News in Richmond

Below are your tide tables for the Easter weekend in Richmond.

At high tides there will likely be flooding. Yesterday (Wednesday, March 31) the paths on Richmond Riverside and on the other side of the Thames outside Marble Hill became impassable by around 5pm.

A person was injured after being struck by a bottle in Richmond earlier this week.

Police are investigating the incident, which happened on Richmond Riverside on Tuesday evening, as an assault.

A story by the East Sheen Village website team - many thanks!

Rumours have been circulating in East Sheen and this week the news was confirmed that American restaurant Pickle & Rye is moving to a new, bigger location in SW14!

A passenger welcome service is being trialled at Richmond railway station to boost confidence about travelling on the trains.

The SWR Welcome Hosts have a designated area which customers will see as they enter the station.

More than 6,000 people have put their names to two petitions in the wake of the death of Freddie the seal.

Freddie, a habour seal popular with Richmond locals, suffered serious injuries after being attacked near Hammersmith Bridge on Sunday and had to be put down.

A person was taken to a major trauma centre after a collision in Richmond yesterday.

The A316 between Richmond and St Margarets was closed for around five hours from 4.30pm.

A town photographer was horrified this morning when she stumbled upon hundreds if not thousands of items of rubbish left by visitors to Richmond Riverside.

The famous grassy bank overlooking the River Thames was covered with waste after large numbers of people flocked to it yesterday to soak up the 24C sun.

Richmond's edition of Monopoly could be the greenest one yet, the producers of the new board game said.

Winning Moves is making a Richmond upon Thames version which will hit shops and be available to buy online in October.

Sunbathers returned to a sandy spot on the shore of the River Thames this week.

Sun-seekers brought their swimming costumes and a group was seen diving off the boat jetty into the water at Teddington Lock.

Village fetes and local events are the experiences we are most looking forward to when government restrictions are lifted, according to a poll seen by Nub News – something that's always been key to community life across Richmond.

The finding comes in a survey of more than 2,000 consumers for #wecreateexperiences, a campaign being launched today (March 30) by One Industry One Voice, a group representing the UK's events industry. Leading names from music, sports and showbiz are encouraging us to plan to start sharing live experiences again, with the message: Together, we can do this right.