HE'S BACK!
MSS TO THE RESCUE!
Does the former Iraqi Information Minister have the answer for Richmond?

SPRING BLOOMS
As the days grow longer, thoughts naturally turn to plants, gardens and Richmond Borough in Bloom.

DAVID GARRICK'S YEAR
The local community is planning a celebration year to mark the 250th anniversary of David Garrick's arrival in Hampton.

PARTNERS
IN CRIME BUSTING
Police Community Support Officers and the Retail Radio-Link Network System are a powerful crime-busting combination for a town centre.

TRAIN SAFETY
Richmond GLA member and leader of the local council, Tony Arbour has welcomed 56 Travel Safe officers and mobile patrols, and the promise of CCTV, on SW trains.

GET THE MESSAGE Motorists driving along behind buses across the borough will be getting timely reminders to help reduce vehicle crime.

BETTER WAYS TO SCHOOL
Richmond's schools are being urged to work out travel plans to offer pupils an alternative to the school run by car with mum or dad.

MASTS AND PLANNING
The local MP debates planning confusion over mobile phone masts and sponsors a Bill about keeping a register of applications.

MORE POLICE, LESS CRIME
Eighteen new officers out and about on the borough's streets are making an impact on crime figures.

DERELICTION FOR CAR PARK?
If developers buy North Lane East car park, but the Planning Inspector decides it should remain as car parking, could the area become derelict?

OPENING HOURS CUT
English Heritage is criticised for plans to put restictions on opening hours at historic Marble Hill House beside the Thames at Twickenham.

STAR AND GARTER HOME MAY MOVE
The world-famous home for ex-service men and women proposes moving out of its landmark building on top of Richmond Hill.

CAN YOU HELP?
Police want to hear from anyone with information about a theft from Orbit Electronics in Richmond Road, Twickenham, on Saturday 3 January.

Police need help to identify a man who attacked a motorists waiting in the MacDonald's drive-thru queue at Hanworth.

Two female victims suffer two separate indecent exposure incidents, and police appeal for information.

Police appeal for witnesses to an attack outside the Pitcher and Piano Bar on Richmond riverside on Tuesday 13 January at about 8.30pm, which left a man with serious head injuries.

DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN?

Police want to identify a man who made off with groceries from Iceland in Whitton during early evening of 5 January.

CROSSRAIL CONTINUED
There is plenty of talk and some progress as the debate on concerns over Crossrail continues at all democratic levels.

WISDOM WANTED
The Environment Agency, Thames region, seeks environmentally aware people for its statutory advisory committees.

DO DROP IN
Tony Arbour GLA member and leader of Richmond Council, with Cllr Roger Avins, welcomes all to his advice surgery at St Mary's Parish Hall, Langham Road, Teddington, Friday 27 February from 5pm to 6.30 pm.

 

 

 

HIGH HOPE FOR LOTTERY BID
Orleans House Gallery has put in a bid for £1million of lottery funding to convert the old Coach House and Stables into an education centre.

DON'T RELY ON THE 465
Tony Arbour - local GLA member and Richmond's council leader - has confirmed what passengers know: fewer than two out of five buses on the 465 route through Teddington come on time.

NORTH LANE CAR PARK
SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM RICHMOND COUNCIL
Richmond Council identifies possible new car parking facilities in Teddington Town Centre.

APPEAL FROM TEDDINGTON TRADERS
Teddington's businesses express their concerns about what will happen if the car park goes and ask Richmond Council to think again about selling it off.


MP BACKS COMMUNITY
MP Vincent Cable has declared his support for the people opposing the car park sale and is referring their complaints to the Local Government Ombudsman.


SCRUTINISING SCRUTINY
Teddington people, furious at what they consider a complete failure of Richmond Council's scrutiny process into the sale of one of their town centre car parks, are closely scrutinising the decision themselves.

"COUNCIL LEADER MISLED THE PUBLIC"
Increasingly bitter allegations emerged from the opposition and the public as an overview and scrutiny committee of Richmond Council endorsed a controversial cabinet decision to sell off North Lane car park in Teddington

TESCO WANT CAR PARK KEPT
Tesco has entered the fray over North Lane car park, on the side of the residents and traders who want to stop Richmond Council from selling it for development.

OPPOSITION RALLIES
Teddington residents and traders will put their case against the sale of the North Lane East car park to Richmond's councillors on 10 February.

EMERGENCY MEETING
The Teddington Society has organised a "Save Our Car Park" meeting at 7.30pm on Thursday 5th February in Elleray Hall off Middle Lane - everyone is welcome.

CAR PARK SELL-OFF CALLED-IN
Richmond Cabinet's decision to sell off North Lane East carpark in Teddington will be scrutinised on 10 February.

MP QUESTIONS SALE
Vincent Cable MP has asked Richmond Council if it is expecting to get best value from the sale of North Lane East car park.

BIRD FLU: A LOCAL LINK?
The body of an Army officer's daughter from Strawberry Hill, one of 50m who died in the 1918 flu pandemic, is to be exhumed in efforts to develop a vaccine.

UDP INQUIRY - THE FIRST REPORT
The Planning Inspectorate releases its report on Richmond Council's modifications to Twickenham Riverside in the Unitary Development Plan - and it recommends public toilets.

