News in Richmond

Police revealed an extraordinary list of incidents officers responded to in Richmond's Royal Parks on Saturday.

It was stunning weather in town and huge numbers of people flocked to Richmond and Bushy parks.

A man has been saved from the River Thames, police said.

Richmond Police said shortly before 8pm today: "Ranelagh Drive/ Richmond Lock - a male has been recovered from the water.

Last autumn, 29-year-old private chef Jessie Blanchard was concerned about the short supply of cooking jobs available to her due to the ongoing pandemic.

A few weeks later, she announced the opening of Mangia (derived from the Italian verb 'to eat'), a new handmade pasta kit delivery service that would enable Richmond residents to have professionally cooked pasta ready to eat without fuss.

A dozen and a half drivers were given tickets for illegal parking in Richmond Park.

The clampdown came after a visitor complained that a car park had been created "next to the existing car park" by Kingston Gate.

Kindergarten manager Jutta Hepworth at German School London in Petersham hopes the lockdown might lead UK education leaders to realise that children need another year of free-play before starting primary school.

During the various lockdowns over the past year, I have been busier than ever, ensuring those that do come into our Kindergarten and Pre-school at the German School London get the full experience they need but also looking out for those who are not able to physically attend and giving them as much support as possible.

Ordnance from the Second World War was found this afternoon on East Sheen Common.

Police attended and enforced a cordon. It was lifted just two hours later after specialist officers attended the scene.

Among reports of a mental health crisis brought on by the pandemic, students at schools around South West London have been trained to deliver their own mental health programme. With exam cancellations and school closures, a sense of togetherness and structure pulled from under their feet, students' mental health is facing its own pandemic.

m-LAH is a government-funded talking initiative that helps motivate secondary school students to lead healthier lifestyles. m-LAH is different to other mental health programmes: it is delivered and facilitated by the students themselves. m-LAH has been designed to be simple, so that year 10s and above can easily learn how to become m-LAH facilitators. In just a matter of weeks, students can learn the skills needed to lead m-LAH meetings.

All parkruns across the country will return on June 5.

Organisers announced the resumption of the popular 5km races in a blog post on their website.

We are set for some very high tides in Richmond this weekend and into next week.

Here are the tide tables for the Thames at Richmond Lock.

Richmond Council will not make its staff take the coronavirus vaccine.

The issue was discussed at Wednesday night's Shared Staffing Committee (February 23).