News in Richmond

ARSONISTS have caused thousands of pounds of damage after setting alight motorbikes on the street.

The attacks risk turning the motorbikes, which are effectively petrol tanks on wheels, into fire bombs, posing a huge threat to people and passing vehicles.

Brindisa Kitchens, the renowned group of Spanish restaurants, is looking for a team of staff for its new outlet on the riverside near Richmond Bridge.

The company, which has five tapas restaurants and one kitchen bar, will be opening its biggest tapas site in the building that was previously occupied by Jackson + Rye.

Actor Sally Phillips has paid tribute to the success of local charity Skylarks as a 'wonderful family, which provides a supportive community for children with special needs.

She has personal experience of the issue and is Patron of the charity, which has been named as a winner of a Community Organisation Award at the prestigious National Diversity Awards.

A cycling campaigner has triggered a row after posting a video of a car involved in an apparent near miss with a woman pushing a baby buggy through Richmond Park.

Watch the video here.

A man from South London has waited over seven hours for petrol amid the fuel crisis.

It comes after days of long queues at the pumps, after fears of disruption to the fuel supply sparked panic buying.

MP Munira Wilson has spoken of her shock and anger over the failure to prosecute a teen girl gang over an appalling attack on a defenceless 12-year-old girl.

The vicious attack, which left the youngster injured and traumatised, was filmed and posted on Instagram.

A team from Twickenham Film Studios brought their own special skills to the new – and long awaited – Bond film starring Daniel Craig.

The studios, which is seeing a renaissance, has a team of sound experts who lead the world when it comes to creating a winning formula for a cinema blockbuster.

John Lewis, Lidl and other firms are calling on South Western Railway to reconsider 'drastic' cuts to services.

The rail operator is planning to make permanent reductions to services through St Margarets, Whitton, Hampton, Teddington, Mortlake and East Sheen.

A mother has spoken of her anger and sorrow after it emerged that a girl gang involved in a vicious attack on her 12-year-old daughter will not be prosecuted.

The attack, which was videoed and posted on Instagram, caused outrage at the time with parents in Twickenham complaining it was one of a series of incidents.

Oktoberfest

Watch out for people in lederhosen and other traditional German garb, who are a little the worse for wear, attending Oktoberfest at the Richmond Athletic Ground.