Richmond Council's leader, Cllr Tony Arbour, comments on the Inspector's report.

The Inspector's report raises doubts about the position of the short term playground area proposed for the site, says opposition spokesman Cllr Martin Elengorn.

And local people have prepared their proofs of evidence for the inquiry into the council's short-term play area scheme for the old baths site, starting on 11 February.

PARKING IN HAMPTON
Have your say as Richmond Council invites comments through is parking consultation exercise in Hampton.

A LOUD CAMPAIGN
The Beat Bowel Cancer Campaign launches Loud Tie week to raise funds and awareness.

KILLER TOMATO RULES!
Two students from Hampton Community College prove themselves on the Robot Wars battlefield with their "Killer Tomato".

CALLED-IN AND REFERRED BACK
The decision taken by Richmond's Transport Consultative Group on safety measures at Waldegrave Road came under scrutiny on 11 February and was referred back.

CALL-IN FOR ROAD SCHEME
The decision taken by Richmond's Transport Consultative Group on safety measures at Waldegrave Road will come under scrutiny on 11 February.

 

NO APPEAL FOR THAMES WATER
The House of Lords has refused Thames Water leave to appeal against a high court ruling that made sewage works subject to environmental protection law.

MORE THAN A BUILDING
The fine council-owned property that is the ETNA centre has a value greater than bricks and mortar, states one local councillor.

QUINS SET TO GROW
Harlequins Rugby Club has announced £8m plans, part of a set of proposals which would raise capacity at their Twickenham Stoop ground to 12,500 spectators.

MP Vincent Cable is shocked at the extent of the "enabling" development of 90 dwellings that Quins say is needed to fund the new facilities.

BUS STOP RETHINK REJECTED
A report on new policies proposed for bus stops was withdrawn at Richmond's Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday 11 February.

ENOUGH AT HEATHROW
No more development at Heathrow until environmental problems can be overcome, says Richmond's Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?
Police want to speak to the male pictured in relation to a shoplifting and assault in Woolworths, Twickenham.

NOISY BAR FINED
Richmond Magistrates found Austin's Bar in Colne Road, Twickenham, guilty of noise nuisance severe enough to affect its neighbours' quality of life.

RICHMOND IS OPEN!
Emergency works to repair a burst 36" water main at the Quadrant in Richmond are complete and the town centre is once again open to traffic.

COLLEGES STAY SEPARATE
The borough's tertiary and adult education colleges will not be merging, it has been announced.

HUNDREDS VISIT POLICE STATION
An open day at Teddington Police Station attracted about 300 local people.

CAR PARKING CONSULTATION IS HERE
The much-awaited consultation on the future of car parking in Teddington is online and open to participation until Friday 20 February.
See Richmond Council's documents
And the Parking Report from the Teddington Society

ICE SKATING SELL OUT
The temporary ice rink at Hampton Court proved hugely popular, but Richmond needs more than a fairground attraction to replace what it once had.

TONGE DROPS A BOMB
Jenny Tonge, who steps down as MP for Richmond Park at the next election, empathises with suicide bombers she describes as driven by desperation - and gets the sack.

FAIR OUTLOOK
The Thames Landscape Strategy has reported a very good year and an exciting future at its tenth anniversasry AGM at Kew Gardens on Tuesday 20 January.

ONCOM SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT
An Online Communities contributor highlights inaccuracies in Richmond Council's communications best value review.

WHAT'S WRONG IN PLANNING
KeeP, a local group that helps residents protect their environment, puts up telling argument to illustrate how the planning system fails local communities.

 

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ABUSERS ARE WARNED
Domestic violence does more than break hearts, and the Met Police are determined to put a stop to it.

COUNCIL TAX UP 5.58% ONLY
Richmond Council has announced an increase in the council tax of only 5.58% for 2004 / 2005 - the smallest increase for five years.

RISE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH
MP Vincent Cable is not so impressed with the "low" council tax rise in Richmond.

CABBAGE PATCH HOURS
Magistrates support Richmond Council's decision to curtail opening hours at the Cabbage Patch pub in Twickenham.

MULTIPLE CHARGES
A 43 year old man from Waldegrave Park in Twickenham has been charged with offences connected to posing as a medical practitioner

CLAIM IT!
Pensioners must claim their pension credit - it is their right, say both bhe borough's MPs.

LOOKING AT THE BATHS SITE AGAIN
The public inquiry into Richmond Council's proposed short-term scheme for the old baths site on Twickenham Riverside, called in by the Secretary of State, continues.

HUNDREDS VISIT POLICE STATION
An open day at Teddington Police Station attracted about 300 local people.

NOISY BAR PENALISED
Richmond Magistrates found Austin's Bar in Colne Road, Twickenham, guilty of noise nuisance severe enough to affect its neighbours' quality of life.

MORE POLICE, LESS CRIME
Eighteen new officers out and about on the borough's streets are making an impact on crime figures.

DRUG RING CRACK-DOWN
A successful crack-down on drug dealers in the borough has resulted in 150 successful detections by local police.

LOST CAT SCAM
Police warn that appealing to potential victims' better nature is a recognised ploy.

PRAISE FOR POLICE FOCUS
MP Vince Cable is pleased with a police campaign to tackle anti-social behaviour in Teddington.