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PALACE TO
CHARGE FOR GARDENS
Hampton
Court Palace announces plans to charge for some of its finest
gardens for some of the year, with special season-ticket rates
for frequent users.
THE MINISTER
AGREES
In an adjournment debate raised by MP Vincent Cable, the Minister
for the Arts, Estelle Morris, supports Hampton Court Palace's
charges.
LOCAL PEOPLE
OBJECT
The charges and restrictions that would be imposed by Hampton
Court Palace bring dismay to local people.
POLICE
SUPPORT FOR BOROUGH Richmond
has welcomed its first seven Police Community Support Officers
(PCSOs) to support the ward-based community intelligence officers.
HISTORIC HOUSES AT RISK
A
pretty traditional cottage in old Hampton village is just one
of several at risk of demolition in Hampton, Twickenham and Teddington.
PUT A LID
ON IT!
Residents to launch a campaign to get Thames Water to cover the
Mogden Sewage Treatment Plant and put an end to bad smells and
plagues of insects once and for all.
CLOSE LOOK
AT MOGDEN
Richmond Council's Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee
hears from Mogden Operations Manager Andrew de Bell.
BETTER POLICING
A
new model for policing, where local people have a real say in what
they want, is out for consultation.
MUSIC FOR
OLYMPIA
MP
Vincent Cable presents the second concert in memory of his late
wife, Olympia, on November 16.
MATTERS FISCAL
Richmond's
Strategy and Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee reviews
budgets, incomes, grants and investments at its meeting on 4 November.
AUDIT AND
ACCOUNT
Richmond
Council's Audit Sub-Committee presents its internal audit March
to September 2003.
TOP
BRASS SALUTE VOLUNTEERS
The
Mayor of London, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and the
Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority thank volunteers at
Teddington Police Station.
DISABLED
SHUT OUT
Although
it's European Year of the Disabled, wheelchair users in Richmond
are fnding gates and fences make access more and more difficult.
HATHEROP CONSULTATION
RESULTS
Richmond's
Parks department publish a summary of the recent Hatherop Park
consultation in Hampton.
(pdf file 97K)
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
FOR OLDFIELD?
Richmond
Council is looking at the former Oldfield House School in Hampton
as a possible site for a new Roman Catholic secondary school.
HEALTHY EYES
MP
Vincent Cable is backing a new campaign on eye care.
BID FOR COLLIS
SCHOOL
Richmond
Council has submitted a £3.8m bid to transform Collis Primary
School in Teddington into a centre of excellence.
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RICHMOND'S
CIVIC PRIDE
Cllr
Tony Arbour's vision of Civic Pride is defined in a report and
approved by Richmond's Cabinet.
TALK TO THE
COUNCIL
It's
your chance to question your councillors, face to face, about
local issues.
EXTRAS FOR
SHORT-TERM SCHEME
Toilets
may return to Twickenham riverside, and a cafe and riverside terrace
added to Richmond Council's short term scheme for the old baths
site, in a report to Cabinet on November 11.
COUNCIL
AND PEOPLE DEBATE CRANE VALLEY
Richmond's
Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee finds few areas of
agreement with local people.
CRANE
VALLEY
REPORT IS
RELEASED
Richmond
Council has released its long awaited summary of responses to
the Crane Valley UDP Consultation
THE AGENCY
RESPONDS TO FORCE
Local
people are unlikely to be reassured by the Environment Agency's
reply to issues of concern about Richmond Council's salt stockpile
near the river Crane.
And
FORCE in turn responds to that reply from the Environment Agency.
APPEAL DISMISSED
An
application to build a house on land beside 1 Johnson's Drive,
Hampton, was rejected for its impact on the conservation area
and various key views to and from Garrick's Lawn.
THE BLANK
ZONE
Local
people are asking what has happened to the crucial "ZONE"
word on Hampton's 20mph notices through Thames Street - it's been
blanked out.
AREA
CONSULTATION
MEETINGS
Your
chance to question your councillors, face to face, about local
issues.
Kate
Adie, Virginia Ironside, Tobias Hill, Ben Fogle - it's a sparkling
literary line-up for the Book Now! festival across the borough
throughout November, and booking in advance is advised.
MASTS NEAR
SCHOOLS
There
is more dismay about applications for telecom masts close to schools
- this time in Whitton.
ANOTHER
TREE GONE
Teddington
people are dismayed by the felling of a tree on the corner of
the Causeway and Park Road by Richmond Council's contractors.
BUS STOP SAFETY
ROW
Marble
Hill residents are asking searching questions about late changes
to road safety measures along Richmond Road, near Orleans Park
School.
ONE STAR
FOR SOCIAL SERVICES Richmond
Council has been rated as a one-star local authority for its social
services provision under the government's 'no stars to three stars,
poor to excellent' rating system.
IAN BLAIR
KNIGHTED
And
the Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, who
initiated the PCSOs, gets his knighthood from the Queen.
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MASTS AND
HEALTH
Recent
rulings indicate that health implications may be included when
considering planning applications for phone masts.
