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Keep Yourself to Yourself

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

Beware - Rogue Traders

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

The way forward for public consultation

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

Community Awards 2008

19 August 2008 12:30
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

The Self-Harm Epidemic

30 July 2008 19:14
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

Business owners in Richmond risk chaos by not writing wills

26 June 2008 16:54
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

Holiday Nightmares!

Whilst Britain basks in a soggy Summer, I guess jetting off somewhere nice might seem the ultimate answer to combat the summertime blues. Yet, after a week of sleepless nights thinking about boarding that plane, how many of you sit tight mid-flight,