Police tonight cordoned off an area on the NPL grounds (near LGC/NPL Sports entrance) after a suspect package was found in the area. It didn’t take long before a huge number of emergency vehicles descended on the junction – about half a dozen police cars, ambulances, an incident support unit and also a dog unit…
Cricket fans taking a stroll in Bushy Park on Tuesday might have been surprised to find Sri Lankan cricket star Muttiah Muralitharan on the green at Teddington Cricket Club. Teddington CC haven’t upset the cricketing world by bagging the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket and in One Day Internationals, Muttiah was actually filming for a…
Teddington’s first Charity Celebration Weekend was a great success with residents enjoying free goodies, prizes, garden-seeing, dog competitions and all whilst donating money to worthy local causes. The MelaMela girls would like to say a big thank you to all who joined in their Vintage 40s Tea Party, helping raise money through sale of tea,…
Many Teddington businesses have been featured in the press lately, highlighting the high calibre of local shops, boutiques, eateries and other enterprises that we have in our town. Jo Butler Flowers was featured in this month’s issue of Woman and Home Magazine with Jo’s story of how her business grew from an idea into a…
The now world-famous NPL Water Rocket Challenge will take place this year in at the NPL Sports Club Field on the 20th June at 6pm. This year, more than ever, you can take part yourself – participating in workshops where the organisers will help you create your own monster rockets to fly with the other…
The Springfield Road street party was moved from Sunday to Tuesday as the weather forecast was looking better, but the unfortunately timed rain didn’t do too much to dampen spirits. Mums Sarah Allen and Emma Lawrence organised the second street party where local businesses kindly donated raffle prizes that raised over £300 for local homelessness…
Forming an important part of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant are the Dunkirk Little Ships that will make-up the largest single class of powered boats taking part in the procession of over 1000 boats barges and ships. Arriving from all over Britain, they share a common link in being privately-owned but having assisted in the…
The filming that has been taking place in Teddington since last week is set to continue – mostly focussed on interior shots of The Teddington Arms. Hartswood Films are recording scenes for new BBC1 comedy “Me and Mrs Jones” in the area and the filming at The Teddington Arms means that the pub will remain…
It was a dream come true just to be playing at Wembley but Collis Primary School (representing Brentford) exceeded even this by beating Oldham Athletic on Saturday to become the League 1 Kids Cup winners of 2012! The weather couldn’t have been more glorious on the big day – illuminating the teams on the hallowed…
Above the bustle of Teddington High Street, Clare Occomore and Stephen Mortimer have created a new boutique to compliment their existing nearby salons. Up the stairs of number 57, award-winning Elements of Teddington have expanded their range of services to boutique beauty and holistic therapy. Having only been open eight weeks, the salon’s growing client…
