News in Teddington

Sir Mo Farah was spotted training in Bushy Park this morning.

The four-time Olympic Gold Medal winner lives in the area and is currently eyeing up a return to the track.

The only drive-in coronavirus test centre in Richmond Borough is set to close at the end of the month.

The centre is located at Twickenham stadium - but the borough's mobile test centre is set to remain in operation.

The Rose Theatre is reopening on the 28th October with its 'Return to the Rose Season'.

This news comes exactly six months on from its enforced closure.

Parents are asked by the Council to remember to social distance and wear face coverings if possible at the school gates, to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

As children and young people have been returning to schools over the past few weeks, Richmond Council has written to all parents and carers to ask them to be considerate of others, including the local community, whilst dropping off or picking up their children.

The annual Oktoberfest event in Germany may be cancelled this year but don't worry - we've got our own right here in Teddington.

The pandemic has meant that the festival in Munich won't take place between late September and early October like it has done for many years.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Covid Marshals were to be introduced to the streets of Britain last week.

The job of these marshals would be to ensure that social distancing is maintained in towns and city centres.

Munira Wilson, MP for Twickenham, has pressed Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on the ongoing problems preventing local residents from accessing Covid-19 tests.

Some are being asked to travel as far as Newquay and Aberdeen to access testing. Others have found that they are only able to access the local Twickenham testing site by pretending they live at an address in Scotland. Home testing kits have not been available for the last week.

Richmond Council are warning residents to be on their guard against a new fraud that promises victims a Council Tax reduction because of the Coronavirus outbreak.

The scam, which has been seen in other parts of London, but not yet in Teddington, uses what appear to be official council letters complete with logos, which direct victims to a fake website that is designed to harvest people's sensitive personal data.

Teddington has a rich history and here at Nub News we love to celebrate it.

Whether it is The Beatles arriving at Teddington Studio, the Monty Python Fish-Slapping sketch or our link with the Yorkshire Ripper we have plenty of history here.

Richmond council will spend £200,000 a year on helping to get the local economy back on its feet.

At this week's Finance, Policy and Resources Committee (September 10), councillors unanimously approved proposals to help at least 125 unemployed residents, 200 businesses, 50 start-ups, and seven local business associations.