Fast-growing St Albans artist announces set at sold-out Reading Festival

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        August 20, 2026

Fast-growing St Albans artist announces set at sold-out Reading Festival

Good Morning St Albans — 2026-08-20

St Albans rapper, Nori, has announced a performance at Reading Festival 2026.
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Fast-growing St Albans artist announces set at sold-out Reading Festival
• St Albans rapper, Nori, has announced a performance at Reading Festival 2026.
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International tuition brand targets new centre in Harpenden
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St Albans & Harpenden Review - News · Local news · yesterday
Herts PCC calls for 'paedophile's dream' children's toy to be pulled from shelves
• Hertfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has called for children's toy Butt Face Chester Cheeks, described as a "paedophile's dream", to be pulled from shelves.
St Albans & Harpenden Review - News · Local news · yesterday
'Like something out of a film' - manager's fear as blaze engulfed warehouse next-door
• The manager of a padel club in Ventura Park, Colney Street, has recounted his terrifying ordeal as a warehouse was engulfed in flames just next-door.
St Albans Times · Local news · yesterday
New chapter for The Horn as takeover completes of iconic St Albans music venue
• A fresh chapter has begun for one of the UK’s best-known grassroots music venues with a new team at the helm of The Horn.
• Luke Hinton, Shane Smith and Abbie Whitrow will be taking the venue forward, combining a long-standing connection to The Horn with years of experience in live music, venue.
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On 4 December 1154 Nicholas Breakspear, born around 1100 at Bedmond near St Albans, was elected Pope Adrian IV, the only Englishman ever to hold the papacy.
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