News in Twickenham

A fire broke out at Clapham Junction earlier today and there are now rail replacement busses between the station and Twickenham.

Staff on the scene said the delays may continue until tomorrow morning.

A piece by Shona Lyons of the Church Street of Twickenham Facebook page.

This week has seen the arrival of the need for all of Church Street's restaurants, cafes, pubs and bars to have a pavement licence in order to continue serving Al Fresco meals and drinks. Apparently this brilliant piece of new legislation was brought into effect in July 2020 and was created in order to enable these kind of establishments to continue their businesses on al fresco basis during the pandemic. We all found about this just last Friday, as previously everyone had held 3 year "Al Fresco" licences tailor made I think by LBRuT just for Church Street (But I could be wrong).

The skies above Twickenham will remain quiet today as Heathrow will ground flights for sections of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral.

All air traffic movement will be completely grounded for approximately six minutes at 3pm, when there will be a national one-minute silence.

A damning BBC documentary has claimed tonnes of raw sewage is being dumped into the Thames.

Panorama's The River Pollution Scandal focused on a number of water companies across the country who it said were illegally dumping untreated sewage into rivers.

The sun is set to shine over Twickenham this weekend and people have been asked to do their bit to keep it clean and tidy.

Residents and visitors who see a full bin can scan the QR code on the bin and report it to the council. Alternatively, log it via the council website.

Only 30 per cent of London's local authority-collected waste is recycled or composted, according to official figures.

This is the worst rate in all of England and in the borough of Hounslow the rate is only 31%, in Kingston 49% and in Richmond 42%.

Twickenham's mortgage specialists Greenacre Financial Services have welcomed the news that key high street lenders said they will offer mortgages on a government-backed 5% deposit scheme.

In a boost for homebuyers, banks including Lloyds, NatWest, Santander, Barclays and HSBC UK, as well as Virgin Money, all signed up.

A Twickenham wine expert is teaming up with the the Mayor of Richmond for a wine tasting masterclass from the comfort of your home.

Mayor Cllr Geoff Acton invites residents to attend his wine tasting evening on Friday, April 30.

Bus strikes continue today across south and west London after talks ended without agreement yesterday.

Bus routes affected in Twickenham are: 33, 110, 281, 681, H22, and N33.

A Twickenham café opened up its outdoor area to more than just regulars this week, welcoming an ex-professional footballer in for coffee.

Soccer Saturday Pundit and former professional footballer Paul Merson popped in to SNAX on Church Street and even managed to get behind the barista machine to froth some milk.