HOSTAGE situations are a controversial subject when a balance needs to be struck between personal circumstances and government policy. Negotiations or giving in to the hostage takers demands could lead to the release of the victim but this would inevitably
A FLASHER who struck at the home of a Teddington woman on Monday was frightened away by her dog. The woman had returned to her Munster Road home on October 4 at 1.45am, and was getting ready for bed when she heard a knock on the front door. She opened
A 19-year-old was found not guilty of failing to stop for police at Richmond Magistrates' Court on Monday. Mark Heard, of Cambridge Road, Teddington, denied the offence which was alleged to have taken place on May 2 in Arundel Close, Hampton. In his
POLICE are appealing for help in solving the mystery of why a builder returned from a night out with appalling facial injuries. The 29-year-old returned to his Twickenham home in the early hours of Sunday morning with two black eyes, severe swelling
A 31-year-old seen speeding on his moped was banned from driving for 20 months after admitting drink driving. David Walker, of Chertsey Court, Mortlake, was arrested on September 20 in Lonsdale Road, Barnes, after police officers saw him travelling at
A BUS driver who drove on duty while over the legal alcohol limit received a hefty community punishment order and a long ban at Richmond Magistrates' Court last week. David Farrell, 42, of Amhurst Gardens in Twickenham, pleaded guilty to the offence
ATTEMPTING to make sense of the senseless, unravelling reasons for unexpected death - life has become all the more precious for the woman responsible for answering the eternal question why?' "It gives you a general awareness to appreciate each day more
SCIENTISTS from Kew Gardens have discovered 50 previously unknown plant and fungus species in the highland forests of western Cameroon. The new species vary from tiny annual mountain pipeworts the size of a thumbnail to huge rainforest canopy trees.
TALK of major planning developments currently in the pipeline causing irreversible damage' on Twickenham, its infrastructure and its community is certainly the stuff of headlines. Whether it bears close scrutiny or not is an altogether different matter
PARENTS who take children out of classes during term time have been warned that they face tough action from the local authority. This comes following reports that although attendance in the borough's schools is improving, Richmond upon Thames Council
IMAGINE that every time you went to your local high street you had to worry about getting through shop doors, fitting in changing rooms, manoeuvring yourself round caf tables, reaching for your drink at the bar, constantly thanking strangers for their
