News in Kingston

Supermodel David Gandy has joined an army of dog lovers in trying to overturn a ban on allowing their pets to run free in Richmond and Bushy parks.

New rules require dogs to be kept on their leads at all times in the two Royal Parks for 13 weeks from May 4 until August 2.

The Royal Parks has put its foot down on the use of e-scooters inside Richmond Park and its other public spaces due to concerns over the devices' speed and stealth.

It says that e-scooters would cause too much disruption in its parks and green spaces, where pedestrians have priority.

Over the next few months around 300 deer will be born across Richmond and Bushy Parks.

Giving birth is a vulnerable time for any animal, but with both parks attracting millions of visitors every year, it's magnified for these herds of wild, free-roaming deer. [.b]

A new branch of US chicken wing chain 'Wingstop' is set to open on the site of the old Pizza Hut on Clarence Street in Kingston, Nub News has learned.

The shop announced it would be opening a branch in Kingston last month but details of its location were revealed at a Council Sub-Licensing Committee yesterday (19 May).

The amazing river adventures of Freddie the Seal which captured headlines for weeks earlier this year have been turned into a book due to be published next month, Nub News has learned.

Co-authors Alison Kelly and Matt Millard were so entranced by the gripping story of the seal named Freddie Mercury that they spent two months tracking his background, tracing his remarkable journey from the Netherlands to the River Thames until his sad death after a dog attack near Hammersmith.

Kingston Post Office will be re-opening sometime at the end of next week, according to the Council's Portfolio Holder for Business and Leisure.

Berrylands Councillor John Sweeney indicated in a Twitter post earlier this week that the branch will be welcoming customers on a date around the Thursday 26 May.

A man in his 20s has been arrested and interviewed by police in connection with a dog attack that took place in Bushy Park last month.

Teddington Ward Neighbourhood Policing Team announced on Monday that they had located a suspect in the case and thanked the public for their help in sharing an appeal.

A nine-year-old girl and her mother were seriously injured in a dog attack at Bushy Park on Easter Sunday.

The dog, believed to be a staff or pit bull, was off its lead when it ran over and attacked the girl who was on an Easter Egg hunt with her family.

Volunteers in Surbiton are to get special cameras to monitor hedgehog activity in their gardens as part of a new initiative by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).

Residents in the Berrylands and Alexandra Kingston Council Wards will be invited to sign up to take part in a community research programme aiming to measure London's hedgehog population next month, as numbers of the species continue to decline across the UK.

Everyone has found the last fifteen months tough and we're all desperate to get life and business back to normal.

To help support the full return of the high street, Kingston Nub News is starting a new regular UP CLOSE WITH feature where we'll profile some of our favourite local businesses.