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• Riverside turbines plans

  A PROPOSAL to feature two new wind turbines on Twickenham Riverside has been made in a bid to help residents conserve energy. read more

• Richmond leads gay 'wedding' demand

  RICHMOND register office will play host to one of the countries first gay 'weddings' under new laws for same-sex union to be implemented next week. On December 21, Don Rainbow and Malcolm Higgs will tie the knot in a civil partnership ceremony at the office in Paradise Road at 8am. read more

• No fears for borough in drink law change

  NIGHTLIFE in Richmond is set for transformation since the new licensing laws came into effect this week but it should not 'change the character of the borough', according to Richmond council's leader. read more

• School's national top five rating

  A Twickenham secondary school has been named as one of the top five in the country without a sixth form while seven of the borough's primary schools have been listed among the top 400. read more

• Work gets underway on £4m revamp for Collis

  WORK is underway on a £4 million expansion project at a Teddington school, which will add 12 classrooms to the site and allow over 600 children to be taught there. read more

• M&S cough up just £100 for the lights

  ONE of Britain's largest clothing and food retailer confirmed its status as the 'Scrooges' of Teddington high street this week by donating a mere £100 to the community Christmas lights fund. read more

• Seeing the light over Sheen Lamps

  LAMPPOSTS which had been placed in the middle of the pavement in East Sheen are to be re-sited within the next week after complaints from local residents and councillors. read more

• New call for rail bridge at Sheen

  FOLLOWING the publication of a blueprint for the future of rail services in the borough, Richmond Park MP Susan Kramer has repeated the call for a new footbridge at North Sheen station. read more

• Concern over future of Barnes Common

  RICHMOND Park's MP has voiced her fears about open spaces in the borough after English Heritage raised concerns about losing the existing original character of Barnes Common. read more

• Disputed Squires sale report a 'whitewash'

  AFTER eight weeks and £11,000, the investigative report into missing papers in the controversial Squires Garden Centre land sale saga found no smoking gun. read more

• 'Council is complacent ' over care claims

  CARERS looking after an 87-year-old Twickenham woman provided consistently poor care and falsified time sheets to pretend they were working when they were not, alleges her niece. read more

• Train track record is worst in south west

  COMMUTERS are being "packed in like sardines" for train journeys from the borough into London, according to Richmond Park's MP. read more

• 'I have a skill that can help someone create life'

  A CAREER change that left a St Margarets mother with needles in her hands is helping to create life. After working in the travel industry and having three children Hilary Haynes decided to retrain in Chinese medicine and is now helping couples with their fertility through acupuncture. read more

• £23m school plan decision due today

  EITHER Teddington School or Whitton School is set for a £23million rebuild, providing the council can meet a series of government conditions and complete the work within three years - a daunting task according to the borough's education chief. read more

• The cake and clock frozen in time

  THE Matthiae Bakery's street clock in Kew Road is stuck at thirty-five minutes past six, yet like the undisturbed cake stands arranged in the window display below it, the frozen clock sort of whispers. read more

• The cakes and clock frozen in time

  THE Matthiae Bakery's street clock in Kew Road is stuck at thirty-five minutes past six, yet like the undisturbed cake stands arranged in the window display below it, the frozen clock sort of whispers. read more

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