An investigation is underway after a fox was reportedly hunted illegally by a pack of hounds in the Wheathampstead area. The incident occurred in fields between Sheepcote Lane and Waterend Lane at around 3pm on Tuesday. Enquiries by Herts police's Rural Operational Support Team (ROST) are ongoin and anyone with information which...
This week we take a look at Harpenden highlights, what’s on in Wheathampstead, and Redbourn red-letter days as part of our preview of events taking place across the whole of 2024. Harpenden Gang Show runs from January 9 to January 13, with the 74th event promising to once again wow audiences...
The indications on the doorsteps were reassuringly positive, but did anybody really expect the Harpenden Rural by-election to see one of the biggest swings ever recorded at County Hall? The resignation of Annie Brewster as county councillor earlier this year opened up her former ward for a fight between Liberal Democrat...
Churches across St Albans, Harpenden and the district around will be celebrating the birth of Jesus, the new-born king, in services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Here the St Albans Times publishes a round-up of many of those services, showing the range of celebrations on offer – from midnight Mass...
Posting a Christmas card has not been the same in St Albans over the past six years, thanks to the efforts of a determined group of volunteer knitters. Dozens of pillar boxes across the city and beyond are transformed over the festive season with handmade and uniquely crafted toppers that tell...
The Liberal Democrats have overturned a 1,580 Conservative majority to win the Harpenden Rural seat in yesterday's county council by-election. Alison Wren received 1,474 votes, compared to 766 for the Conservatives, 168 for Labour and 119 for the Greens, taking the seat vacated following the resignation of Conservative Annie Brewster to...
Wheathampstead Business Group celebrated its 20th birthday with a cheese and wine evening in the village. The event, at the Wheathampstead Memorial Hall, was attended by 40 people, and eight members enhanced the hall with colourful displays of their products and services. Current and past members, six previous chairmen and parish councillors...
Remembrance Day parades and services are taking place across the district on Sunday. Mayor Cllr Anthony Rowlands will lead the St Albans event alongside leaders of the major faiths. A parade through the city centre will take place at 10.30am with representatives of the Royal British Legion, air, sea and army cadets,...
It’s far from usual to be working out in a gym where the fixtures and fittings include stained glass windows and wooden rafters instead of mirrors and bars. But that’s exactly what users experience at Wheathampstead’s Chapel Gym, a community-led initiative which recently celebrated its first year of operation from a...
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