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  • Call for Community Awards nominations

    St Stephen Parish Council is calling for nominations for its annual Community and Youth Community Awards. The awards are presented in recognition of outstanding contribution to the community and are judged in two categories - the Community Award

  • School's call to arms for 'dementia friendly generation'

    Townsend School has joined Alzheimer’s Society and Public Health England in calling on schools across the region to help create a dementia friendly generation. Twenty students at the Church of England school in High Oaks made a key step towards

  • Roman goddess set to take up residence at Verulamium Museum

    A statue of Fortuna, the Roman goddess of luck, fate and fortune, is being presented to St Albans by Fano in Italy to strengthen links between the twin towns. The six-foot-tall bronze artwork is a replica of the statue of Fortuna that stands in

  • HMS St Albans shows off its fire power

    The firepower of Royal Navy warship HMS St Albans has been tested at a range off the coast of Norway. The Portsmouth-based warship put down 160 rounds of high explosive on to an island range by day and night during training involving the Royal

  • Founding member of the St Albans Review dies

    A popular former employee of the St Albans Review who worked at the paper when it was launched in 1973 has died. Betty Dobbie passed away on February 23 at the age of 87. She is survived by her sons, Colin and John, four grandsons and two great

  • London Colney battle to Cockfosters win

    London Colney edged to a 1-0 home win over Cockfosters in the South Midlands Premier Division on Saturday. The visitors threatened early on and goalkeeper Jack Smith had to make a vital save to keep out a strike from John Cush. Jimmy Hill had

  • Harpenden Town knocked out of Trophy

    Harpenden Town lost 3-2 to White Ensign in the quarter-finals of the Anagram Records Feeder League Trophy on Saturday at Rothamsted Park. Town were left frustrated after spurning the chance to draw level in the 75th minute when a Harry Hunt penalty

  • Harpenden student reaches final of national science challenge

    Bright ideas from a student at Sir John Lawes School in Harpenden have taken her to the finals of the UK’s National Science + Engineering Competition. Jasmine Duffell excelled in the heats of the competition with a project that saw her investigate

  • St Albans wins £3 million Government housing boost

    St Albans City and District Council has been awarded almost £3 million from central government for increasing the number of homes in the district, under the New Homes Bonus scheme. The Member of Parliament for St Albans, Anne Main, has said she