St Albans School will be extending its co-educational provision across the entire school from Year 7 through to Sixth Form, ending more than a thousand years of boys-only provision across all ages. Both boys and girls will be admitted into the First Form (Year 7) from September 2026. Founded in 948 by...
Tailor to princes and Prime Ministers, Geoffrey Golding has been an inexorable part of the fabric of St Albans for over 60 years, but his fascinating rags-to-riches story has never been told in full. Now in his 80th year, he has worked on a biography of his life with writer...
St Albans MP Daisy Cooper accepted an invitation by home-care provider Abbots Care to join them on the Providers Day of Action recent protest in London. Managing director Camille Leavold, along with Helen Sinden (operations director), Sarah Hurley (care director) and Marie Ostler (finance director) attended this demonstration with the Homecare...
Flamstead residents are in a flap after a spate of attacks from a bird of prey on the loose in their village. Initially it was thought to be a Harris hawk which went missing from Whipsnade Zoo in August 2024 but zoo staff have since confirmed it is not theirs. Roy Lamden,...
Bucking the usual trend of driving rain and/or plummeting temperatures, this year's St Albans Pancake Race was a balmy affair in warm spring sunshine. Teams from businesses across the district competed in the St Peter's Street event, either walking or running races to demonstrate their pan-tastic flipping skills. They included Lumin Wealth,...
The team behind the UK’s leading tulip festivals is bringing its colourful flora to St Albans. Tulleys Tulip Fields will be opening on Saturday April 5 on fields adjacent to Willows Activity Farm, in Coursers Road, near London Colney. More than 500,000 bulbs have been planted ready to blossom with more than...
A detailed planning application is due to be submitted shortly for the building of 95 houses on Green Belt land opposite the BP garage in Watling Street - but the campaign group fighting the development has been gagged by SADC. The outline application was submitted three years ago and eventually gained...
What does it take to become a St Albans Cathedral tour guide? Former lawyer Peter Goodman is undertaking six months of formal training for the role, and invites us to join him on his journey...
A photo taken by a line officer at St Albans City Station has been shortlisted for the national Community Rail Awards photo competition. The picture by Andy Buckley was submitted on behalf of the Friends of St Albans City Station'and titled 'Community + Rail Set in stone'. It shows a community mosaic...
The first full moon of 2025 - the so-called ‘wolf moon’ - coincided with the inaugural event of St Albans Cathedral’s season of lunar-themed events. A yoga class hosted by Ali Parker saw participants build up to the half-moon pose under artist Luke Jerram’s huge Moon installation suspended in the Nave. Yoga...
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