A new tenant will shortly be moving into the former Kiss store in The Maltings Shopping Centre. Aesthetics treatment clinic Thérapie is set to move into the space in the coming weeks, which has been empty since boutique Kiss closed down last year. The company offers services including laser hair and tattoo...
To coincide with International Women’s Day 2026, Harpenden journalist Charlotte Bateman looks at the careers, interests and aspirations of three former STAGS pupils...
A blue plaque has been unveiled in Harpenden to honour the pioneering founder of the Royal Mencap Society and, later local charity Harpenden Mencap. Members of the Harpenden Mencap community attended the unveiling to celebrate the work of Judy Fryd and learn more about the woman whose vision helped create the...
If you grew up during the 1980s the chances are you would have seen Gary Davies hosting seminal episodes of Top of the Pops or heard his familiar tones on Radio 1, part of a cohort of DJs who ruled the airwaves throughout the decade. Now the host of Radio 2’s...
St Albans’ leading youth venue has teamed up with a 19-year-old blood cancer survivor to host a special music event raising funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Gracie Pugh (pictured ) was diagnosed with blood cancer on her 16th birthday. She spent her teenage years in and out of hospitals, enduring...
Crops have been ruined, homes are being put at risk, and a valuable community resource has been transformed into a stinking swamp by flooding. The Cottonmill allotments have been affected by new abstraction limits imposed by the Environment Agency which restrict the amount of water Affinity Water can extract from the...
Fleetville schools have issued a warning to parents not to let their children walk home alone today after rumours of an inter-schools fight in Morrisons car park. Posts on social media have been encouraging young people from different secondary schools to meet outside the store this evening. Schools are divided into "Red"...
A trailblazer in the field of learning disabilities is to be recognised with a national blue plaque at her Harpenden family home. Judy Fryd (1909-2000) founded Mencap to help people with a learning disability live their lives to the full, after teaching her daughter Felicity to read, write and count despite...
Having led the way in St Albans by introducing a ban on smartphones for new Year 7 students starting in September, Sandringham School is proposing taking things even further. The secondary school is consulting with parents on whether to extend the smartphone ban to all Key Stage 3 students (Years 7,...
There's a new leadership team setting the agenda for St Albans District Chamber of Commerce. Susan Glenholme, managing partner of Debenhams Ottaway, has been appointed as the Chamber’s new President. Susan has served as Vice President over the past year and has been a director since 2023, bringing with her a...
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