A final bid to halt the decision to close a dementia day care centre was mounted today. Councillors, who have been campaigning with residents against the decision to shut Tangley Hall, have used their democratic powers to call an extraordinary
“An outstanding opportunity to showcase Richmond as a ‘must see’ part of London.” That was how council leader Lord True hailed the news the borough will be a key player in the opening weekend of the 2012 Olympic games. The games committee
Vince Cable is odds-on favourite to be the next Government minister to leave the Cabinet, according to an online betting exchange. The Business Secretary was yesterday 3:1 on to quit after Lord Oakeshott left the frontbench over Chancellor George Osborne's
Vince Cable has hit back at claims he was a hypocrite to support an NHS “privatisation” bill after campaigning to save Kingston Hospital. Union Unite, which represents health service workers, said the Health and Social Care Bill would “snuff out” MPs
Wealthy benefactors living near Hampton Court Palace could be the historic landmark’s only hope of fighting off a proposed hotel development opposite, campaigners said. Architect Keith Garner, who lost a High Court bid to block the controversial plans
A love of movies and a passion for the golden days of Hollywood has led to an Oscar nomination for filmmaker Bobby Webster. Mr Webster, 32, has been based between Brooklyn and Gilpin Road, East Sheen, for the past 10 years making independent
Campaigners turned their noses up to protest against plans to improve the appearance of a two-storey concrete podium. Protesters wearing pig masks and waving placards bearing the words “A pig in lipstick is still a pig” gathered at Save our
