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Hard Cheese for Michel and Valentina
In August 2025 the Government introduced a ban on imports of raw cows’ milk products from France and Italy – following an outbreak of lumpy skin disease in herds across the two countries. Pecorinos, bries and camemberts and many others … Continue reading
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Tagged cheese, east-sheen, food, health, michel, news, valentina
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Fair Funding Review 2025 : Impact on Richmond Council to take legal action
The Government launched a consultation for its Fair Funding Review 2025 in June 2025. Its aim is to reform the distribution of funding to local authorities in England, with significant changes to be implemented starting in the 2026-27 financial year. The Council is challenging the lack of transparency and fairness in the consultation process for these reforms,. It is asking for “the Government to publish its … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn-statement, budget, community, fair-funding-review, local-government, news, politics, richmond-council, special-needs
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Stiff Joints – in Conversation with Brian Coope
Stiff Joints is well known around the music venues of south west London – and beyond. As always with groups of this type there have been changes over the years and not everyone is available for every gig. The main … Continue reading
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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Tagged bbc-news, fixed-fine, news, politics, richmond-council, waste-disposal
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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
