Taking advantage of a break in the rain, half a dozen members of The Friends of Jersey Lane volunteered their time on Friday to assist in the planting of what will, in time, grow to become a new stretch of native hedgerow. In all, 120 small trees – termed ‘whips’ –...
Playwrights will have the chance to see their scripts performed next year at a two-week long New Writing Festival to be held at the Abbey Theatre in St Albans. Local drama group, The Company of Ten, is putting on the Festival in July 2024 to give emerging writers much needed stage...
Private polling seen by the St Albans Times shows Labour would win the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted, but the party seems to have given up the fight for the seat. In recent communication to its members, Labour called the constituency a “non battleground seat”, as they began to select...
A bid to redevelop the near-derelict buildings at 113-115 London Road has failed to win planning permission at appeal. Not far from the prestigious Gabriel Square development, on the corner of Alma Road, are two abandoned business premises which are slowly falling into wrack and ruin. The former Mumtaj Tandoori at 115...
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...
In December our beloved Odyssey cinema is showing the much awaited, and much hyped, latest blockbuster by the acclaimed film director Ridley Scott. Dr John Morewood, President of St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society, and also Secretary of The Waterloo Association - the UK’s leading organisation dedicated to...
I can’t believe it’s already December and the festive season is in full swing! I’ve been having fun with my “12 Wines of Christmas” campaign on Instagram and making sure Ed and his team at Fleetville Larder get my Christmas cheese order on time. What I love about the larder...
Money received from the producers of blockbuster movie Wonka will be used to improve Verulamium Park. SADC was awarded £41K as part of an agreement to allow filming for the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel in the flagship green space. Of this sum, £25K has been ringfenced for park improvements, together...
Pupils' enthusiasm and love of learning shone through during a recent Ofsted inspection, says the headteacher behind the 'outstanding' Harpenden school. Anna Archer, who has run The Grove Infant and Nursery School for the past 16 years. welcomed the result of the school's first full inspection for 16 years. Three Ofsted inspectors...
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