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- 10th July 2008
Here's one of Richmond's best secrets: every Saturdays and Sundays, on Homebase car park,
there's a French-style market van, complete with the Frenchman selling cheese inside! His name is Michel and apparenly he ferries fresh products every week, directl
- 8th July 2008
Tonyhas visited the newtreetop walk at Kew Gardens and took this picture:It's much bigger than the old one and makes for a really nice day out!
- 8th July 2008
According to a recent report in The Daily Mail, leading psychotherapists claim that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is only a sticking plaster in the treatment of depression and other mental health disorders.
They demand that a wider range of therapies
- 7th July 2008
WELCOME to a weekly series of business blogs that I am calling A Croydon Eye.
They will centre on business developments in the borough and I will post them here every Thursday morning.
I hope most of them will be positive, despite the present
- 3rd July 2008
Keeping trade local to Croydon makes perfect senseI fully back the 'Keep Trade Local' campaign currently run by the Federation of Small Businesses as well as the 'Think Global, Act Local' mantra used by environmental campaigners.Local businesses are the li
- 30th June 2008
Vote in the London Restaurant Awards and get the chance to win dinner for 2 in all six of the restaurants shortlisted for the Evening Standard.
The panel of judges for the London Restaurant Awards have come up with a list of 60 restaurants that cost no
- 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
- 17th June 2008
I don't have much to add to this article: British cities shun London's wasteful car tax - Times Online
"[...] overheads are now so high that they burn up the equivalent of almost £4 of a standard £8 charge. Money raised to improve public transport has be
- 11th June 2008
Is Croydon public transport getting more popular?
Whenever the Government tells us NOT to do something, there is always a great chance many will go ahead and do it anyway!
And today was no exception 'we know lorry drivers are threatening to block petr
- 9th June 2008