There With You This Winter: 9 ways we'll be hit harder in the pocket
As if we haven’t suffered enough, we will be hit in the pocket as nights draw in and the weather plummets. If you want to know how you’ll be skinter this winter, read on.
Former St Albans teacher and friends hit festive lockdown note with catchy collaborative Christmas single
If this doesn’t get you singing, nothing will…
Alternative Christmas gifts from Hertfordshire
From spa days to cookery workshops and animal conservation to helping children in need, here are ideas for gifts that truly give
How the Beckhams’ Christmas decorators can transform your home
The Christmas Decorators, Hertfordshire festive specialists creating winter wonderlands
Happy hedgie news: compassionate St Albans rescue dog saves ‘hog
If you’re sick of coronavirus, parliamentary confusion and the cooling weather, read this.
Electric Umbrella: The Hertfordshire charity changing the perception of learning disability through music
Electric Umbrella is a Hertfordshire-based charity that uses music to enrich and empower the lives of people with learning disabilities
Taking Pictures, Changing Lives: How a Hertfordshire photographer changed thousands of lives
A trip to a Zambian school sparked an idea that has helped tens of thousands of people in need around the world. Here, St Albans photographer Adam Dickens discusses the work of Taking Pictures, Changing Lives
Baby Loss Awareness Week: St Albans mum talks about why it’s important to talk
The annual Baby Loss Awareness Week, now in its 18th year, is an opportunity for bereaved parents, families and friends to commemorate babies’ lives and raise awareness about the impact of such tragedies. St Albans Cathedral is being lit up in pink and blue in solidarity of parents who have been affected by baby loss between October 9-15. Caroline Thain reveals her own experiences of losing babies, and how important it is to talk about the issue.
As St Albans panto legend hits half a century - how much do YOU really know about Bob Golding?
Half a century ago, he burst into the world with a chuckle, as he adjusted his wonky dark-rimmed glasses… Possibly. Robert John Golding – or Bob, as he is better known - turns 50 today (August 15). And to help celebrate the St Albans legend, reporter Caroline Thain came up with 50 things we love about the one and only wonderful actor who truly brings us sunshine. Happy birthday and here’s to the next five decades, Bob Golding. We love you, sir.
Domestic abuse - did Herts police do what was necessary to help victim?
“Broken promises, no compassion and returning me home to my abuser directly led to eight more years of suffering.” As Hertfordshire Constabulary makes changes to how it supports domestic abuse victims, following the suicide of Kellie Sutton, a mum who escaped after 13 years of torment tells us it’s “no thanks to Herts police”.
