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…
Police are becoming increasingly worried about a 74 year old man that hasn’t been seen since 1:40pm on Friday on Hampton Wick high street. Guiseppe Cavaciuti has Alzeheimer’s and is described as white, 5ft 7, with short brown greying & receding hair with grey moustache and a heavy Italian accent. He was wearing a 3/4…
A shiny new office building on Waldegrave Road (next to the library) is now open and its tenants have moved in. Richmond Housing Partnership (together with Co-Op Homes) is a local housing company and a member of the National Housing Federation as well as being a registered charity. This social landlord group was established in…
From today and throughout January, Christmas trees can be easily recycled free of charge using Richmond Council’s tree collection service. Any trees left out with your normal recycling will be collected and recycled until January 28th – just ensure that all decorations, stands and pots are removed, the pavement isn’t blocked and most importantly that…
Managers of Bushy Park have now agreed to keep one of the main car parks open after an outcry following proposed plans to turn it back into parkland. Those opposed to the plan stated that the success of the new Pheasantry Cafe meant that plans to replace the spaces with other car parks would have…
There’s plenty going on in the area over Christmas and the New Year and also some well deserved breaks for some shops and businesses after Christmas. Retro will be closed on Christmas Eve and open again on the 27th till the 31st with a New Year’s evening celebration menu (£55). Scarpetta will be closed Christmas…
The brief blizzard yesterday left enough snow to create an ice-sheet that caught some drivers unaware – one knocking down a lamppost at the corner of Cromwell Road & Langham Road (via natpryce). Today’s intense and more prolonged snowfall has created a winter wonderland in Bushy Park – sledges are being dragged out for the…
