News in Teddington

Morning Teddington, and welcome to today's breakfast briefing for Thursday 2 December.

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The fantastic global success of Ted Lasso, which is filmed in and around Richmond borough, has triggered a massive demand for merchandise.

The comedy about an American college football coach who is hired as the manager of a fictional Premiership club 'AFC Richmond' is the most popular series on the Apple TV+ streaming channel.

Pines and Needles has set up shop as usual in the Diana Fountain car park in Bushy Park to sell Christmas trees.

They will be on sale right up until Christmas Eve and range in size from 3ft high to 12ft high.

Morning Teddington, and welcome to today's breakfast briefing for Wednesday 1 December.

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BOROUGH Council chiefs have confirmed concerns about outbreaks of Covid-19 among children in who are below the age for a vaccination.

Official figures show that the highest number of new cases in Richmond upon Thames involve children in the first year of secondary school or at primary.

A retired Teddington businessman, who is a collector of rare historical marine items, has discovered a rare watercolour painting dating back to 1890 in a regional auction near Newcastle -on Tyne.

Martin Bosher recently gifted a framed print of the painting by George Cochrane Kerr of The HMS Challenger to the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton.

RICHMOND borough's community lottery Get Lucky Local celebrates its FIRST birthday this month and thanks to YOU it's been a fantastic year, despite the challenges of the pandemic.

We have sold over 51,000 tickets during the year and we have signed up SIXTY ONE Good Causes across the borough.

FESTIVE runners dressed up as Santa Claus will be making their way through Teddington's Bushy Park this weekend in a bid to raise money for a local hospice.

The jolly jogging Father Christmases are set to brave the cold on Saturday 5 and Saturday 12 December and will run, jog or walk a 5k course in the Royal Park.

Morning Teddington, and welcome to today's breakfast briefing for Wednesday 29 November.

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EX-ENGLAND football player and author Paul Merson revealed why he loves living in Teddington last night after he took to the stage to switch the town's lights on for the first time ever.

The former Arsenal winger, who recently made a powerful BBC documentary about his 35-year struggle with a gambling addiction, was the star of the evening and hundreds of Teddington people turned out to cheer as he walked onto the stage.