam School students have also been celebrating their GCSE and Level 2 BTEC exam results and are now looking forward to the next stage of their education.An outstanding group of students averaged Grade 9 across all of their GCSE subjects: Alex Pattison, Evan Thrift, Jake Rafferty, Hudson Nickolds and Tony...
Deborah Heath is transported back to the Roaring Twenties for OVO's take on the Fitzgerald classic...
Created by Steven Moffat, BAFTA-winning writer of Doctor Who and Sherlock, 'The Unfriend' brings a hilarious but unwelcome American guest to the stage of the Abbey Theatre to open the new season in style. Described as “a rip-roaring success” by London Theatre, Moffat’s comedy explores the polite awkwardness of British middle-class manners pushed to...
The breakthrough acts at this year's St Albans Pub in the Park are receiving local backing from The Maltings Shopping Centre. The retail hub will be the main sponsor of the Headliner Stage at this year’s festival, taking place in Verulamium Park from 5–7 September 2025. The state will showcase 23 emerging...
A St Albans-based performing arts school has been recognised for its outstanding social and community impact. SASA received the Business Awards UK gong for Social Impact of the Year, highlighting everything they do to promote and develop access to the performing arts for young people in the region. The school was praised...
Debate has been raging about the new public benches installed in Market Place opposite Sweaty Betty. Made of recycled materials, the benches were funded by St Albans BID and replaced the old wooden and metal ones which had reached the end of their natural lifespans. But no sooner were the benches in...
A home care provider recognised for her leadership during Covid has welcomed the testimony given at the end of the public inquiry into the pandemic. Camille Leavold MBE, chief executive of Abbots Care, who received the inaugural Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care gold award, praised the testimony that Dr Jane...
Something very special is afoot at the Cathedral, where preparations are being made for the world premiere of The St Albans Mystery Plays this autumn. The presentation in verse is scripted by local playwright Imogen de la Bere and reflects its St Albans setting, which of course is the location of...
Richard Smitheman, a much-loved figurative artist and teacher from St Albans, is facing a recurrence of stage 4 colon cancer, just six months after completing a year-long course of surgery and chemotherapy. Treatment has resumed and is already intense, with 10 rounds of chemo completed and radiation plus major surgery to...
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