News in Teddington

Local independent vinyl shops in Teddington and Twickenham are gearing up for Record Store Day, which falls on Saturday April 23 this year and attracts thousands of collectors and music fans to purchase limited editions of their favourite bands and artistes on ONE DAY ONLY.

There are about 400 special releases only available on this day and early morning queues are expected at both Roan Records in Church Road, Teddington and Eel Pie Records in Church Street, Twickenham with only a limited number of albums available.

LOCAL causes doing good work in Teddington have benefited from a pay-out of thousands of pounds thanks to the generosity of Co-op members.

Three charities based in the area received a combined amount of more than £13,000 from the Co-op's Local Community fund last November (2021).

The punishing cost of childcare is so high that it is outstripping mortgage and rent payments, a local MP has warned.

Parents across the Richmond borough can be paying as much as £1,400 a month for four days of care a week at a nursery.

Extra help is being offered to families caught in the cost of living squeeze that means some will find it difficult, if not impossible, to put food on the table.

Kew Gardens Rotary is supporting the Richmond Foodbank at the Vineyard and has secured match funding from the National Emergencies Trust, which will boost donations.

People are being urged to do an energy meter reading today.

In order to avoid firms assigning some of your current usage to April it is advised to take a reading of your meter today (March 31), the later in the day the better.

One of the companies running an e-scooter trial across Richmond borough is working with academics to create an artificial motor sound that will alert others.

Dott and the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB) are supporting the project being run by acoustic experts at the University of Salford.

Three people have been arrested following a gang fight in the centre of Kingston with one man seen wielding a machete.

The violence occurred in Clarence street yesterday – Tuesday – afternoon and is the second violent gang incident in Kingston in recent days.

The heroes, who carried struggling individuals and communities through the pandemic, have been honoured.

Their work ranged from helping the lonely and isolated to supporting children, putting food on the table and protecting the environment.

An oil spill is threatening the historic Beverley Brook, which flows through Richmond Park and is at the centre of a regeneration project supported by Sir David Attenborough.

Details of the spill, which is thought to have happened upriver on Friday, first emerged when dog workers were warned not to allow their pets into the water over the weekend.

Richmond Council are offering to pay for the training of new life guards in the borough.

Residents can apply to obtain their National Pool Lifeguard Qualification free of charge, normally costing £250-£300.