News in Teddington

A Hampton schoolboy has won a national competition to find the UK's 'green voices of the future' and will get the chance to make a speech at this year's COP26 event in Glasgow.

Guillaume, a first-year pupil at the private Hampton Boys School, is one of 4 winners of a competition run by the National Grid to write a speech on how to achieve a more environmentally friendly world.

Schoolchildren in Richmond borough will be holding their own 'mock COP26 conference' today.

Secondary school pupils will represent different nations and viewpoints "to highlight the political complexity of the climate crisis," at the mini COP26 event.

Morning Teddington, and welcome to today's breakfast briefing for Wednesday 3 November.

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Bushy Park's pedestrian gates will be locked every night from Sunday to Thursday over the next 6 weeks as the November deer cull begins.

The Teddington park's gates are usually open 24 hours but will shut at 10.30pm on Sunday and weekday nights, excluding Friday and Saturday.

A SUSPECTED fire at Teddington Boots on Broad Street has now been revealed to be a false alarm and the shop is open for business again.

Firefighters were called to the pharmacy at 8.40am following reports of smoke coming from the building.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a suspected fire at Teddington Boots on Broad Street this morning.

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A young academic who lives near Teddington will be co-hosting an event at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow this week.

Twickenham resident Nikita Patel, who grew up in the area and went to Chase Bridge school, is due to speak at a COP26 youth panel on Thursday from 5-6pm.

THE LOCAL charities and celebrities appearing at this year's Teddington Lights Up have been revealed, as have the heroic sponsors whose support means this year's event can go ahead.

Former Arsenal footballer Paul Merson, who lives in Teddington, will be switching on the lights along with Santa and the Deputy Mayor.

SPECTACULAR fireworks lit up skies over Teddington last night as the Lensbury Club put on its ever-popular annual fireworks display.

Last year's event was sadly cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic, but in 2021 the Lensbury were back with a bang.

A poignant new artwork commemorating fallen soldiers and victims of war across the globe will be installed at Hampton Court Palace next month.

100 specially commissioned silhouettes of soldiers, including 25 representing the Indian soldiers who camped in Home Park after the first world war, will arrive at the Palace on November 3.