News in Kingston

A team of midwives working in Kingston have been shortlisted for a national award for their work supporting home births during the pandemic.

Frances Rivers, Homebirth Team Lead Midwife, and Jackie Latimer, Clinical Midwifery Manager at Kingston hospital have been shortlisted for the Royal College of Midwives Awards 2021.

More walk-in Covid vaccination centres will be running in Kingston upon Thames this week.

Residents can get their Covid-19 jab at venues in Kingston town centre and Chessington from today, according to the South-West London Clinical Commissioning group

There was a creative and colourful display in Kingston Hospital gardens last week, as staff from 10 different departments each unveiled their own planter in a competition judged by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

Both medical and non-medical workers at the hospital had been working on the mini-gardens in teams, decorating and filling their planter with beautiful blooms.

Magnificent and rare shire horses have returned to Bushy Park, offering historic horse-drawn carriage rides to Kingston residents for one month only.

The Royal Park's two majestic shire horses, led by traditionally dressed drivers, will be pulling a Charabanc through the park's picturesque avenues at weekends this August.

Aston Villa players have been at the Lensbury Club, just down the road from Kingston, this week as part of their pre-season training camp, Nub News can reveal.

The Premier League squad, including England player Jack Grealish, have been prepping for this weekend's friendly against Sevilla at the nearby hotel and leisure centre.

A council boss has said Richmond Park is "not a petting zoo" after members of the public were caught feeding and stroking deer.

It comes as Royal Parks Police officers took to Twitter to warn park users for getting too close to deer and encouraging their children to feed them and breaking branches off protected trees – breaching park rules.

Two new statues have arrived in Kingston marketplace as work to install the town's new sculpture trail begins.

'Party animal' and 'The Kiss' can now be seen outside Anthropologie and the entrance to All Saints Church on the market square, just in front of the historic market house.

Barriers and a security guard have been sent to Teddington Lock by the Environmental Agency (EA) following reports that the authority had "lost control" of the area.

On Friday 23 July, the EA put up fencing blocking access to the sandy 'beach' area in-between the lock footbridges and sent a patrol boat to the Weir.

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A giant sandpit has been installed in Kingston marketplace, providing a free activity for families this summer.

The sandpit has buckets and spades, with fake grass underneath it and small white picket fencing which is surrounded by free deckchairs - creating a beachy vibe.