News in Richmond

An ethical bedding business based in Richmond has won a national award from the Soil Association for its organic bedsheets.

Sleep Organic based in Parkshot House on Kew Road won Soil Association's Best Of Organic Market (BOOM) Awards for Best of Organic Fashion & Textiles Brands - Fashion Brands.

Today Richmond and the rest of England has moved to Step 4 of the Government's roadmap out of lockdown, with most legal restrictions removed in what is being dubbed 'Freedom Day'.

The Government is still urging people to remain cautious despite its lifting of most restrictions including social distancing, working from home, and wearing masks in restaurants and on public transport – although in London this is still compulsory.

A free minibus service will return to Richmond Park on Wednesday July 21 to help visitors access places like the beautiful Isabella Plantation more easily.

The service will run every Wednesday between July 21 and October 27 2021.

Rubbish lorries were unable to collect garden waste from 93 roads in Richmond borough today following to too many staff absences due to Covid.

Missed collections will be made within the next two days.

The actor who plays AFC Richmond manager Ted Lasso in the popular TV series has joined the growing number of people across football offering their backing to England's Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka.

Jason Sudeikis turned up to the premiere of the second series of Ted Lasso, which features fictional Premier League team AFC Richmond, in a shirt carrying the England players' names.

The number of people 'pinged' by the Covid-19 app across Richmond borough has more than doubled in two weeks against the background of a sharp rise in infections.

Some 2,253 people were contacted through the NHS Test & Trace app in the week ending July 7, which requires them to go into home quarantine.

One of the best things about getting off at Richmond train station for the first time is the friendly volunteer-run kiosk that greets you with all the information you need to explore the area. It's not a service you get at many tube or overground stations.

To many locals rushing in and out we may forget the service that's on offer in there, but even the most seasoned Richmonder might just find out something they didn't know.

THE Mayor of Richmond, Cllr Geoff Acton, will host a special afternoon tea party at Kew Gardens next month.

The tea party will be on August 5 and all funds raised will aid this year's Mayor's charities, Habitats & Heritage and Dose of Nature.

Hammersmith Bridge will reopen to cyclists, pedestrians and river traffic from this Saturday, 17 July 2021, eleven months after its was closed.

The bridge was closed completely in August 2020, including to river traffic, after Hammersmith and Fulham Council engineers found worsening cracks in the structure after a period of severe heat waves.

A man from Wandsworth has been charged after being arrested in Richmond Park for driving after smoking cannabis.

He was arrested back in March after a roadside drug test came back positive in Richmond Park.