This year’s Teddington Lights Up event promises to be one of the biggest and best ever with a festive feast of entertainment including carol singing, dancing, choirs, gift and craft stalls, street food, a lantern parade, an elf hunt with prizes, BBQ’s, a kids’ funfair, Santa’s Grotto……… and plenty of mince pies and bubbles. Local…
Former double gold world medallist Dame Kelly Holmes achieved a personal best when she joined hundreds of other in the Saturday morning 5km Parkrun in Bushy Park, it has been revealed. Her remarkable time was 18 mins 51 secs and she came in 28th out of a total number of runners of 1521. She was…
Natalie at Park Lane Stables in Teddington with Frenchie The founder of Park Lane Stables Natalie O’Rourke MBE has been nominated for the prestigious Sunday Times Grassroots Sportswoman of the Year, Teddington Town can exclusively reveal. Her nomination states: “Now in their 38th year, the awards have led the way in recognising and celebrating the…
Robin has raised funds with Kew Gardens Rotary Club to provide laptops to bombed-out schools in Ukraine Eighty-seven year old Robin, from Teddington sets off on his new mission today Teddington’s 87 year old Robin Jowit returns to war-torn Ukraine today (saturday) on the latest phase of his remarkable one-man humanitarian mission. Travelling alone, he…
The Landmark Arts Centre has announced a significant leadership change as Martin Nicholds, who has served as Chair for the past seven years, steps down. His departure follows one of the most successful events at the Landmark – the annual Beer Festival last weekend, which attracted over 2200 visitors. The Board is pleased to announce…
The popular Lion pub, acquired by a community consortium, has a classy new look and new sign The pub will have a presence at Teddington Lights Up next Thursday and plans to reopen in early December The old look Lion before it closed over two years ago The new-look Lion pub in Wick Road, Teddington,…
HAMPTON has achieved a shock recognition as one of the worst hotspots for burglaries, it was revealed today. TW12, the postcode covering affluent Hampton, where average house prices top £700,000, came in as the third worst hotspot for burglaries, with 38.1 insurance claims linked to burglaries for every 1,000 home insurance quotes provided, according to…
Magnificent setting of ice rink at Hampton Court Palace in front of the restoration work Skaters took to the ice for the first time today on the first day of opening The ice rink is in front the Palace and overlooks the River Thames The skies were blue and bright but the temperature was only…
The shelves are well-stacked for tomorrow’s grand opening of The Pantry in Teddington’s High Street, with a festive welcome for its first local customers when the store opens at 10am tomorrow (friday) Staff were putting finishing touches to the new convenience store later tonight (thursday) which replaces Budgens which occupied the site for over 20…
A gas leak at the top of Teddington’s High Street at the junction of Station Road is causing massive traffic chaos with tailbacks on both sides of the bridge. The regular traffic lights outside the Post Office are out of operation and have been replaced with temporary lights controlling one way traffic from and into…
