News in Teddington

A community bid for Teddington's Udney Park Playing Fields is due to be submitted early next month, as the expiry date for its protection from commercial bids fast approaches.

Jonathan Dunn, a local resident and leader of the Udney Park Community Fields Trust which is making the bid, told Nub News that his group will be making an offer before 2 August.

Teddington's Landmark Arts Centre has announced that it will be putting on a full programme of events this autumn for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

The community arts centre and sometime TV filming location has had to close or offer only a limited programme over the past 16 months, due to lockdown restrictions.

The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for Teddington this afternoon.

Thunder and lightning can be expected at 5pm and will last for 2 hours, according to the latest forecast

Teddington's MP Munira Wilson has co-signed a letter urging South Western Railway to make masks compulsory on their trains, after speaking out against the easing of social distancing restrictions on 19 July.

Wilson and her fellow south west London Liberal Democrat MPs Sarah Olney and Ed Davey signed the letter on Friday 16 July, four days before so-called 'Freedom Day,' took place.

A popular cobbler is now in a coma after being knocked off his e-scooter on Heath Road in a dramatic accident near Teddington last week.

Anthony Mumford, 53, has run Toes & Knees shoe repair on Church Street in Twickenham for 15 years and is known for his kindness and big heart .

Teddington resident and Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah features alongside St Mary's University in a new BBC documentary which will be broadcast tonight (19 July).

The episode is due to air at 9pm on BBC One and is the third in the three-part series Gold Rush: Our Race to Olympic Glory .

Temperatures in Teddington soared to 31 degrees today after a weekend of sweltering weather which saw many people taking to the river to cool off.

Teddington 'beach' returned as sun-bathers filled the small sandy patch between the two footbridges in the afternoon of Saturday 17 July, with many going for a dip in the Thames.

IN a shocking new photo posted over the weekend, Bushy Park deer can be seen fighting over a plastic bag filled with bread, bashing their antlers together in what one park ranger dubbed 'the bread rut.'

The picture, which has caused outrage online, was taken by volunteer park ranger Cathy Cooper and posted on Saturday July 17.

As of today Monday 19 July, all legal Covid restrictions have been lifted in England.

But what does the arrival of 'Freedom Day' mean for people in Teddington?

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