Richmond Journal

ASSURANCES SOUGHT ON SECURITY
Richmond's London Assembly and Metropolitan Police Authority Member, and local council leader, Tony Arbour, wants assurances on security at Heathrow following the discovery of anti-terrorist plans by the roadside.

CONSULTATIVE GROUP TO CEASE?
Local parents of children with special educational needs (SEN) have been dismayed by a critical report from the Audit Commission and by the prospect of losing the borough's SEN Consultative Group.

MPs MOBILISE ON PUBLIC LOOS
Keep Twickenham Tidy holds a public meeting on the need for public toilets in the town, and 35 MPs, including Vincent Cable, unite to put provision of public toilets on the statutory agenda for local authorities.

The OTHER Richmond Press Office comments on LOOS
See the archive here

TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT
The Mortlake CPZ consultation, the Strawberry Hill parking survey, removal of the Hampton Wick bus lane, and bus stop changes in Marble Hill and Barnes were all on the Transport Consultative Group agenda.

ANOTHER FIRST!
Launching our new VoxPop - innovatory technology giving an independent public platform for all of us to speak out and express our views and opinions.

HERE THEY ARE
Offenders who have been made the subject of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders in the borough - click on the link below or on the special ASBO icon upper right.

START OF NEW THE HOSPITAL
The foundation stone is laid for the new Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton.

PFI CRISIS
As Jarvis plc looks to be struggling to survive and MP Vincent Cable asks about the future of the schools PFI partnership, Richmond Council gives some reassurances.

But who will pick up the bill, asks MP Vincent Cable, who sees more trouble ahead.

COUNCIL'S BALANCE SHEET
Richmond Council publishes its Statement of Accounts for the financial year 2003/04.

NO ROOM AT THE NICK
Cell capacity in the borough is becoming a major problem for police, says MP Vincent Cable.

CONTINUED CARE FOR PATIENTS
At a public meeting at the White House in Hampton, 1700 patients displaced from the Hampton Medical Centre are assured of continued treatment.

NEW GUIDES FOR COUNCILLOR EMAILS
Controversy over some personal views expressed by elected members using their Richmond Council email has led to a firming up of the protocol.

GOOD STANDARDS
The Annual Report to Richmond Council's Standards Committee gives officers' and members' conduct a clean bill of health.

See the committee agenda

HAMPTON RIVERSIDE LIVE!
Another first for the Community Websites - here is the webcam for Hampton's historic riverside.
See the full view

OIL SLICK KILLS WILDLIFE
The Environment Agency removed about 500 litres of what was probably cooking oil from the Duke of Northumberland's River, and they are determined to find the polluter.

NO SCHOOL PLACES
Predictions about a critical shortage of primary school places in St Margarets are proving all too accurate for local parents.

TRIBUTE TO A COUNCILLOR
Cllr Geoffrey Samuel, deputy leader of Richmond Council, pays tribute to his former colleague Anne Woodward, who represented wards in Twickenham and Hampton and who died suddenly on 10 July.

RESTORE IT!
Vote for Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham when it stars on the BBC2 Restoration programme on Sunday 18 July.

THREE OUT OF FIVE TO GO
Tangley Park and Station Road POs in Hampton stay for now, but Priory Road and branches in Fulwell and Hampton Wick will close.

GRAFFITI PARK
Local people can't understand why £80,000 of new playground equipment at Hatherop Park is allowed to be trashed.

MAST PROPOSAL FOR BARNES COMMON
Barnes residents oppose a 25m telecoms mast with street level installations on common land near Rocks Lane, and they have the support of MP Jenny Tonge.

PARKS NEED MORE CARE, SAYS MP
MP Vincent Cable calls on Richmond Council to sort out some supervision to protect parks from vandalism.

FOR A PEACEFUL RIVERSIDE
With the consent from the secretary of state for Richmond Council's short-term scheme at the old Twickenham baths, council and police announce a "Dispersal Area" around the site to keep it clear of trouble-makers.

TWICKENHAM BATHS - A CONSENT
Richmond Council's temporary scheme for the old baths site at Twickenham Riverside has been approved by the Secretary of State.

LARKS IN THE PARKS
A summer programme of laughs in the borough's parks is planned for under tens and their parents and carers.

VISTAS AND FLOOD RISK
Flood alleviation and vistas - the debate has opened on Ham Lands, pulling together plans that the Thames Landscape Strategy and the Environment Agency propose for the area.

DROP-IN SURGERY
Tony Arbour GLA member for Richmond and leader of Richmond Council, accompanied by Cllr Roger Avins, holds his regular advice surgery at 90 York Road, Teddington, on Friday 30th July 2004, between 5pm and 6.30 pm.

YOUNG PEOPLE NEED GOOD MENTORS
You can make a difference to a young person in need of help by joining a youth mentoring scheme in the borough at a special event at York House on 21 July.

INFECTION AT HOSPITALS
Some local hospitals are coping better than others in reducing cases of infection by the MRSA super-bug.

A NEW SORT OF YOUTH CLUB
A group of local young people seek support for an unusual youth centre.

HISTORY CONSERVED
It looks like a secure future at last for the remarkable historic printer's shop in King Street, Richmond.

WATCH THE MOLESEY REGATTA
The Molesey Rowing Regatta can be viewed via our webcams throughout this weekend
See the full view

TYRE WATCH
Illegal dumping of old tyres is becoming wide-spread across the capital and it will not be tolerated, warns the Environment Agency in a new campaign.

CHECK THE ACCOUNTS
Richmond Council publishes its annual Statement of Accounts for 2003/4.

MORE CONTROL ON FIREWORKS
Tony Arbour, Greater London Assembly member and also leader of Richmond Council, has called for greater powers to limit fireworks.

FUN DAY!
Join in the family fun at the Windham Centre, Windham Road, Richmond, on Wednesday 28 July, with the Toy Library for Children with Special Needs.

TREASURE LOCAL NATURE
Speaking at the opening of a new visitor centre in the old Shot Tower in Crane Park, Sir David Attenborough spoke up for the wildness of natural areas.

WILD ABOUT SCHOOL
It's a summer school with a difference for 5-10 year olds in Bushy Park in July, and it's wizard.

NOTHING LEFT, SAY RESIDENTS
Residents living around Mill Farm, Hanworth, are asking why protection for trees, a pond and a natural buffer zone on the site, currently being developed, has failed, and Richmond Council replies.

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