Richmond Council's leader Gareth Roberts has given a video address to residents on Covid-19.
Watch it above or you can read a transcript of his comments below.
Richmond's special police force had a busy day alongside officers from the South Richmond team.
Specials are volunteers who have full police powers.
Residents have until the end of the month to comment on the future of the Stag Brewery, one of Richmond borough's biggest and longest running planning proposals.
The three-part plans from developer Reselton involve building up to 1,250 homes, a cinema, shops, offices and a secondary school on the site in Mortlake.
MP Sarah Olney has written to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan with her objections to the revised planning application for the former Stag Brewery.
Under the revised plans, the developer envisages expanding the development from 813 residential units to 1,250, increasing the square footage of flexible-use space and office space and raising the heights of most buildings, with ten storeys now the highest level.
Full story and reaction as Richmond faces Tier 2 restrictions
By The Editor
15th Oct 2020 | Local News
Today it was confirmed that the whole of London will be moving into Tier 2 lockdown measures at a minute past midnight on Saturday.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said cases in the capital were doubling every ten days and that the seven-day average was 97 new cases per 100,000 people, meaning that action was necessary.
Let's support businesses in Richmond amid the Tier 2 lockdown
By The Editor
15th Oct 2020 | Local News
Local businesses need your help in Richmond now more than ever.
The furlough scheme is coming to an end and Tier 2 lockdown restrictions will be in place from this weekend.
'Tier 2' lockdown restrictions are being enforced across London this weekend.
It means from midnight on Friday people will not be able visit other friends and family in their homes or in other indoor spaces, including pubs and restaurants.
Hammersmith Bridge: Coach over the river for Richmond pupils is rejected
By The Editor
15th Oct 2020 | Local News
Transport for London has rejected the idea of having a coach service that could take school children from Richmond over the Thames while Hammersmith Bridge is closed.
As we reported last month, 178 children in Richmond attend community schools and academies on the other side of the river in Hammersmith and Fulham.
Racist and religious hate crime is on the rise in London, according to data from the Met Police's hate crime dashboard.
In June 2019, there were 1,581 offences related to racist and religious hate crime in the capital.
UP CLOSE WITH: Anthropologist and filmmaker André Singer OBE
By The Editor
14th Oct 2020 | Local News
It may just be that anthropology is making a comeback.
Exhibit a: earlier this year the Royal Anthropological Institute was granted a Royal Charter and with it the ear of authorities in policy matters, increased public recognition and a wider profile for the study of humanity.
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