News in Richmond

UPDATE:We are happy to be able to report that William has now been found in Basildon.

A man with Alzheimer's has gone missing along the Thames in the Richmond area.

Tonight the fourth and final episode in a beautifully-shot documentary series on Kew Gardens will be aired on Channel 5.

The documentary, Kew Gardens: A Year in Bloom, was filmed at Kew Gardens and Wakehurst, Kew's wild botanic garden in Sussex during lockdown in 2020.

The group of Travellers who arrived at Kew Green last Thursday have decided to move on, the council has said.

Richmond Council launched the legal process to move the group last week and the High Court gave it powers to evict them.

One lucky winner scooped our biggest prize ever in the Richmond community Get Lucky Local lottery with a bumper £2000 cash win last Saturday (Draw 29).

Paul Shields from Hampton was over the moon as just two hours after his win his football team, Chelsea, won the Champions League in their match against Manchester City 1-0 to crown a perfect night.

A horse riding centre for disabled people moved from its Teddington home across the river to Petersham yesterday following the landlord's refusal to accept an offer to buy the stables.

Park Lane Stables, which rose to fame during lockdown in its effort to raise a million pounds to remain open, has moved to Manor Farm Stables in Petersham where it will stay until it can find somewhere permanent.

The Department for Transport announced today that it will contribute up to one third of the costs required to reopen Hammersmith Bridge which closed to all users in August 2020.

The funding will be provided as part of a new joint deal between the Department for Transport (DfT), TfL and London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

Richmond council has launched the legal process to move a group of Travellers who moved to Kew Green on Thursday evening, however Traveller's rights campaigners say that simply moving families along is not a long-term solution.

Officers visited Kew Green on Thursday to carry out an assessment and request the 12 caravans and associated vehicles move on, but said they were not willing to leave.

A new green light system at pedestrian crossings has been installed in Richmond as part of TFL's bid to make London the world's most "walkable" city.

Three traffic signals now show a continuous green light for pedestrians as the default, until traffic approaches.

Three Richmond pubs have been mentioned in Londonist's best West London beer gardens guide.

Londonist writer Matt Brown picked out "classy" pub The Marlborough in his list of West London's Best Beer Gardens, while also recommending The Roebuck and The White Cross.

MPs are demanding urgent action to put more police on the streets across Richmond following an alarming rise in violence.

The Richmond Park MP, Sarah Olney, together with Twickenham counterpart, Munira Wilson, and the Lib-Dem leader of Richmond Borough Council, Gareth Roberts, have called for help in a joint letter to the London Mayor, Sadiq Khan.