Rev Peter Crumpler, associate minister at St Paul’s Church in Fleetville, looks at the power of the written word. Sometimes, something you say or write can have a greater impact than you expected. Last time I wrote for the St Albans Times, I asked whether St Albans and Harpenden were good...
Jez is a man of many talents. Not only does he have the ability to pick out the perfect pair of frames for pretty much every customer who comes into the shop and own the most spectacle related shirts available, he also designs and oversees the production of our own...
The only children’s contact centre in St Albans is pleading for a volunteer administrator to come forward in order to avoid closing. The service, run from a Scout hall on Oysterfields, facilitates non-resident parent and child meet-up sessions on the first and third Saturday of each month. There could be a number...
Villagers are up in arms over the loss of a crucial bus service they relied on for access to key local facilities. The axing of the Centrebus 366 service from Luton to Hatfield via Welwyn Garden City has been keenly felt in Harpenden, Batford and Wheathampstead where many residents relied on...
Officers investigating a stabbing near Oaklands College in St Albans have now charged and remanded a teenager in connection with the incident. A 17-year-old boy from Hatfield was today charged with two counts of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm and for being in possession of cannabis. An incident involving...
Oliver Zissman, co-owner of Leafy in St Albans, explains why he thinks we should be openly discussing the actions of Hamas. The recent events involving Hamas - the terrorist group - and Israel have once again drawn the world's attention to the longstanding and complex Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While international media has...
Forty years ago, in October 1983, the Bishop of St Albans, the Rt Revd John Taylor, welcomed the Revd Donald Lee and Fr Robert Plourde as Free Church and Roman Catholic ecumenical chaplains of St Albans Cathedral. This was then followed by the first of regular services in each of these...
A massive demonstration of parents outside St Albans Museum + Gallery called for improved funding for children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Today’s protest was organised by SEND Reform England, a group set up to fight for more specialist schools and school places, more SEND funding in mainstream schools,...
A teenager has been arrested in connection with the recent knife attack near Oaklands College in St Albans. A fracas involving a group of young people was reported to have kicked off at around 3.40pm on Monday outside Oaklands Stores on Hatfield Road. Local police officers attended the scene, joined by armed...
Homeowners face three weeks of disruption caused by emergency works to repair a collapsed sewer pipe - and must find alternative car parking for the duration. Two houses in London Road - between Cunningham Avenue and Cunningham Hill Road - were suddenly greeted by the sight of waterworks contractors setting up...
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