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  • Rail delays after bus strikes North Sheen level crossing

    Rail passengers can expect delays this afternoon after a bus hit the level crossing at North Sheen. Debris has been cleared but rail passengers face changes to timetables after the accident this afternoon, June 10. South West Train services

  • Letter to the Editor: Six months of Sundays wrecked

    I sympathise with the correspondent who has had endless weekend nights of rail track repairs. Here on Twickenham riverside we have had six months of Sundays wrecked by pavement-cutting and the deafening whine and whirr of angle-grinders.  According

  • Memorial bench at Kew was destroyed

    Some years ago, when my mother died, our family paid a not inconsiderable sum to Kew Gardens for a memorial bench to be placed by the lakeside to commemorate her life. In the first couple of years, we visited often and had no difficulty in finding

  • Time to end the violence

    As William Hague convenes ministers from around the world at the global summit to end sexual violence in conflict, women in South Sudan are being tied up and raped. Women in war zones are particularly vulnerable to abuse and violence - but the

  • MATRIX#2 at The Landmark Midsummer Arts Fair

    The Landmark Midsummer Art Fair in Teddington is now a well-established venue for contemporary artists and makers. But perhaps less well known is the opportunity afforded to emerging artists to exhibit as part of The Landmark Launchpad. This year

  • Find out what happened When Peggy met Ella

    After a run of sell-out West End shows, an internationally accomplished jazz duo will celebrate two musical icons in an evening filled with classic jazz tunes. Singers Sarah Moule and Shireen Francis bring their upbeat show When Peggy Met Ella