Welcome to this year’s #CommunityHeroesAwards !

We’re LIVE from York House in Twickenham, where we’ll be honouring local people, groups, organisations and businesses who have made a difference to the lives of others in our shared community 🏆

Honoured to witness the appointment of Cllr Simon Bond as Mayor and Cllr Mandy Brar as Deputy Mayor for the municipal year 2024-2025 at the ⁦RBWM⁩ annual council meeting yesterday evening. Best wishes to them both and their consorts, David and Harry!

Today is Vyshyvanka Day, celebrating the traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirt.

Visible or invisible, it is always under a defender's pixel, a rescuer's uniform, a medic's coat, a power engineer's jacket, a volunteer, a teacher, or anyone who holds the defense.

Our children

On Sunday GB News permitted Neil Oliver to say that the 'scamdemic' was a plan by Bill Gates to create a 'digital gulag archipelago' - that Covid was just an ordinary virus and the real victims were anti-vaxxers like him. If you think that's bad ...

🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️WATER SAFETY EVENT 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️
Saturday 15th June 2024 12-3 pm . Lots to do and see
we look forward to seeing you .

The homelessness crisis is appalling in London. In Newham one in twenty households is living in temporary, usually terrible, housing.

The only solution is to build a lot more housing, which will bring down rents.

‘No, Didier. You will not be allowed on the brand new sofa.’

Didier: ‘Hold my beer.’

“Thank you to the historians of St Peter’s and the Richmond Local History Society for the fascinating exhibition and for researching the interesting connection between George Vancouver, Chilean Liberator Bernardo O’Higgins and the monkey puzzle tree at Kew.

I was pleased to be joined by the Council Leader Cllr Roberts & to thank Pamela Fleming the organiser of the absolutely amazing Richmond May Fair. Great to see so many people enjoying this great event in lovely sunshine. Thanks for a brilliant visit.

BREAKING: @TimFarron will table an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill on Wednesday to criminalise water bosses who fail to crack down on their disgusting sewage spills.

This new change in the law would deliver justice for swimmers, wildlife and our natural environment.

My final day as Mayor. Thank you so much for sharing this very special year with me, it has been such a privilege.
Welcome to Cllr Liz Green, you will have the best of times.

Theresa May has the opportunity to do the funniest thing of all time

Thank you very much to our monthly pickers for keeping Strawberry Hill litter-free!

“The idea that this system is working is just wrong & if ministers are just listening to what carers are telling them, they’ve really got to reform the whole system”

Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey MP tells #Newsnight that carers are exhausted:

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Hello Rob Blackie 🔶 Gareth Roberts Hina Bokhari AM 🔶 here's my review of this year's London elections #londonelections2024

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A youth mobility visa scheme with European countries would help hospitality businesses here who are struggling to recruit staff, and give our young people fantastic opportunities abroad.

Today in Parliament, I urged ministers to put the needs of the country above their ideology.