News in Richmond

A charity music event in aid of the NHS Workers Foundation is being held THIS WEEKEND at Richmond Athletic Association Ground.

The annual event is to be held on August 22, and is organised by Richmond Crawdaddy Club.

Residents of Richmond upon Thames are invited to have their say on community issues, the future of their high streets and town centres, and share their ideas on local priorities following the pandemic ina series of virtualcommunity engagementevents.

Community Conversation events are run virtually and there are several dates next month to put in your diaries.

Looking for some part-time work or need to pick up some extra hours while the kids are at school?

Brown's Butchers over in Twickenham is searching for some part-time staff members to help in the shop and with deliveries.

A main causeway in Richmond Park will close this week for repair works which will take nearly two months, The Royal Parks have said.

The Pen Ponds Causeway will be closed for works from today until October 4, and authorised works/trade/construction vehicles will be using the closed roads between Sheen Gate, the Royal Ballet School, and Pen Ponds.

A new specialist bereavement charity for people in Richmond will launch next month.

Called space2grieve, the charity has a team of highly trained bereavement specialists who will offer free and confidential bereavement support for adults, children and families in Richmond borough.

Those aged 16 and 17 living in Richmond upon Thames are now able to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at the mass vaccination clinic at the Harlequins Rugby Stadium over in Twickenham.

Since the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) issued new advice that all 16-and 17-year-olds should receive the Pfizer vaccine a few weeks ago, GPs around the borough have been inviting their younger patients in for their jabs.

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 MONTH of performances of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Kew Gardens. Could there be a more perfect setting for this Shakespeare classic?

One of London's few remaining traditional produce fairs will return to Kew Green this year over the August bank holiday weekend with prizes to be won for keen bakers and gardeners alike.

This will be the 76th Kew Horticultural Society Summer Show, which will be held on Kew Green on Saturday August 28.

Train services from Richmond borough to London could be reduced by 2022.

A new consultation by South Western Railway (SWR) shows the company is planning cuts to key commuter train services in Whitton, Hampton, Teddington, St. Margarets, Mortlake and East Sheen.

You'd be hard pressed to find a better setting for A Midsummer Night's Dream than the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew.

As you watch Hermia run off into the forest to elope with Lysander and join fairy queen Titania in the woods, the giant trees of Kew provide the perfect backdrop to the magic – a set already formed.