Home and Family News & Updates
- 24th October 2008
Teenagers who think Halloween gives them free rein to annoy neighbours and play anti-social pranks are being warned they risk coming up against the law. The message is clear: Behave yourselves, don't spoil the festivities for the younger children taking
- 24th October 2008
The stores are full of fangs and capes, witches' outfits and scary masks - Halloween is here once more, and with it the prospect of another year's Trick or Treaters knocking on our doors.
But not everyone in the borough looks forward to October 31; s
- 8th October 2008
Richmond Council has joined forces with the police to warn residents and businesses about the increasing incidence of identity fraud.
Britain suffers one of Europe's highest rates of identity fraud; despite 99% of adults claiming to be aware of the i
- 30th September 2008
Ah good old fish and chips..
A sunny Sunday afternoon at the coast, walking along the pier with battered fresh fish and crispy chips in-hand, wrapped up in carton or newspaper. This was once a common scene on these shores, well, before the shortage o
- 8th September 2008
Matt Allright is the familiar face we associate with uncovering Rogue Traders every week on BBC1, going undercover to find all sorts of deceit and exploitation, from restaurants employing illegal immigrants to plumbers ripping off the elderly, but perha
- 28th August 2008
Richmond upon Thames residents are being invited to help the Council review its public consultation process.
A new scrutiny task group has been set up to examine how consultation is undertaken and to assess how satisfied residents are with the proces
- 19th August 2008
Volunteers in Bloom - Can you help find the pick of the bunch?
The Community Awards 2008 hosted by the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew
Volunteering opportunities are blooming in the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames with over 2,000 people last year al
- 30th July 2008
Who on earth would want to deliberately harm themselves, you may be thinking? According to recent, rather startling NHS figures, quite a few. More worryingly, these figures relate to young people between 11 and 19, mostly girls.
In 2006/7 nearly 16,0
- 26th June 2008
A leading law firm says business owners are risking substantial problems for their business partners and family by failing to make a will.
Mace & Jones made the warning, after finding that a large number of male business owners in their 30s and 40s h
- 17th June 2008
E-books now available from your local library
E-books, books in electronic format that you can read through a PC, an e-book reader or through handheld devices, are currently being introduced into Richmond upon Thames Libraries to extend their services to