STAY SAFE ON ICY STREETS
Richmond Council's Safety Education Team has some sound advice on safer driving in icy conditions.

RIVERSIDE HOUSE
Richmond's Cabinet approves terms for the sale of Riverside House, Twickenham, for £1.3m

STATUES AT HAMPTON COURT
The Hampton Society hears from an expert on the statues at Hampton Court Palace on Tuesday 20 January at St Mary's Parish Hall, Hampton

BAG SNATCHES FROM MOPEDS
Women carrying shoulder bags are warned to be aware of a new crime: drive-by bag snatching by youths on mopeds.

BEWARE BOGUS CALLERS
Don't let them in - this is the message from the borough's crime prevention panel, which is urging householders to think before they open the door to unexpected callers.

QUALITY PLAY
Children's playgrounds, from Hampton to Barnes, will be upgraded this spring at a cost of about £350,000.

BOROUGH'S ROAD MAP
Proposals to re-classify main traffic routes through the borough come before Richmond Council's Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 12 January.

HAVE YOUR SAY NOW
Time's running out for the public consultation on road safety improvements at the Waldegrave Road/Shacklegate Lane junction.

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
Richmond Council's leader, Cllr Tony Arbour, sends a New Year message to the community.

And Richmond Council's Leader of the Opposition, Cllr Serge Lourie, also has a New Year communication for the borough's residents.

PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE FOR PUPILS
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School in Whitton is taking no chances with its infant pupils and relocating classes out of line of emissions from mobile phone masts.

RECYCLE YOUR TREE
Doorstep collections for £1 make it simple to recycle that tree and get the New Year off to a good start with a resolution to reduce waste.

 

 

NO TO MIXED MODE
Richmond Council is united against increased flights and an end to alternating runway use at Heathrow.

NAME AND SHAME
Richmond Council has pledged to name and shame traders who persistently sell alcohol to under-18s.

THEATRE REBORN
An illustrated talk on Shakespeare's Globe on 29 January will raise funds for the Mayor's Charities and give an insight into the recreation of this medieval theatre.

UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR ETNA
The local MP has taken up the cause of East Twickenham Neighbourhood Association, which may lose its community centre.

FROM THE LOCAL ACMs
A record of the issues raised by local people at St Margarets & North Twickenham and Twickenham Riverside Area Concultation Meeting is here.

Notes from the South and West Twickenham Area Consultation Meeting, where local people meet their councillors and raise issues of concern, are here.

FLOOD ADVICE
Compared with last January's record-breaking floods, the Thames this year is running smoothly.

BIRD WATCHES
Local and national bird-watching events, for adults and children alike, take place in the Royal Parks.

ROUTES AND DESTINATIONS
Proposals to re-classify, and simplify, main traffic routes through the borough were approved at Richmond Cabinet on 13 January.

PLANNING ON TARGET
Richmond Council processes almost 80% of its planning applications within the government's eight-week target, putting it in the premier league of planning authorities.

TRAVEL SAFE
Train operators and police services put their combined effort into tackling railway thugs with a new team of Travel Safe officers.

APPEAL FOR ROAD RAGE WITNESSES
Police appeal for witnesses following a road rage incident in Percy Road, near the junction with Broad Lane, Hampton, late on Christmas night.

ATTACK IN WHITTON
An elderly man was the victim of grievous bodily harm after a stabbing and rolling pin attack at Gosling Road, Whitton, on December 27, leaving him with head and chest wounds. The medical helicopter was called and a suspect arrested at the scene.

 

 

TRAFFIC AND SAFETY
School safety zones in Marble Hill and Hampton Wick, a 20mph zone for Waldegrave Road, a puffin crossing for Uxbridge Road in Hampton and a controlled parking zone for Kew were all on the agenda for the Transport Consultative Group on 21 January.

CALLING YOUNG DRIVERS
In a bid to instil safer driving habits among young motorists, Richmond Council's Safety Education Team launches a course that includes skid cars, articulated lorries and double-deckers.

NATURAL SKILLS
Richmond BCTV offers the chance to learn skills that will benefit the local ecology, with hedgelaying.

PUPILS' PROGRESS
Richmond's schools are 8th out of the 32 London Boroughs for pupils' results, but only 27th for pupils' progress, says MP.

NO MORE FREE HALF-HOUR
Richmond Council is dropping its free half-hour parking voucher scheme for residents and increasing parking charges in controlled parking zones.

SHARE CAR, CUT TRAFFIC
A new car sharing initiative is launched in Richmond and neighbouring authority areas across south and west London.

DISPOSALS APPROVED
Disposals of council depots in Teddington and Hampton are approved at Richmond's Cabinet meeting.

M25 WIDENING
West London Friends of the Earth has expressed its dismay at the widening of the M25 at Heathrow, where construction work has already started ahead of T5.

RED LETTER DAY
Borders Bookshop in Kingston teams up with Richmond Council for a Red Letter Day - part of a project encouraging the council's looked-after children to enjoy books.

RISK FROM 'SUPERBUG'
Concerns are raised about the high incidence of patients contracting the MSRA "superbug" infection at the West Middlesex Hospital.

MP'S NEW YEAR MESSAGE
MP Vincent Cable sends a message to all his constituents.

HOUSES MAY GO
Two fine Victorian homes on the corner of Holly Bush Lane and Percy Road may be demolished for 12 flats.

THAMES CROSSING MAY SHUT AT NIGHT
There are proposals from the Port of London Authority to gate off Richmond Lock's historic pedestrian footbridge overnight.

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CLEAN UP FOR SCHOOL FIELD
Government has told Richmond Council that it will pick up the £350,000 bill for decontaminating Nelson School Field, which is currently closed to pupils.

END TO HALF-PRICE TAXES
Owners of second homes and empty homes in the borough will have to pay more council tax as discounts are slashed on unlived-in properties.

HANG UP
ON BOGUS CALLS
Borough residents are warned to be wary of bogus telephone canvassers, following a number of suspicious calls to homes in the borough.

PLANNING ON TARGET
Richmond Council processes almost 80% of its planning applications within the government's eight-week target, putting it in the premier league of planning authorities.

NO MORE DRINKING TIME
Twickenham residents object to any extension to the Sorting Room's drinking licence.

RISK FROM 'SUPERBUG'
Concerns are raised about the high incidence of patients contracting the MSRA "superbug" infection at the West Middlesex Hospital.

M25 WIDENING
West London Friends of the Earth has expressed its dismay at the widening of the M25 at Heathrow, where construction work has already started ahead of T5.

TIME CALLED ON PIANO LOUNGE
Local Magistrates have upheld Richmond Council's rejection of later closing times for the Piano Lounge table dancing club in Twickenham.