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  • NPL features in BBC measurements programme

    Teddington’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) provides one of the major settings for a new BBC television series exploring the history and science of measurement. Precision: The Measure of Things is a three-part series on BBC4 presented by maths

  • Super scout scoops award for selfless efforts

    A 10-year-old boy scout has collected a Len Smith Award for his continual contribution “beyond self” to support his mother and help raise more than £10,000 for charity. Stephan Mendy, from Twickenham, who joined First Twickenham (All Hallow) Scouts

  • Immigration officers storm Hampton and Richmond businesses

    The owners of shops in Richmond and Hampton are facing fines following raids by Home Office Immigration Enforcement officers. Acting on intelligence, officers visited the Best One store in Kew Road, Richmond, at about 11am on Tuesday, June 11,

  • Dismay as Jolly Boatman beats planning deadline by six days

    Gladedale Estates has jumped the final hurdle for the Jolly Boatman site – just six days before planning permission was due to expire. Elmbridge Council refused condition 18, travel plan, in February this year, but the condition was approved following

  • Up, up and away for award-winning science school

    Schoolchildren enjoyed a ride in a hot air balloon to get their science week off the ground. Hampton Hill Junior School pupils watched in awe Robin Batchelor, who taught Richard Branson to fly hot air balloons, inflated the giant Aero balloon in

  • New pavilion completed after fire

    A 158-year-old cricket club celebrated the completion of a new pavilion after its rise from the ashes of its razed original.  overcame one of the toughest seasons in their history by raising funds to replace their Bushy Park clubhouse, destroyed