THE LIGHTS
GO ON
Twickenham
town centre lights up for Christmas on Friday 28 November, and
everyone's invited to the party.
HALT TO HEATHROW?
Reports
that expansion at Heathrow Airport has been put on hold for fear
of air pollution are welcomed by Richmond Council Leader, Cllr
Tony Arbour.
MUDLARKING
Get
your boots on and wade into the water for the river clean-ups
in Twickenham and Richmond.
THE WORST
JOURNEY
John
Beardmore gives a talk on the Russian Arctic Convoys to members
of The Hampton Society on Armistice Day.
The
death has occurred of Kew Councillor Tony Barnett who died on
Saturday at Kingston Hospital.
OBITUARY
>
THE QUIET
"CON"
HACAN
ClearSkies publishes "The Quiet Con", a major report
revealing how aircraft noise is measured and how the system is
flawed.
GREEN CHAIN
WALK
Walk the green chain of the River Crane from the source to the
Thames over the weekend of 15 and 16 November.
CRANE
VALLEY RESPONSES SUMMARISED
A
special session of Richmond's Environment Overview and Scrutiny
Committee, 10 November, examines a report summarising responses
to changes proposed for the Crane Valley.
WATER LEAK
(Cont'd)
Thames
Water's persistent water leak that plagues residents living in
the Oldfield/Percy Road area of Hampton, is back!
FIREWORK SENSE
Firework
safety will be easier to enforce next year with new laws, but
meanwhile, enjoy firework night this year at an organised display.
PROGRESS CONTINUES
The
planning inquiry into Richmond Council's proposals for short-term
development of the old baths at Twickenham Riverside, to be held
in the New Year, won't slow progress, says leader Cllr Tony Arbour.
ALERT OVER
BATHS SITE
The
Twickenham Society Group is concerned about mixed signals from
Richmond Council over Twickenham Riverside.
RIVER
USES NOT FOR POOL SITE Residents
speaking up for Twickenham Riverside at the UDP inquiry were astonished
to find Richmond Council opposed traditional river-related activities
there.
BOROUGH'S
LOSS
Richmond
comes sixth on London's Post Office closure hit-list, according
to a league table drawn up by Post Watch and the London Assembly
Green Party Group.
FIRST YEAR'S
REPORT
SOS!SEN,
the independent helpline for special educational needs, presents
its first annual report on 25 November at St Mary's Church Hall,
Twickenham.
WATER SHORTAGE
IN THAMES CATCHMENT
Thames
Water has been granted two drought permits to take extra water
from the Upper Thames.
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DROP IN
Tony
Arbour GLA member and Richmond's Council Leader, with fellow Cllr
Roger Avins, holds his regular drop-in surgery at Churchill House,
Stanley Road, Teddington, 28 November, 5 - 6.30 pm.
PLANNING
GOES ONLINE
Richmond
Council has put planning applications on the web, dating from
Oct 1st 2003.
THE NEW PLANNING
FRAMEWORK
Government hopes to fast-track its new planning regime, and you
can learn all about it here.
CIVIC PRIDE
FUNDING
Richmond
Council's drive to boost Civic Pride in the borough gathers pace
with a plea to local groups to apply for cash from a "quality-of-life"
fund.
INSIDE
RICHMOND COUNCIL
Richmond
Council holds an open day on Tuesday 25 November to give residents
a chance to find out about the services it provides.
SERIOUS
ISSUES FOR COUNCIL
Local
issues of planning, speed humps, river uses, traffic, the RFU
and community projects were all raised as matters of concern at
the St Margaret's and North Twickenham and Riverside Area Consultation
Meeting.
ENVIRONMENT
UNDER SCRUTINY
Sewage
works and transportation issues are top of Richmond's Environment
Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 5 November.
ELDERLY CARE
IN QUESTION
A
policy shift outlined in a review of day care for the elderly
is greeted with grave reservations by members of Richmond's Social
Care and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
DOWNGRADE
A-ROAD
Local
people are suggesting reclassification for an A-road on the Twickenham/Isleworth
borders, where bridge strengthening work is likely to bring traffic
chaos.
100 YEARS
ON TARGET
Twickenham
Rifle Club celebrated the centenary of the opening of its range
last weekend with a dinner with over 60 members, past and present.
CAUSEWAY
PLANS CRITICISM
The
Teddington Society is calling for a review of Richmond Council's
plans to reconfigure the Causeway/Park Road junction.
FATAL
ACCIDENT
A
45 year old motorcyclist from Sunbury was killed instantly following
a collision with another vehicle at the junction of Hampton Road
with Coleshill Rd, Teddington, on 8 November at 6.10pm.
RIVER BOMB
DRAMA
Police
sealed off Richmond lock and river traffic after the Harbour Master
found what appeared to be a 2nd world war bomb on 10 November,
but which proved to be a dummy when removed by the Police Explosives
Officer.
MEMBERS
PAST
Guest
speaker at the Twickenham Society AGM on 7 November is MP Vincent
Cable, talking about the history of the constituency's MPs.
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