County council aims to recruit 80 new foster carers
10:10am Thursday 17th May 2012
The county council is aiming to recruit 80 new foster carers this year and is promoting that fact during Foster Care Fortnight, which runs until May 27.
Thu, 17th May 2012
St Albans News
Leading performer to give organ recital at Abbey
9:00am Thursday 17th May 2012
One of the leading performers and writers on French organ music will give a recital at St Albans Cathedral on Saturday, May 26.
I jumped in canal to escape servitude, court told
5:30pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
A man told a jury how he plunged into a canal in his bid to escape from a family of travellers who were holding him at a site near Leighton Buzzard.
Cash for village youth club
5:10pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
A PARISH council has received a cash grant to help set up a new youth club.
Man 'was murdered for his £30,000' court hears
5:01pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
A murder victim was lured to a wood, throttled with a rope and beaten to death with a hammer for the £30,000 his killers believed he kept in a safe, a jury heard today.
St Albans jobless figure falls
4:20pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
THE number of jobseekers in St Albans decreased last month, according to figures released today.
Former police station could be turned into flats
3:40pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
A VILLAGE police station, which was closed last year as part of a cost-cutting measure, could be transformed into flats if plans are approved.
Charity calls for help
2:20pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
A national charity is looking for volunteers to organise a street collection in St Albans.
Talking books service replaced
1:30pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
Politicians have given the go-ahead to a proposal to replace a free service providing visually-impaired residents with talking books with a subscription to a charity library.
Man and woman wanted in connection with stabbing
12:34pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
POLICE are hunting two people in connection with a targeted attack on a man in Marshalswick, who was left with stab wounds to his chest and hand.