News in Richmond

The Art at Home Pop up Gallery down the road in Twickenham is now open!

Come and meet the artists and see their artwork in a domestic setting in at Lion House.

A new evening art course focussed on wellbeing is coming to Richmond this September.

Collective Arts is a non-profit art-for-wellbeing organisation and the evening course begins on Tuesday 21st September 2021, running 7-8:30pm.

Richmond's new gourmet hot chocolate shop has announced that it will be opening in October this year.

Knoops confirmed to Nub News this week that its opening date is now scheduled for October 18!

Lockdown has been tough for businesses in and around Richmond.

Luckily here at Nub News we are here to help.

Police are appealing for witnesses of a teenager last seen heading towards Barnes Common.

Aaran is described as very tall, with slim build.

It's amazing to see how many Richmond events are going on in the coming weeks and months - how lucky we are to live where we do!

Our top pick for this week is a series of exciting plays coming up in Kew Gardens starting with The Wind in the Willows.

Fancy becoming a firefighter one day, or curious to know more about the life of a firefighter?

Richmond fire station is opening its doors for a non-emergency event in September, as the public is invited for a fun and educational open day.

Thank you for this article on 'How to Pick the perfect bag for cycling' contributed by Catherine Ellis, whose family has gone from serving wine to royalty at the Star and Garter pub in Richmond, to selling cycle bags!

Catherine Ellis, founder of Hill & Ellis cycle bags, has family connections to Richmond - albeit a couple of hundred years back. Her great, great, great, great uncle was Joseph Ellis who owned the Star & Garter Hotel at the top of Richmond Hill from 1822. It is now a fancy apartment complex, but at the time it was a different building entirely and over Joseph's ownership went from a modest inn to a grand hotel.

The council has begun the process of evicting a group of Travellers with 21 caravans who arrived on Kew Green last night, Wednesday August 2.

Council officers visited to carry out a site assessment and requested that they move on, and reported that the group was not willing to leave or complete a welfare assessment.

E-scooter provider TIER is running safety sessions and offering free trial rides this Thursday in Richmond centre to mark the launch of their e-scooters in the borough.

TIER is one of the chosen operators taking part in London's e-scooter trial alongside Dott and Lime. This is currently the only legal way of riding e-scooters in public places in London.