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00:37 > Friday 22nd August 2008

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St Leonards Church
Shock as burial is cancelled as no grave had been dug
16:36 - 20 August 2008

SHOCKED mourners who attended a funeral at a village church discovered just before the service started that there was no final resting place for the deceased as a grave had not been dug. The funeral of 83-year old Marjorie Howells was arranged through the... Full Story »

The damaged gravestone
Cemetery vandals damage family gravestone

16:32 - 20 August 2008

VANDALS have destroyed a cross on the gravestone of a St Albans couple who came to the city more than 80 years ago. Eric Darby, son of Lily and Sidney Thomas Darby, discovered his parents shattered gravestone on Saturday evening while doing voluntary wo... Full Story »

A-level grades challenged

16:31 - 20 August 2008

SIX challenges against grades awarded in one A-level subject have been lodged by St George s School in Harpenden. Head Norman Hoare said this week that they referred to one small subject which he declined to name. But he confirmed that three A-level pap... Full Story »

Tom with the bag containing his passport
Good deed saves holiday for 95-year-old Tom

16:27 - 20 August 2008

FOR 95-year-old Tom Watters it seemed as if his holiday plans were in tatters. Tom who has impaired sight and hearing and who lives near St Albans city centre, was shopping in the market when he lost his bag containing his passport and holiday money, whic... Full Story »

Man with a mission to make friends

14:24 - 20 August 2008

A SOCIABLE Danish actor came to St Albans this week on a mission to make friends. Jakob Engmann from Odense in Denmark was researching the art of friendship for a play to be performed in his home town in October. He said: I want to learn more about how... Full Story »