Recent issues with groups urban foxes in Teddington have escalated into calls for action on the matter in the local press. A resident of Middle Lane has highlighted how these foxes have been using a den in a council depot building on nearby North Lane and have also been spotted attacking and killing domestic pets.…
Following the recent tragic event that shocked the Teddington community, a fund-raising page has been setup by Alexis’s family to raise money for the charity Depression Alliance. A huge amount of money has already been raised that will help others to avoid suffering with from this illness that affects 1 in 5 people in the…
A selection of the latest and greatest pics from in and around Teddington. Police community support officers performing free bike security marking at Teddington station as part of Operation Lockout. Photo: mattharvey1 a shot of low tide underneath Teddington Footbridge at night. The RNLI team smashed their target to cycle 1199.12 miles and at the…
Next weekend all across the country, fans of libraries will be joining “Save Our Libraries Day”, a day of action designed to bring greater attention to the cuts and closures facing many public libraries due to budget cutbacks. A recent protest hit the headlines around the world when every single book in a Buckinghamshire library…
Park users will have noticed some unexpected visitors in the last couple of days. Upper Lodge car park (previously ear-marked for closure) is currently being occupied by a film unit who are on site to film scenes for the as yet untitled sequel to Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law. Film crews…
Despite many new businesses opening on the high street at the latter half of 2010, this year is already showing us that the tough times aren’t quite over yet after a tough Christmas trading. Closing down sale posters are currently in the window of British Bookshops & Stationers but the store might not actually have…
Following a quiet festive period, even though Teddington volunteer lifeboat crew were on call 27/7 it has proved a busy start to the new year with three shouts. On Thursday 6th January the crew pagers went off at 20:14. There had been a reported sighting of an object attached to a life jacket floating near…
Shoppers and staff in Bentalls shopping centre are still shaken after witnessing the distressing sight of a woman fall to her death from an upper floor just after 2pm on Monday 17th January. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:22pm. Shortly after the tragedy the shopping centre was evacuated as police investigated…
Teddington and Chiswick RNLI lifeboat crew are to cycle 32 hours for 2011 SOS day. The lifeboat crew members will once again take up temporary residence in Kingston’s Bentalls shopping centre to raise funds for the charity’s biggest annual fundraising event – RNLI SOS Day. Last year the teams held a ‘rowathon’ using rowing machines…
To most people living in the suburbs, foxes are a rare sight and the only real problem caused by them is noise disturbance at late nights in winter and summer – these are either mating calls or territorial disputes or cubs battling it out to be top dog (or fox!). Richmond Borough has available information…