What could be better to liven up the fag end of winter than an hilarious evening’s entertainment from the pen of comedy genius Richard Bean, writer of the smash hit One Man, Two Guvnors? His play To Have and to Hold is the Company of Ten’s February offering and promises to...
There’s never been such a sense of anticipation as that surrounding the city’s new Chicken George restaurant. When the St Albans Times broke the news of the eatery coming to The Maltings Shopping Centre back in November, more than 180,000 people engaged with our social media posts. The now-legendary fried chicken brand...
A close-knit St Albans family has launched a determined crowdfunding campaign in a bid to bring home their beloved dad after months in hospital. Adam Tobias, who turns 54 in May, has lived with multiple sclerosis for most of his adult life, and uses a wheelchair for mobility. Last December he was...
Whether SADC will proceed with long-delayed capital development projects three years after they were placed on hiatus has now been revealed. In 2023, St Albans district council carried out a strategic review of its major development projects in light of difficult economic conditions facing the authority at the time. A report on...
Deborah Heath is riding along on the crest of a wave at the Alban Arena for the annual Scouts and Guides variety event… Once again, I was delighted to be invited to see local thespians from the Guides and Scouts perform in their annual gang show at the Alban Arena. For those...
A 14 year old girl from St Albans is calling on the Government to introduce mandatory mental health first aid training for all staff working in schools across England - and she needs your help. With young people's mental health at a crisis point, Olivia Hurley, a Year 9 pupil at...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: local author Nick Churton, whose new murder mystery The Art Department takes inspiration from his home town of St Albans, including the Cathedral, which is where he first...
A gruelling trek up Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro has been completed by a team of St Albans business leaders raising much-needed funds for local charity Youth Talk. Their five day trek involved seven to 12 hours of walking every day using the Machame Route, with the last day of the ascent a...
Caro Syson, founder of Your Final Matters, helps individuals and families get their later life and end of life admin organised through practical, in-person workshops and one-to-one support...
Fresh concessions offered by the district council in the wake of the ongoing controversy surrounding on-street parking charges in Harpenden do not go far enough, say campaigners. This week, a year after SADC initially imposed the fees, local Liberal Democrats proposed to create approximately 40 one-hour free on-street parking bays in...
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