Metropolitan Police figures have revealed which south-west London borough recorded the highest and lowest number of criminal offences in July. South-west London, which includes Croydon, Sutton, Merton, Lambeth, Kingston-upon-Thames, Richmond-upon-Thames, and Wandsworth, saw an overall rise in reported crime in July. A total of 14,442 offences were logged in July, up 5 per cent recorded…
Richmond has been named as one of the top five friendliest places in England in a new National Conversation survey. The Scilly Isles, which are located 28 miles off the coast of Cornwall ranked the highest in new analysis of government data looking at social division across all 296 local authorities in England. The National…
Several incidents have taken place in both Bushy and Richmond Parks during the heatwave The Leader of Richmond Council, Cllr. Gareth Roberts has called for the return of the Royal Parks Police following the incident where a deer had to be shot dead after searching for food from a Richmond Park visitor, who was…
Hu Xiaowei, otherwise known as Wu An Ming, the owner of Teddington’s Udney Park Playing Fields Hu Xiaowei, otherwise known as Wu An Ming, the owner of Teddington’s Udney Park Playing Fields, has been arrested in Osaka, Japan, according to a police interview given to Kyodo, Japan’s leading news agency, and shared with OCCRP on…
Swimmers and paddleboarders have been warned today to stay out of the water at the recently designated bathing area near Kingston because of pollution by toxic algae. The Environment Agency has confirmed the presence of potentially toxic blue-green algae in the River Thames in and around Kingston’s Designated Bathing Water. Teddington Bluetits organiser Marlene…
Man seen feeding deer in Richmond Park NOT connected to story below. The man, who was injured in Richmond Park by a stag looking for food, suffered wounds to his chest, we can reveal. He is in his 60’s, say the police. Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 18:23hrs on Saturday, 15…
Top photo show visitors feeding deer in Bushy Park last week. Second photo above shows man in Richmond Park feeding a large stag – both unconnected with incident described below A man was slightly injured by a stag looking for food from his picnic in Richmond Park, it was revealed this afternoon, As…
Warning over fraudsters posing as parking attendants in Richmond borough Police today issued a local alert about a male suspect posing as a parking attendant or member of the public who approaches users of cash machines and tries to get their PIN numbers. The police said:”Please remain vigilant when using parking payment machines or cash…
MESSAGE FROM HAMPTON HUB Chris here. September already! Thanks to the heatwave, the HUB aircon has been cranked to eleven since June. As autumn approaches, let’s hope it can finally stand down. The music? Not a chance. There are return visits from five Hub favourites: The Rollin Stoned, Noasis, The Bohemians, Bootleg Blondie and…
