St Albans MP Daisy Cooper has joined the ranks of her fellow politicians to pledge her support for a campaign to eradicate maleria once and for all, writes Anna Shreeves. Malaria No More (MNMUK) is the UK’s primary malaria charity and works to highlight the importance of British contributions to the...
Coming face-to-face with a suspected serial poisoner might be the career-defining anecdote which most solicitors would dine out on for years to come, but for Peter Goodman it is just one of many fascinating stories from his time in law. A former President of St Albans Chamber of Commerce and one-time...
Party leaders of all political persuasions have been picking over the results of last week’s district council elections, sometimes reflecting on what might have been, but largely to focus on their plans going forwards in the wake of the Lib Dems’ continued control of SADC.After voters went to the polls...
A trustee of a St Albans mosque who attacked a worshipper following a row over lockdown procedures has evaded a prison sentence. Intaz Ali, 53, of Maynard Avenue, St Albans, was part of a group from the Jamie Masjid and Bangladeshi Mosque in Hatfield Road who attacked the 48-year-old victim on...
Pupils at a St Albans primary are celebrating reaching a national leaderboard of schools making strides to walk or wheel to school. Prae Wood Primary School is one of 10 schools on the WOW Top Ten leaderboard for February 2024. The WOW - walk to school challenge, is run by charity Living...
Some of the legendary names of international cricket will be coming to St Albans to do battle with our homegrown heroes. Old Albanian Cricket Club will be playing the Lashings International Cricket Squad, dubbed ‘The Harlem Globetrotters of cricket’, on June 28. Squad announcements will be popping up in stages over the...
Green Belt campaigners have dismissed suggestions that St Albans faces an onslaught of 64,000 new homes should the Local Plan not be approved. This week in response to calls for an emergency Full Council debate on the planning blueprint:, St Albans Liberal Democrats told the St Albans Times: “The Local Plan...
An innovative scheme at St Albans' newest coffee shop gives customers the chance to "pay it forward" and purchase coffees for those less fortunate. Black Sheep Coffee - on the former BHS site in St Peter's Street - is running a Free Coffee Board to benefit people who might be short...
Work is continuing apace to replace the floor at St Peter’s Church in St Albans city centre. The church closed on July 31 for the start of a major building project to remove the impermeable concrete floor which has been damaging the main structural pillars. Plans call for a new permeable York...
Elena Hogg, founder of local culinary company FOOD by Elena, has an ambitious meal to prepare...
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