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  • NHS heroes get their just desserts

    Healthcare workers from Richmond and Hounslow were commended at the community NHS trust’s annual staff excellence awards. The community nominated its health heroes for the awards and more than 200 members of staff from across the two boroughs

  • Mortlake sewage incident lands Thames Water with £1.5k fine

    Thames Water was fined after pumping sewage into a water tanker in Mortlake without the permission of Richmond Council. The company admitted the offence at Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court this month, as well as not providing adequate signs to

  • 'No asbestos link' in death of Sid James contemporary

    A pantomime actor who died of lung cancer associated with exposure to asbestos was found to have no history of contact with the harmful substance, a coroner ruled. George Gibson, otherwise known as Ken Gibson, died of mesothelioma aged 77 on February