News in Twickenham

Professor Syed Kamal, a lecturer at St Mary's University in Twickenham, is now Baron Kamal.

The Professor of Politics and International Relations has today (Thursday, February 11) been installed in the House of Lords as a Life Peer.

A new campaign aimed at providing timely, easy to understand and reliable information about Covid-19 and vaccinations is to launch in Richmond– and the council is encouraging local people to take part.

The new Covid-19 Community Information Champions scheme aims to recruit individuals who live or work in the borough and want to help make a difference in their community by ensuring people are kept up to date with the latest information and guidance, including the roll out of the vaccine programme.

A dispute has broken out between Cambridge Park residents and dog walkers over attempts to feed a colony of badgers roaming streets and gardens.

An unknown badger lover has been leaving piles of raw meat, including chicken legs, as well as bread and sausage rolls in the hollow of a tree alongside the road.

Emergency accommodation is being opened up for rough sleepers as Twickenham braces itself for an extremely chilly night.

Temperatures are forecast to drop to -8C overnight into Thursday.

A new vision for culture in Twickenham is being developed - and your views are needed!

The council said: "Now more than ever we recognise the value of arts, parks, sports and libraries in enriching and improving the lives of residents and visitors and the opportunities these services present in supporting us to manage some of the current and future challenges the borough faces.

The Ministry of Defence is inviting buyers to put forward bids for 19th century listed building Kneller Hall.

The building near Twickenham Stadium is currently home to the Royal Military School of Music.

This National Apprenticeship Week, the Met is calling on non-degree-holding Londonersto apply to join as a police constable – while working towards a fully funded degree.

The Police Constable Degree ApprenticeshipProgramme (PCDA), whichformally recognises policing as a profession, will provide new recruits with the knowledge and skillspolice officers demonstrate every day.

A Twickenham craft beer tap room and bottle shop has been crowned a national champion.

Brewery Market in Church Street was victorious in the Drinks Retailing Awards 2021.

Tesco in St Margarets will be shut for the next two weeks.

The Express store closed yesterday (Saturday) at 4pm and will not reopen until Monday, February 22.

A smattering of snow fell over Twickenham this morning as the town heads into a bitterly cold spell.

Temperatures will reach only 2C over the coming week and may plummet to as low as -4C during the night on Wednesday.