Unprecedented recent events in London and now around the UK have many glued to rolling news trying to keep up-to-date with the situation. Starting in central London, trouble hot-spots spread out from the epicentre and copy-cat incidents have affected areas as far south/west as Croydon and Ealing. Police today advised businesses and offices in nearby…
Permission has been granted to install an interesting sculpture concept in Waldegrave Road, adjacent to the entrance of the new Richmond Housing Partnership offices. Designed by kinetic artist and designer David Watkinson this moving sculpture of sycamore is powered by only slight breezes of wind. The installation of this piece is designed to complement the…
This Wednesday Sweatshop Teddington will be holding a very special runner’s evening where you can meet two huge names in the running world – Mo Farah and his coach Alberto Salazar. Mo is Britain’s male athlete of the year and intends to represent his country in two events at next year’s Olympics – the 5,000m…
Almost 18 months ago Teddington Garden Centre withdrew its planning application to redevelop the site into a mixture of retail, office and residential space. Although the council planning department were interested in the concept, the plans were considered to be too basic to properly form a decision. Architects have now been tasked with preparing a…
School House Lane Orchard has gained recognition as one of the best community-run green spaces in the country. By receiving the Green Flag Community Award, it has been recognised as a high-quality, well-managed and welcoming space, central to the local community. This once-neglected green space has been transformed progressively over the past five years into…
After the May completion date for full Oyster card integration came and went, South West Trains cited issues with Cubic, a third-party supplier of the reader Oyster card-reading chips and software. Last week the Oyster readers appeared on ticket machines at Teddington station but are not yet operational so train users will still have to…
Borough residents have been sent more detailed information about the London-Surrey Cycle Classic race that will take place on Sunday 14th August 2011. 140 world-class international cyclists will be speeding along the 140km long route that will be used during next year’s London Olympics. The Olympic organising committee has been working with Richmond Borough Council,…
Stanley Primary School have defended their National tag rugby championship trophy, winning the competition for a second year in a row and becoming the first school ever to achieve this! They beat London North rivals West Leigh Junior School 4-3 in the finals of the RFU YAZOO Tag 2 Twickenham title, played at Rugby School…
Police have issued a special communication following reports of attempted child abductions in the area. Recently there have been many rumours of attempted abductions and sightings of a suspicious character throughout Richmond Borough including Whitton, Twickenham, Teddington and Hounslow – these are circulating via emails, Twitter and Facebook. The website has been setup that will…
Teddington Tesco will be closing for a week starting on the 25th July 2011. Regular shoppers will be glad to hear that many improvements are on the way including a hot chicken counter, hot pie cabinet, a new bakery section and a new & improved self-service checkout area (see plan below). Most will however be…
