A need for longer-term accommodation for rough sleepers has been highlighted by St Albans City and District Council. The council met last week to discuss recommendations for the provision of long-term accommodation and appropriate help for rough
More than 400 children from St Albans and Harpenden were given a once in a lifetime opportunity to perform alongside stars of the stage and screen to a packed West End theatre as part of a fundraising show. The children, aged between nine and 16
An exhibition will open at St Albans Cathedral this Friday, launching a programme of events commemorating the centenary of World War One. It will explore the parish’s ten unique war memorials, which are situated in the streets of those who died
The council will make an estimated £280,000 this year by selling their recycled plastic cans, card and paper. The recycled goods collected by St Albans City and District Council is being bundled and sold to Pearce Recycling Company Limited.
Rob Leonard returned to top form with a superb two-shot triumph in the Colchester Golf Club Classic. The Harpenden Common head professional fought off a clutch of players to secure his second Order of Merit success within the PGA in England (East
A St Albans teenager has trekked across Iceland to raise funds for people living in poverty. Tom Murphy, from St Columba’s College, took part in the four-day hike across the Icelandic lava fields in aid of Catholic aid agency CAFOD, raising more
Ferrers Lane in Wheathampstead is now open after an earlier accident. The road was closed after police were called at 8am to the car accident on the B651 between Ferrers Lane and Dyke Lane. A male driver in his 40s was freed from his Smart
Firefighters received a call to a fire in an alleyway in Wheathampstead last night. A crew from Wheathampsted were called at 8.26pm to the fire on Offas Way. Three metres of hedgerow were alight. A hose reel was used to extinguish to the fire
St Albans suffered a five-wicket defeat to Luton Town & Indians in Herts Division One on Saturday. The Saints could only manage a total of 134 all out from their 45 overs. This always looked on the short side and Luton Town chased down the
Firefighters attended two separate incidents in St Albans last night. The first call was to an unattended bonfire on Abbey Mill Lane. Two crews from St Albans were called at 8.47pm and the fire was subsequently extinguished using a hose reel.
Two Bricket Wood houses were ablaze last night after a car fire spread to neighbouring properties. Firefighters were called to Moss Side at 10.36pm following reports that a car caught fire while it was parked on a driveway. The fire spread
UPDATE: Ferrers Lane in Wheathampstead reopens following crash Ferrers Lane is currently closed after a car accident this morning. Emergency services were called to the road in Wheathampstead at 8am after a Smart Roadster had overturned and
A tobacconist shop opened by a World War One survivor will feature an assortment of artefacts from the war to commemorate the 100 year anniversary. After surviving the trenches of World War One, a young Mr Thorn opened a tobacconist shop in Harpenden
