St Paul’s Church in Fleetville is holding a ‘Repair Fair’ with ‘fixers’ on hand to repair portable electrical appliances and household clothing and fabrics that might otherwise be thrown away. The team will be in action at the Blandford Road church on Saturday October 7th from 2pm to 5pm, offering a...
A charity fundraiser which encourages volunteers to spend a night on cardboard sleeping under the stars is marking its 30th anniversary this November. The St Albans Sleepout started in 1993 under the leadership of Reverend Paul Hackwood, then the St Albans Diocese’s social responsibility officer. The idea behind the event was...
Macular disease affects nearly 1.5 million people in the UK. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common condition, generally affecting people over the age of 55 and affecting more than 700,000 people here in the UK. As you may have seen in recent press coverage, Dame Judi Dench has spoken...
Creating a vision for Market Place and George Street should be an essential legacy of the controversial city centre road closures experiment, even though there is currently no budget for improvements. Prominent local businessman Sean Hughes, who runs The Boot and Dylan’s in the aforementioned streets, is demanding a multi-agency response...
A minor water leak escalated into a full scale incident in the heart of St Albans city centre. There has been a steady trickle of water outside Thompson's restaurant in Hatfield Road for a few weeks, but this evening it transformed into a deluge. The road collapsed and water was seen gushing...
It’s been an amazing week for up and coming St Albans music star Tali Jackson. Not only did she launch her debut single ‘Hottest Rooftop in Town’ at a sell-out gig at The Camden Club, but she had the chance to meet her idol and inspiration Lily Allen - all while...
One of the district’s leading independent brewers has ensured its long-term future after securing a new and expanded premises for the production of its award-winning beers and ales. The team at Farr Brew were shocked to learn they were going to have to vacate their existing site on the Ayot estate...
Thousands of people flocked to St Peter's Street on Sunday for the annual St Albans Food and Drink Feastival. The six-hour street party featured around 100 market stalls offering a vast variety of food and drink products from many local suppliers and hospitality businesses. There was also be a live cookery theatre...
James Cameron visits the St Albans Food and Drink Feastival and tries to sample as many dishes as his stomach can cope with...
Five years ago, SADC took decisive steps to protect key business and office space in the district from being turned into flats and houses. The initiative by the then-Tory administration was prompted by the transformation of numerous business premises into residential homes, and saw portfolio holder for planning, Cllr Mary Maynard,...
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