When photographer Tom Campbell his 11-year-old son Arthur and daughter Rosie, six, went on their regular fishing trip to the River Lea near Wheathampstead they had no idea what they’d end up catching...
Proposals to expand the Chilterns National Landscape to incorporate parts of the St Albans district have been pulled by the Government. A National Landscape, formerly an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)’ is a formal designation for an area of land that is of national importance for its natural beauty. National Landscapes...
Life changed forever for the residents of the small village of Wheathampstead following the Declaration of War on Sunday September 3 1939. The headquarters of the Home Guard was set up in the stables at the rectory and lookout posts established around the perimeter, and in the summer of 1940 the...
Representatives from Wheathampstead Parish Council, Wheathampstead Wanderers FC and Herts police joined county High Sheriff Annie Brewster for a special football match commemorating 10 years of the village’s community astroturf pitch. The event took place at Marfield Playing Fields, and saw a challenge clash between local police and the Wanderers. The pitch...
This year’s Harpenden and Wheathampstead Gang Show marked the end of an era, as long-running producer Ewan Murray stepped down after 32 years in the role. The longest-running Gang Show in the world, of its record 75 shows, Ewan has been involved in 48, with this year’s sell-out shows featuring around...
Almost £2,000 was raised at a charity festival in memory of a beloved friend, husband and father who tragically lost his life to cancer the day after his 40th birthday. Luke Harris was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer in December 2017, and passed away during the first Covid lockdown on March...
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden took time out from the dramas of Westminster to enjoy a kickabout in the sun with Parliamentary candidate Nigel Gardner. The Hertsmere MP, who lives in the St Albans district, met with Harpenden and Berkhamsted Tory hopeful Nigel at the all-weather pitch used by the Wheathampstead...
STAHS Children's Book Festival returns to Wheathampstead in June, with a bumper bill of award-winning authors and illustrators. MG Leonard, bestselling author of the Beetle Boy and Twitchers series, leads this year's line-up, backed by her Adventures on Trains series co-author Sam Sedgman, and Manjeet Mann, who won the 2021 Costa...
The Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted have dismissed suggestions that Labour could win the seat in the next General Election. A new poll of 15,000 people by agency Survation on behalf of the Best for Britain campaign group was published in the Sunday...
Sweeping changes to parking regulations across the district – including scrapping free places in Harpenden, Redbourn and elsewhere – are being mooted as part of a major council review. Meanwhile, older residents face losing their senior citizen parking permits, with any renewals now subject to means-testing following a decision at the...
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