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- 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
- 4th September 2008
thebestof has launched a nationwide promotion that's sure to get companies in tune with their customers.Anyone submitting a testimonial of a business featured on thebestof between now and the end of September will be entered into a draw to win an iPod touc
- 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
- 14th August 2008
Stop talking, Sir Humphrey - do something!IT MUST be 15 years since I was a guest on a Croydon Council charabanc trip - I accompanied a party of Coulsdon sceptics on a jaunt to Cambridge and Guildford.The council's charm offensive was an attempt to neutral
- 7th August 2008
NHS administration is terminally ill by David CallamTHE NATIONAL Health Service is an island of antiquity whose administration owes more to Bob Cratchet than Bill Gates.The idea struck me forcibly last week during a consultation at Mayday University Hospit
- 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
- 18th July 2008
Local residents are being urged to make a pledge to make their lifestyle more environmentally-friendly as part of a new initiative by Richmond Council. As mentioned in previous blog posts the Council has developed a series of pledges across a number of
- 16th July 2008
New Barnet is scheduled to undergo a major makeover and pedestrianisation programme that will see the building of two new supermarkets - Tesco and Asda - in addition to the Sainsbury's that is already in place.
What are your views on this? Will this
- 11th July 2008
...for Mr. Walsh's bonus!
His arguments in this Richmond and Twickenham Times article dubious for the least:
1. The jobs impact has never been quantified by an independent survey
2. Comparing LHR alone to other airports is dishonest for t