A new charity set up to protect a much-loved area of common land north of Harpenden is appealing for public donations to reach its fundraising target this week. The Friends of Kinsbourne Green Common was established in September 2023 to enable the local community to purchase the land from the current...
We’re not going to go down the Blue Monday route. Although we have some great blue frames in store at the moment if they’re your thing. Yellow Tuesday – well, it’s a bit tenuous but seeing as our other title was ‘EYES on another collaboration’ we thought we’d mix things up a...
How can family-run businesses navigate the tax maze and implement financial efficiencies, while also incorporating a robust succession plan? Martin Cotter, Managing Director of Lumin Wealth, shares some tips. With so much time spent on running the business in the day-to-day, family businesses often don’t take a step back and consider...
There’s something quintessentially English about sipping Earl Grey and nibbling on finger sandwiches in the environs of a village tearoom, and the same could also be said about Nigel Gardner. The Conservative Party’s Parliamentary candidate for the newly created constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted has an intrinsic quirkiness and flamboyance about...
One year ago this week, a group of concerned residents held a public meeting to discuss plans by Herts county council to sell 300 acres of valuable Green Belt land south of St Albans to developers proposing to build a huge rail freight terminal. Even though planning permission had been granted...
Just over 10 years since Ofsted inspectors placed Nicholas Breakspear School into special measures, the school has completed a remarkable turnaround to receive an ‘Outstanding’ rating. The inspectors scrutinised the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and sixth form provision at NBS and found all of...
A woman who believes her drink was spiked when she was out on Friday night is urging people to be alert in the city’s pubs and bars. The victim, who we are not identifying, was watching a friend’s band in a local pub when the incident occurred. She explained: “We had a...
As we start the new year, many people set out their new year’s resolutions. Mine is quite simple, and that’s to learn even more about the world of wine. From February, I’ll be committing a year to studying with the aim of obtaining the Wine Scholar’s Guilds Champagne Masters qualification....
St Albans writer Becky Alexander is probably best known as an expert on the local foodie scene, but she is now hoping to break new ground as a novelist, with her first book exploring the dark side of the highly-competitive theatre world. “Two years ago, I went to a literary festival...
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