News in Teddington

The stamp duty holiday means that it is a really good time to buy right now.

But what's on the market? Well Teddington Nub News is here to help.

As we head into the weekend with new restrictions being imposed we could all do with something, eve something small, to lift our spirits.

Luckily Twickenham based photographer Ruth Wadey is on hand.

As you will have heard, the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, announced yesterday that the whole of London will move into the "high alert" or Tier 2 category of coronavirus restrictions as of 00:01 tonight, ie. Saturday 17 October.

Along with other London MPs, I was offered a short briefing call with the Care Minister and officials ahead of the announcement in Parliament yesterday morning. The data we were shown on infection rates and growing hospitalisation rates across the city were stark.

The deer in Bushy Park often steal many of the headlines when it comes to animals in the park.

But the Queen's own swans certainly deserved to be admired.

Local businesses need your help in Teddington now more than ever.

While there is still some elements of financial support from the government with the furlough scheme ending soon they desperately need your help.

Hampton Hill Theatre may not be open to audiences at the moment, but this doesn't mean that theatre club members are 'resting'! TTC has been busy recording the first season of its brand new podcast, Audiotorium! which goes live today.

"The aim of the podcast is to not only keep the local community in touch with their theatre, but to reach out to a wider audience of theatre lovers with interesting interviews and other exciting theatre-related content," says Lottie Walker, Artistic Director for TTC.

The jobs market is tough out there right now but here at Nub News we are here to help.

We have our jobs section linking you up with all the best roles in the area.

We love local businesses at Nub News and we want to help yours out.

That's why we have our local list feature where we can feature your business.

Thirty new affordable homes and a new nursery building will be built in Teddington on a former Council owned site, following approval from the Planning Committee.

Last week (7 October), the Planning Committee agreed to the demolition of existing buildings on the site to be replaced with 30 homes in total (6 x1 bedroom, 17 x 2 bedroom & 7 x 3 bedroom properties); the creation of a new nursery building for the existing nursery service, provision of 36 parking spaces; and environmental improvements including landscaping, communal amenity space and secure cycle storage.

Munira Wilson, MP for Twickenham and Teddington, questioned the Prime Minister on the actions the Government are taking to resolve a technical glitch in the Test and Trace system that is leading to an inflated number of Covid-19 cases registered in Richmond-upon-Thames.

Many university students who have tested positive for Covid-19 are having their testing data registered at their home address rather than their university address. This technical glitch is estimated to have affected about a quarter of new cases in Richmond-upon-Thames.