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  • Crowds of children gather outside Catholic school debate

    Crowds of children chanted and waved banners both supporting and opposing a proposed new Catholic secondary school as councillors arrived to debate the controversial plans. Parents and pupils from Sacred Heart Primary School, in Teddington, and members

  • Council u-turn over CCTV car blunder

    The council has made a dramatic u-turn over its uncertified CCTV cars blunder and announced it will write to all wrongly-fined drivers and invite them to appeal. Lord True, leader of Richmond Council, said it would spend up to £700,000 contacting motorists

  • Student charged after allegedly throwing coffee jar at cop

    An 18-year-old student accused of throwing a jar of coffee at a police officer in Poundland has been charged with one count of actual bodily harm. Kirahn Boothe, of Uxbridge Road, Hampton, appeared at Richmond Magistrates’ Court on Friday, September

  • Man accused of touching eight-year-old boy in Bushy Park

    A 75-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old boy in Bushy Park has appeared in court. Edward Prior, Fulwell Road, Teddington, is said to have touched the child at Dukes Passage gate on Monday, September 5. He appeared at Richmond

  • Barclays manager jailed for £22,000 fraud

    A former employee of Barclays bank in Twickenham has been jailed for 30 months after stealing more than £22,000 from a 95-year-old’s account. Former branch manager Barry Gillard pleaded guilty to 12 counts of fraud at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday