Additional car club parking spaces have appeared in Teddington that enable users to get ‘cheaper, greener, fairer travel’. Car clubs offer privately owned ‘pool cars’ can can be booked by members at late notice (an hour before use) and be used for short trips or longer journeys of several days – proving to be cheaper…
NPL is investigating whether their new ultrasound technology can more successfully diagnose breast cancers better than current methods. The new ultrasonic detector was developed by NPL and could improve diagnosis of breast cancers. Currently 1 out of 10 cancers in the under 35s age group currently go undetected and early detection is crucial to patients…
Teddington RFC Juniors have soundly beaten Bristol Imperial 41-5 at the semi-finals today and will now play in the national final of the RFU Vase at Twickenham. Teddington RFC Mini and Junior rugby clubs moved back to Bushy Park at the end of 2009 after seven years at Imber Court – the Bushy Park clubs…
The Environment Agency plans to turn the energy created at Teddington Weir into green power has attracted interest from a local group based in Ham – they are submitting their plans this week along with other companies that will all vie for the rights to run the project. The “Ham Hydro Project” aims to provide…
The skies around Heathrow have slowly but surely returned to business as usual – good news for those still stranded abroad. A strange new phenomenon took hold of the nation – plane spotting! After a break of almost a week, residents are for the time-being at least acutely aware of low flying planes passing over…
Teddington Rugby Football Club Juniors have successfully battled their way through to the semi-finals of the National Cup and are now tantalisingly close to playing in the final at Twickenham on the 15th of May. The semi-final will take place in Bushy Park on Saturday 1st of May at 3pm – a whole host of…
“Forget Me Not Walks” charity will be holding one of their colourful walks from Teddington Lock on Sunday 2nd May. The 10k walk will take the participants on a picturesque route along the riverside path past Ham House, through historic Richmond and the Old Deer Park of Richmond Palace, along the riverside at Kew Gardens…
Details of strange occurrences at Teddington Studios are listed here on www.ghostdatabase.co.uk. After Auction World set up at the studios in 2001, staff experienced many strange and unexplained events including orbs of light, whispering voices, doors jamming for minutes at a time. One particular event included all studio doors jamming shut for two minutes during…
Lots of correspondence has been exchanged since local residents started to voice their concerns over the new fences at Teddington and the protests are showing no signs of letting up. The Teddington Society has officially written to South West Trains and Network Rail asking for full clarification of the circumstances and reasoning for the new…
The union that represents specialists at NPL is to hold a vote on industrial action after being told by owners Serco that there would be a “pay pause” instead of pay rises. The laboratories have already gone through 24 job losses this year – Vince Cable brought this matter in a debate at Westminster to…
