Pinewood Studios is set to be sold to 30% shareholder Peel Holdings after the board gave its blessing to accept an increased offer last week. The deal was struck after Peel Group, owned by billionaire property developer John Whittaker fought off interest by Mohammed Al-Fayed by raising its bid to £96 million. Former ITV chairman…
With only a week to go, there are plenty of celebrations planned for Teddington to watch and commemorate the big day. Here are the street parties and special events planned by businesses in the area (will be updated over the next week so check back nearer the time). [googlemaps http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=217389138143258665817.0004a13837931d02c4330&ll=51.425651,-0.332336&spn=0.026759,0.04283&z=14&output=embed&w=500&h=500] Even before the big day…
With spring bringing us this hot weather, it’s clearly a time when photographers like being outdoors snapping local sights! Crowd control at the weekly Bushy parkrun. Photo: David Rowe. “Mandarin ducks in Bushy Park. Oddly colourful and not native to the UK, but very photogenic!” Photo: Alan Crossland Flying Cloud Cafe opened last weekend and…
One of Teddington’s many hidden gems is Simply Skin which can be found above New Generation nail bar near Tesco. Owner Sally has just been celebrating being in business in Teddington for five years by having a party on site and giving out cupcakes created by CakesByClaire. To continue the celebrations a birthday promotion over…
On Monday 4 April 2011, Playwam Pre School, Langham Road, Teddington held a Toddle Waddle in the Woodland Gardens, Bushy Park to help raise awareness of Meningitis and funds for the Meningitis Trust. Over 30 children from Playwam, recently awarded an Oustanding Ofsted rating and their parents took part in the sponsored event. The Toddle…
A new cafe is opening this week by the river and is sure to be a hit with those visiting and passing through the area: Flying Cloud Cafe. It will be serving a range of hot and cold drinks, cakes and ice-creams – all from a customised shiny Flying Cloud Airstream caravan. Customers can relax…
At around 12:30pm today police started rushing towards the Pheasantry Cafe in Bushy Park and began evacuating public from the area. A suspected WWII bomb has been found in the grounds and police have also cordoned off roads and surrounding areas to all park users. Chestnut avenue is currently still open at time of press.…
UK Power Networks are to install a new electricity cable underneath the Thames at Hampton Wick to improve the power supply to Hampton. The work will begin next month and last for five months – replacing an existing cable and adding spare capacity for future upgrades. The work will cost the infrastructure company £720,000 and…
The Environment Agency is on the lookout for volunteer lock keepers to work along the River Thames in order to improve services. They wish to have staff presence at all of Thames’ 44 locks along the non-tidal stretch of the river from this summer, including Teddington Lock. Waterways operation manager Andrew Graham: “We want people…
South west London experienced a day of travel chaos today due to several incidents all combining to create issues across the rail and road networks. This morning a 68 year old was struck by a train and killed at Surbiton station. Delays to South West train network following this were compounded by an IT fault…
