As lockdown restrictions ease across the UK, garden get-togethers and afternoons in the beer garden have largely been put on hold this month.

Public Health England (PHE) has identified a new strain of the virus and it is being described as a variant under investigation.

Calls for dogs to be allowed off leads in Richmond and Bushy Parks have intensified – despite a 3 month ban in deer birthing season.

A South West London communications officer is raising vital funds for Mind, Shelter and Cancer Research UK.

Police have launched a murder investigation after a 39-year-old man died in hospital following a stabbing in Richmond this week.

A former Great Ormond Street hospital porter who sexually abused boys in the linen room left his victims "profoundly scarred", a court has heard.

The government’s transport secretary has said he is “pushing very hard” for a partial reopening of Hammersmith Bridge this summer.

Surge testing will take place in Hounslow amid a sharp spike in reported cases of the  B.1.617.2 'India variant' of the Covid-19 virus.

The Indian Covid variant has now been found in a multitude of places across the country.

A 12-month trial of e-scooter rentals in London will begin in June, TfL has today confirmed.

More wet weather is forecast to follow this week after thunder and lightning was joined by a freakish hail storm sweeping across south London yesterday.

Richmond Park MP Sara Olney has criticsed the Israeli state's aggressive actions in Palestine in response to an open letter from the Muslim community.

A man is in a serious condition after being violently stabbed in Richmond.

A nurse who looked after Boris Johnson when he was seriously ill with Covid-19 has resigned, citing the Government's 1% pay offer and its lack of respect for the profession.

Concerns over the spread of a new and highly transmissible strain of the Covid-19 virus first detected in India are being furthered with cases detected in a number of south west London boroughs.

Transport for London (TfL) has secured another short-term extension of its Government bailout as negotiations on a longer deal continue, the authority announced.

Clapham cheerleaders are going for gold at a national competition.

Petersham residents have complained after being awoken in the early hours last week by a helicopter landing on a nearby golf course.

The coronavirus vaccine rollout has been extended to 36 and 37-year-olds as cases of the Indian variant have doubled in the space of one week.

An independent beer shop is celebrating its 16th year of trading in Twickenham by collaborating with a local brewery.

A Hampton teenager has designed an app to improve everyday life for dementia sufferers.

A handful of changes are being considered to improve the borough’s public spaces after the pandemic.

New data shows the London boroughs hit hardest by dog thieves.

A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed at Teddington Lock.

More than one million Covid-19 vaccinations have now been given in south west London, figures reveal.

Fourteen young people are still missing from in and around South London after being reported missing in the past six months, according to the charity Missing People.

Here’s what a trip for a spot of retail therapy in England might look like from 17 May.

Police have issued a dispersal order for the entire weekend after reports of hundreds of youths gathering in Richmond.

The changes will come into effect from January 1, 2022 and will affect whether a person qualifies for state pension or not.

The message came as Boris Johnson led a Downing Street press conference alongside England's chief medical officer professor Chris Whitty.

Bus capacity is set to double on board London buses as TfL prepares for an influx of returning passengers in line with the latest easing of lockdown next week.

Over one million doses of a coronavirus vaccine have been administered in south west London boroughs, NHS authorities in the region announced today (Friday, July 14).

The adventures of South West London’s favourite seal will be remembered in a book due to come out in June.

The Prime Minister has said there is "increasing concern" about the variant.

A south London woman has said a gift from her neighbour to celebrate Eid has restored her "faith in humanity".

Five more days of bus strikes have been announced in London with unions angry at bus operator Metroline over its controversial 'remote sign-on' policy.

London's £19bn Crossrail project has begun running test trains through the centre of the capital as plans ramp up ahead of next year's opening..

Teddington RNLI were tasked this week to help in the rescue of the ‘Juvenile Minke Whale’.

Lidl has revealed nearly 100 sites where it plans to open new supermarkets across south London.

Police are searching for a man after he allegedly broke another person's arm with a baseball bat in Richmond.

It comes just 12 days after people over the age of 40 were told they could book their first Covid vaccine jab.

Richmond and Twickenham Times is joining with NatWest in a celebration of business success across the South East.

A young minke whale that became stranded in the River Thames has been put down.

The app is currently used to book medical appointments or order prescriptions, and is used differently to the Covid-19 app.

A Twickenham bowling club that has reached its 100-year mark celebrated with a charity tournament last weekend.

Ever fancied Persian food? A new delivery service has launched in south-west London.

The mink whale that became stranded in the Thames near Teddington Lock on Sunday evening (May 9) is not likely to survive and may have to be euthanised, experts have said.

“Subject to the impact of step three on the data, we remain on track to move to step four on June 21."

A family are raising money to pay for lifesaving medical bills after their father contracted COVID-19 as a doctor in Oman.

Applications are open for the Windrush Community Fund.