Home and Family News & Updates
- 30th March 2009
- 29th January 2009
Richmond launches campaign to combat scams
Richmond upon Thames Council launches "Scamnesty" - a major drive to combat fraudsters who prey on victims by post, email and phone.
The nationwide campaign from February 2 to 15 is urging the public to help
- 29th January 2009
On the RNLI's national fundraising SOS day, January 30 2009, Station Manager Wayne Bellamy and the crew are travelling the 22 miles from RNLI lifeboat station in Teddington to Tower Bridge.
Wayne announced "We are doing it ON FOOT, along the Thames P
- 22nd January 2009
In Case of Emergency
We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory. If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone, but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are
- 31st October 2008
Most of us would have, at one time in our school lives, been the target of bullies or known someone who has. It's a horrible thing that makes many pupils school experiences a misery.
Richmond Council has launched a new anti-bullying strategy to put p
- 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