More than three decades since St Albans last had any semblance of a Local Plan and the final hurdles are in sight for this latest interation following approval by Government inspectors. The Lib Dem Plan took three years to prepare and allows for the building of 15,000 new homes in the...
A St Albans School sixth former has written and starred in his own original play at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, receiving rave reviews from critics. Kai Yilmaz-Porter, an A level drama student at St Albans School, wrote Make Me Good Again, a new play exploring family life, identity and neurodiversity. He...
A St Albans dad of two has secured the title of World Hovercraft Champion following his decisive victory at the weekend. Nick Drew, 49, won the F50 class at the 2026 Hovercraft World Championship held at Whittlebury Park, Buckinghamshire. Former Beaumont School pupil Nick, who was born and raised in St Albans,...
With a week to go before St Albans’ planned Sound Bites festival was due to take place, many potential punters are still out of pocket. The new festival was launched in the wake of Tom Kerridge’s popular Pub in the Park (pictured), which hosted its final event in Verulamium Park last...
Following the closure of high-end brunch venue Marmalade on Holywell Hill, there are plans to reinvent the premises as a traditional English caff. After brunch and burgers diner HATCH relocated from Holywell Hill to a new home in Christopher Place Shopping Centre, its former home was given a new lease of...
Worzel Gummidge’s distant relatives were out on display for the 22nd annual Flamstead Scarecrow Festival last weekend, with villagers exhibiting a wealth of creations to raise funds for the ancient Grade I listed parish church of St Leonard’s, which has stood at the heart of Flamstead for almost 900 years. Scarecrows...
Volunteers from the Friends of Verulamium Park have begun clearing vegetation from the Roman wall, the most prominent surviving remains of the Roman town of Verulamium. Last week, 20 members cleared roughly 50 metres of the wall's 300 metre main stretch. The work is painstaking: moss is stroked away with gloved fingers...
St Albans personal trainer Ricky Houghton is believed to have become the first person to run the full circumference of Hertfordshire after completing the extraordinary 175-mile Herts 360 challenge. Former Samuel Ryder Academy student Ricky, 29, set off from St Albans Cathedral at 7am on Friday, embarking on a gruelling journey...
St Albans tennis prodigy Oliver Tarvet’s stock continues to rise as he claimed his biggest singles title to date at the Lexus Roehampton Challenger in south-west London. The former Marlborough Science Academy student became just the third British player to qualify for Wimbledon Championships in back-to-back years in the Open Era...
Caroline Thain reflects on the headline acts of St Albans’ musical past, and finds out what they’re up to today...
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