• Review of the new Jamie's Italian restaurant in St Albans

  By sazza6019

  Six of us ate in Jamie's Italian today, after waiting for so long for it to open we were not...

            

   

  By debbigg at 11:50 on 02/02/12

  

  Yesterday I was lucky enough to get a preview of the dining experience at Jamie's Italian in St Albans. The restaurant officially opens on 6th February 2012, in the site of the former Bell pub on Chequer Street. This week, the restaurant has opened up its doors for pre-booked sessions, with the aim of the new staff getting up to speed with the menu and service. Jamie's Italian in St Albans is the first restaurant opening in Hertfordshi...

• Will St Albans see snow this week as temperatures dip?

  By debbigg

  In case it snows, here's a useful link from St Albans City and District Council website, which links...

            

   

  By debbigg at 10:50 on 30/01/12

  

  St Albans is going to be hit by a cold spell this week, as the temperatures take a dip and much of the country will experience snowfalls. Although the current forecast from the BBC for the next five days in St Albans doesn't feature any of the white stuff, temperatures are set to fall as low as –4C on Thursday night and will barely creep above freezing point during the day. Inevitably, we are going to suffer some heavy frosts...

• Have you seen missing St Albans man?

  By debbigg

  Alan has been found safe and well at an address in Cumbria, Herts Police are reporting today, 2nd...

            

   

  By debbigg at 15:17 on 01/02/12

  

  Have you seen this man? Alan Van-zyl, 24, was last seen a week ago, on 25th January 2012, around 7.30pm at his home in Richard Stagg Close, St Albans and the police have now launched an appeal for help in tracing him. Alan is described as a white man of approximately 5ft 9ins in height and of a slim build. He has medium length brown hair, and was last seen wearing dark jogging bottoms, a grey fleece and black 'Prince' trainers. ...

• Locals aim to cycle from St Albans to Paris in 24 hours

  By debbigg

  What a blow! Lee Jefferies has had to pull out of the challenge under doctors orders due to an...

            

   

  By debbigg at 10:43 on 12/01/12

  

  A team of locals are setting themselves the challenge of cycling from St Albans Cathedral to Paris' Eiffel Tower, within 24 hours, in a quest to raise money for the charity, Cancer Research. The idea was the brainchild of Dean North, 26 of Portland Street, St Albans, who came up with it whilst watching the Italian cycle race, the Giro d'Italia. Dean has always kept himself fit at the gym but fancied facing more of a fitness goal to...

• St Albans City Station Closed due to Fatality

  By debbigg

  It appears that the person who died at St Albans City Station yesterday morning was a 36 year-old...

            

   

  By debbigg at 11:13 on 12/01/12

  

  St Albans City Train Station has been closed this morning due to a fatality. St Albans and Harpenden Review have reported that about 9.45am this morning a person was hit by a High Speed Train passing through the station. An eye-witness at the station reported nine police cars in attendance, along with an ambulance. It seems that the station was evacuated following the incident and passengers congregated outside the station ticket...

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