It was a noble vision. A plan to build the world’s largest butterfly house, featuring 10,000 of the creatures fluttering beneath a 300ft dome, promoting an ecological message while also providing St Albans with a major tourist attraction. But despite the backing of conservationists Sir David Attenborough and David Bellamy, and...
St Albans council is taking a 'serious look' at a new strategy aimed at protecting the nation's precious heritage. The Heritage Alliance, England’s coalition of 200 heritage organisations, has published a new manifesto demonstrating how heritage provides solutions to a range of public policy challenges and setting out a vision for...
Sarah Chambers and Alex Assadian look back over 30 years of Open Door with 30 facts you might not know about the facility. 1. In 1992 Kerry Pollard and a team of local church representatives set up a temporary night shelter in Victoria Street, where Open Door began. So successful was...
A popular back street boozer is set to re-open for trading. Community pub The Hare and Hounds in Sopwell Lane, Cottonmill, has been closed for several weeks following the departure of its most recent tenants. Customers have told the St Albans Times they left following an unsustainable increase in their rent, but...
Pub in the Park returns to St Albans' Verulamium Park for another year on September 8-10, and includes a new feature on each menu - the Chef’s Special, a dish that first inspired our chefs or conjures up a personal memory. Whether reimagining a family favourite or taking inspiration from...
Another deadline has come and gone for the city centre's beleaguered Jubilee Square - the development once known as CCOS (City Centre Opportunity Site) South. Having previously been promised for completion last October, then March, and more recently the end of July, it now seems unlikely to be completed until next...
Modern policing in St Albans is no longer simply about coppers slapping the cuffs on criminals, but has seen a more proactive approach to law enforcement, with the emphasis on protecting vulnerable members of society from becoming victims of crime or embroiled in offending themselves. St Albans Acting Chief Inspector Ady...
Deborah Heath is blown away by a modern take on Chaucer's classic roadtrip stories. Every now and then a show comes along that takes my breath away. 'The Canterbury Improv Tales', brought to us by Make it Beautiful Theatre Company, sent shock waves through the Roman Theatre by mixing comedy, live...
Deborah Heath has much to laugh about at the annual Verulamium Park gagfest...
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