Teddington School students celebrated achieving the school’s best ever GCSE results this year. 78% of the students achieved 5 A*-C grades including English and Maths. 57 achieved 8 or more GCSEs at A or A*. 16 students achieved all A* grades in their examinations! In all 40% of all grades were at A* or A…
Rumours that Côte Brasserie are moving to Teddington have not been greatly exaggerated – the popular “authentic classic brasserie” chain will be taking over the Royal Oak site – a new lease was signed on Monday and the last day open will be this Thursday 21st so if you’re a regular, be sure to give them a…
Events across the country have been planned to commemorate the centenary of World War I and some are taking place closer to home in Richmond Borough. On Sunday, Sea Cadets, Royal British Legion and RNLI Teddington helped commemorate the occasion at a St Mary with St Alban Church service that included music, poetry and reflections…
Broad Street was closed today by police, leading to backed up traffic and bus routes on diversion. Road users and pedestrians found just after lunchtime that an area had been cordoned off with police tape around Cavan Bakery after a man climbed two stories up the scaffolding on this building. Photo: Jesse Webster The man…
Teddington was awash with blue lights and sirens at around 7:30pm tonight. One of London Met Police helicopters was seen circling an area near The Park Hotel and posted online that it was assisting local officers. Teddington area. Assisted to search for suspects on rooftops. @MPSRichmond — NPAS London (@NPASLondon) July 10, 2014 The Causeway…
The outgoing Mayor always threw herself into the role and travelled in style! At this year’s Chestnut Sunday Parade in Bushy Park she delighted crowds by arriving on the back of a Harley Davidson. After a record-breaking £60,000 raised for charities (double the usual amount), Councillor Meena Bond handed over her robes and chain of…
As the World Cup opening match between Brazil and Croatia, lights flickering during the game was the first ominous sign that something might be wrong. Shortly after, power was lost to large swathes of the area – leading many to assume that it was related to a surge in electricity caused by the football tournament.…
Today the world honoured those that fought 70 years ago during the allied D-Day landings in Normandy, but did you know how Bushy Park played an important part in the invasion plans? In 1942 construction began on Camp Griffiss, a 60 acre site created on requisitioned land in Bushy Park to house the Eighth Air…
After last year’s unanimous decision to refuse Sainsbury’s planning permission to operate from the Calligaris site, Sainsbury’s expressed their disappointment with the ruling and within a few months had officially lodged an appeal. After a nine month campaign against the plans, campaigners responded in kind by re-iterating the volume of opposition and how unlikely an…
On Sunday 1st of June, Totally Locally Teddington will be hosting our own local version of the football World Cup! The tournament will see 16 5-a-side teams, each from local businesses battle it out at Teddington Cricket Club in Bushy Park to be crowned champions. Teams playing in the tournament (group matches kick-off at 1pm)…