Estate Agent Former Featherstone Leigh estate agent manager Dan Johnson is a casualty of the closure of the Teddington branch but has wasted no time in setting up his own outfit to compete with all the High Street rivals. He had managed the Teddington branch for 20 years and was a familiar figure in…
Hannah, Penny, Lucy (and her puppy Sherlock), JoJo, Vicki, Rosie. Caption: Weekly team practice at the home of TWADL – The Builders Arms, Teddington The global boom in interest in DARTS has officially reached Teddington with the launch of the Teddington Women’s Amateur Darts League (TWADL) with six young women leading the march…
Richmond Council supports the principle of an Overnight Visitor Levy or ‘tourist tax’ as it has become known to help boost the coffers of the council and generate much-needed revenue for local services, Teddington Town has learned. Councillor Gareth Roberts, Leader of Richmond Council said: “We support the principle of an Overnight Visitor Levy, provided it is…
n Trains running through Teddington are disrupted after an incident at Wandsworth Town, British Transport Police have said. A spokesperson said: “Officers were called at around 11.50am today (15 May) to reports of a casualty on the tracks at Wandsworth Town railway station. “Officers responded with paramedics, however sadly a person was pronounced dead at…
Mums with kids visit dance studio next to Fone & Vape shop in Teddington’s High Street today Sneller Commercial negotiated the deal between the new ‘Fone and Vape’ tenants in the High Street and the landlords, it can be revealed. They also revealed that they had urged the landlords Zechariah Charitable Trust to “agree terms’…
Teddington’s regular river swimmers were out in force today to celebrate the official green light for the designated bathing site at Ham and Kingston. The local swimming group, The Bluetits, were all smiles as they took to the water at 7.30am after the government’s confirmation of the 13 new sites – taking the total to…
Thirteen new bathing sites including the first-ever on the River Thames near Teddington have now officially received designated status as the bathing water season begins, it was announced tonight. The new sites take the total to over 460 bathing waters, covering nearly every coastal county in England as well as several more inland swimming…
Facial recognition cameras in Kingston today Heavy police presence on stand-by to arrest wanted criminals Police made one arrest during day long operation in Kingston town centre today At least ten police officers were on hand in Kingston town centre today as the new facial recognition system was in operation to identify suspected criminals. A…
Dr Alex Starling has lived in the borough since 2010. He is the Acting Chair of the Richmond & Twickenham Branch of Reform UK and was a candidate in Heathfield ward in last week’s local elections. Here he provides a personal commentary on the outcome and possible repercussions of last week’s ‘one party’ result for…
Two community engagement events are to be held at England’s rugby HQ in Twickenham to allow residents learn more about fresh plans by the RFU to increase the number of non-sporting events, it has been announced. The RFU says it is trying again to increase the number of concerts held at Twickenham stadium every year…
