Monthly Archives: February 2025

A Thousand Blows

You may remember visiting Stag Brewery Studios in 2023 while the TV Series ‘A Thousand Blows’ was being made. The first instalment will be shown on Disney+ on 21 February 2025. See here for the trailer: A Thousand Blows official trailer … Continue reading

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Mortlake with East Sheen Society

Advance Notice MESS AGM will be held on Monday 24 March 2025 at All Saints Church.

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Housing Development in Richmond

The largest housing development in Richmond is at the Mortlake Brewery site. A decision on the planning applications is due next month. But there are (or were) two other developments close by, which also involve housing.. There are firm reports … Continue reading

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Transport Police Local

Sarah Olney MP for Richmond Park has written to pass on a response received from TfL after she enquired whether there were plans to make cuts to our Transport Police: ‘It is disappointing to hear that inaccurate information is being … Continue reading

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The Secret Policeman’s Ball *

It was reported here earlier in the week that a decision was expected about the future of the Parks Police on Friday. See https://childlawobserver10.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1854&action=edit That did not happen. But yet again the extreme financial pressure under which the Metropolitan Police … Continue reading

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Richmond upon Thames Schools: Balancing the Intake

The Government has recently announced plans in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to introduce new duties for schools and local authorities to co-operate with each other regarding admissions and for schools to co-operate with local authorities regarding placement planning. … Continue reading

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Richmond Parks Police Decision

Rumours are swirling round East Sheen that a closed door decision has been made about the Police Unit for Richmond and Bushy Parks. And that it will be formally announced today.

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Hammersmith Bridge

The Evening Standard has reported on a recent meeting of a taskforce aimed at getting the Bridge open to motor vehicles. The meeting, shrouded in secrecy, apparently took place on 31 January 2025. The group had held its last meeting more … Continue reading

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Let’s Kew up for a bit of Brightness

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CPZ Extensions: Richmond Park Road and East Sheen Avenue Decisions

https://cabnet.richmond.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=500000985 Assessment by officers The Council seeks to demonstrate, wherever possible, that there is supportwithin a community for an existing CPZ to be extended. In this case, for theCouncil to consider progressing the implementation of a CPZ extensionfollowing these consultations, … Continue reading

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