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Blue Plaque commemorating life of Duchess of Marlborough

Marlborough Almshouses in Hatfield Road.

Laura Bill

A Blue Plaque celebrating the life of courtier, politician and local landowner Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, will be installed in St Albans later this month.

You can make a sock seagull

Hertfordshire Heritage

A 'must sea' exhibition at St Albans Museum + Gallery for the holidays

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The reburial of Abbot John of Wheathampstead.

Abbot John of Wheathampstead reburied at St Albans Cathedral

Laura Bill

Harry Styles and Emma Corrin star in My Policeman. Here they are pictured in Hitchin's outdoor pool.

Visit Hertfordshire | Special Report

Herts, Camera, Action! Event shines spotlight on filming opportunities

Alan Davies

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Matthew Paris' The Book of St Albans

In digital colour: see The Book of St Albans in all its glory

Matt Adams

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The early morning sun shines down on these tennis fans at Wimbledon on July 3, 1976

Nostalgia | Gallery

A scorching summer: The Heatwave of 1976 in 25 photos

Ben Craske

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Volunteers at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum have been recognised with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.

Heritage

Aircraft museum volunteers receive The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Alan Davies

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IN PICTURES - Crowds took to St Albans to mark day one of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee | Exclusive

IN PICTURES: Crowds out in St Peter's Street to mark Platinum Jubilee

Will Durrant

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Princess Elizabeth daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King and Queen of England) waves from a carriage in 1928

The Queen

17 adorable photos of Queen Elizabeth II before she acceded to the throne

Ben Craske

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The Queen meets guests at a drinks reception

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee | Gallery

Platinum Jubilee: Hertfordshire's royal visits in pictures

Pearce Bates

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The Elizabeth line is open for business after a long delay, with the first passenger trains through central London on May 24

Transport for London | Gallery

The Crossrail connections to Hertfordshire which were never built

Will Durrant

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Princesses Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Margaret playing in the sandpit at St Paul's Walden Bury

Heritage

What's the future Queen doing in a sandpit in Hertfordshire?

Alan Davies

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This painting could be the first confirmed artwork which depicts Elizabeth Steward, Oliver Cromwell's mother

Arts & Culture

Painting could be first 'genuine' portrait of Oliver Cromwell's mother

Will Durrant

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The reopening of St Albans’ historic Clock Tower has been delayed to allow for emergency repairs.

Heritage

Reopening of St Albans' Clock Tower delayed 'for emergency repairs'

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A train makes its way through Smallford station while travelling the Hatfield to St Albans railway l

Heritage

Remembering the lost railway line between Hatfield and St Albans

Dan Mountney

The cremation urn discovered during excavation work in Verulamium Park.

Roman discovery during excavations in Verulamium Park

Laura Bill

Stacey Turner unveils a blue plaque to Dr Nathaniel Cotton alongside Professor Tim Boatswain

Blue Plaque to St Albans mental health pioneer unveiled in city

Laura Bill

Make-up artist Mark Coulier's Oscar, which he won for 'The Iron Lady', and the BAFTA he won for 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'

Film | Video

6 Oscar winners with links to Hertfordshire

Alan Davies

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Edward Burns as Private Reiben, Tom Hanks as Captain Miller, Matt Damon as Private Ryan, Max Martini and Tom Sizemore

Film | Updated

9 Oscar-winning movies filmed in Hertfordshire

Alan Davies

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A crowd of people watching a tug of war match during the opening of a new sports ground at Elstree, 1949.

Heritage

Apply for Historic England's new £25k heritage grants

Alan Davies

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Helen Mirren as Queenie in Fast & Furious 9.

Film | Video

9 movies filmed on location in Hertfordshire to watch this week

Alan Davies

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Filming of Netflix series The Crown at St Albans cathedral.

Film

13 movies and TV series filmed on location in St Albans

Alan Davies

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The de Havilland DH88 Comet racer in action on Saturday. Picture: Neil Jackson

7 things you could do in Hertfordshire in the 90s that you can’t do now

Pearce Bates

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The cannonball from the Second Battle of St Albans.

Long-lost cannonball from Second Battle of St Albans is rediscovered

Matt Adams

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Chicago's has closed its doors for the final time

Nostalgia

5 Hertfordshire nightclubs the county has lost over the years

Pearce Bates

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Tony Robinson in a reconstructed Romano-British village in Tony Robinson’s History of Britain on Channel 5.

Heritage

St Albans features in Tony Robinson's History of Britain on Channel 5

Alan Davies

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St Albans Abbey before restoration. Where the Army Council met.

St Albans and the killing of a king

Dr John Morewood

Undated Handout Photo of Brecon Warehouse Oak Stratex Flooring, £44 square metre, Woodpecker Floorin

5 things to think about before fitting new bathroom flooring

Sam Wylie-Harris

According to legend, the St Albans witch Mother Haggy crossed the River Ver in a kettledrum.

Heritage

Who was the witch of St Albans?

Matt Adams

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