News in Twickenham

Richmond Council has appointed its first White Ribbon Champion who will work to tackle violence against women and girls in the borough.

Councillor Ben Khosa is the Councillor for St Margarets & North Twickenham and was Mayor of Richmond upon Thames from 2018-19. He has lived in Twickenham since 1985.

A Whitton-based not-for-profit has been awarded over £2,000 to help run nature-based creative activities for children and young people through Richmond council's Local Area Fund.

The Wild Mind Project aims to help improve mental health for people aged 13-25 and their parents or carers through combining nature and art therapy.

The regular walk-in clinic at Harlequins Rugby Ground in Twickenham is continuing across this weekend to make it easier for people to receive their first and second doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

Twickenham Stoop is one of 15 centres offering a walk-in service in south west London.

A community Centre in East Twickenham has spent lockdown transforming its outdoor space and has now unveiled a beautiful new sensory garden.

The ETNA (East Twickenham Neighbourhood Association) Community Centre is an inclusive space based on Rosslyn Road, home to lots of events and activities as well as its new sensory garden.

If you're driving to or through Twickenham this Sunday be aware that part of York Street will be closed for engineer works.

Signs are situated at the traffic lights by HSBC and by CTZN brew, and say the works will begin and end this Sunday, July 2021.

The Co-op and parkrun have joined forces to produce an inspirational video welcoming the nation back to the much-loved 5k events this Saturday.

The video was partly filmed along Richmond riverside and features a number of famous names, including Paul Sinton-Hewitt, who organised the first run in Bushy Park in 2004.

A new restaurant is opening up on Twickenham Green, swapping one Italian for another in the old ASK restaurant site.

A new 'Locanda Luna' shop front has been installed at 60/62 The Green, where the ASK signage used to be.

REMINDER that a walk-in clinic will be operating for residents tomorrow, Saturday, July 17 with both Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines available.

The clinic will be at Heathfield Junior School (Cobbett Road, Heathfield, TW2 6EN) from 10am – 6pm.

Richmond's main waste and recycling centre will be closed for "longer than anticipated" due to the extent of damage from a fire at the site last month where 100 tonnes of waste caught fire.

Richmond Council has closed bookings for Townmead Road Re-use and Recycling Centre, the main waste and recycling centre in the borough, as safety inspections carried out at the start of July showed more work was needed to make the site safe.

An incredible group of dancers took Twickenham by storm last weekend with a surprise performance following two over in Richmond centre.

View the video above for a beautiful montage of the three flashmobs and a gallery of images from Twickenham.