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Is coffee waste?
BBC News reported today that Richmond Council has. within hours, reversed its decision to fine a woman £150 for pouring the remnants of her coffee into a drain. The local resident said she thought she was acting responsibly when she … Continue reading
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Heathrow Aircraft Noise
The planes have returned to East Sheen after a short respite. That means noise and pollution. Roger Mason from the Kew Society has written a report noting this and discussing just how much worse it could get with a third … Continue reading
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Tagged airline, aviation, east-sheen, heathrow, mortlake, news, noise, pollution, richmond, richmond-council, sarah-olney, travel
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Late Night Refreshment Licence: Caprino’s Application for 160 Upper Richmond Road West
This is the third post on this application – see previously 2nd and 6th October. Unusually high attention is being paid to it, because the advertising required by statute is very limited. You are only likely to know by word … Continue reading
The Big Heathrow Lie
Yet another ‘peaceful’ Sunday morning in Sheen destroyed by low flying aircraft into Heathrow. From 5am the noise from aircraft has been incessant. If you watch them you can see that some aircraft are high and less audible. But many … Continue reading
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Tagged aviation, east-sheen, heathrow, heathrow-community-relations, heathrow-complaints, mortlake, news, richmond, travel
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Pools on the Park goes private
A new 10-year partnership between Richmond Council and Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) officially began on 1 October 2025, marking the start of major improvements to Richmond Pools on the Park and Teddington Pools and Fitness Centre – and is set … Continue reading
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How about this Richmond Council?
Cyclists in the City of London who run red lights face tougher penalties under new proposals.The City of London Police is exploring whether it can use Community Protection Warnings and Notices to tackle law-breaking cycling. The warnings and notices, civil injunctions which … Continue reading
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Tagged biking, cycling, news, red-lights, richmond-council, transport, travel, upper-richmond-road
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Heathrow Noise
Numerous local residents have complained about what appears to be an increase in aircraft noise from Heathrow landings. This included a recording of early flights over Richmond Park Road London SW14 8LA at the following times on Tuesday: 454. … Continue reading
Stag Brewery What Next : Update
The text below was published in EastSheenMatters on Tuesday 12 August 2025. Bold now added. “So it is August and Mortlake and East Sheen may resemble a deserted Parisian suburb. But it’s more than three months since we received the … Continue reading
Lime bikes in Richmond
The use of Lime bikes as provider of e-bike services in Richmond was last discussed on EastSheenMatters on 28 June 2025. It was reported then that the Council would be considering the matter further at a meeting of the Transport … Continue reading
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