The streets of St Albans will become a giant interactive treasure hunt this September, raising money for charity while offering teams a unique take on the city they love. The Great St Albans Challenge is a one-day event where participants race around on foot, tackling challenges, cracking clues and racking up...
Deborah Heath is enchanted by OVO and Pitlochry Festival Theatre's visionary production at this year's Roman Theatre Festival...
Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery in Chequer Street ignited youngsters’ creative minds with a St Albans-inspired pendant design competition, exhibiting entries in their windows for passers-by to admire. The competition encouraged local children to demonstrate their artistic flare while taking inspiration from the city and its surroundings. Illustrations came from far and...
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...
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