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  • Petition launched to keep paedo in prison

    A petition has been launched to demand a man convicted of making hundreds of indecent images of children should serve his full prison sentence. Guy Gibson, 47, of Meadway, Twickenham, was sentenced to a year behind bars after admitting 13 counts

  • Homing in on our 'heroes'

    Doris Stone has volunteered in her community for more than three decades, organising everything from lunch clubs to bingo sessions. But the community-minded 87-year-old said she couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about when she was honoured with

  • Last patients leave Twickenham hospital

    An historic mental health hospital is set to continue to be used for healthcare even though it has shut its doors for the final time. The last patients have moved out of St John’s Hospital, in Twickenham, it was revealed this week, after a

  • Mystery woman leaves £2,000 coat to charity

    The phrase one person’s rubbish is another’s treasure has never been more fitting after a designer coat believed to be worth almost £2,000 was donated to a charity shop. Volunteers at the Fara charity shop, in Richmond Road, East Twickenham