NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

Dear all,

As many of you know Nick Grossman has departed to New Zealand and I have taken over from him as Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator for the roads within the North St Margarets Residents Association.

New window stickers should have been delivered to you but if you have not received one please let me know your address and I will deliver one to you.

I recently met with Eugenia, our Community Police Support Officer, and she was pleased to report that there have not been many incidents in the area recently.

St Margaret’s and Twickenham North Safer Neighbourhood Team
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Twickenham Police Station
41 London Road
Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 3SY

Tel: 020 8721 2912/020 7161 9486
Emergency No. 999 Non Emergency: 101
Email: StMargarets.NorthTwickenham.snt

Please do not hesitate to contact me by email regarding any Neighbourhood Watch issues.

If you would like to receive crime statistics supplied by Richmond Police on a regular basis let me know and I will forward them on to you.

Kind regards,

Anne Ottmann

The Big Jubilee Lunch

FYI: The NSMRA gets a mention with All Souls as models for hosting the Big Lunch:

The Big Jubilee Lunch.

DRAFT MINUTES OF THIS EVENING’S MEETING

Draft minutes NSMRA ctee 21 02 2012.doc

Official Copy (Register) – MX289303.pdf

Mayor receives 3,000-strong Twickenham station petition From Your Local Guardian

Mayor receives 3,000-strong Twickenham station petition From Your Local Guardian.

Public Meeting on Heathrow Operational Freedoms Trials

Short notice, but for those interested, something from HACAN

Public Meeting on Heathrow Operational Freedoms Trials – Thursday 9th Feb

On behalf of Mary Macleod MP I would like to invite you to attend a public meeting this Thursday 9th February to discuss Heathrow Airport and the Operational Freedoms Trials. The purpose of this meeting is to give local people the opportunity to discuss any issues or concerns that they have with representatives of BAA.

The meeting will take place this Thursday 9th February at West Thames College in the Endeavour Theatre, 6:30-7:30pm. The link below will take you to a map of the area. The closest train station is Isleworth and the college is a 15 minute walk from both Hounslow East and Osterley London Underground Stations.

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There will be ample opportunities to ask questions during the meeting however if you would like to send through any questions in advance please send them to hbicampaign. If you have any further queries please do also email me at that address.

You will find further details on the attached flyer.

Kindest Regards,

Adam Lake : Office of Mary Macleod, Member of Parliament for Brentford and Isleworth

You may also be interested in a report we, Hacan, launched last week to counter the report which came out from London First which called for an end to runway alternation, a 3rd runway and then perhaps an Estuary Airport in addition!

http://www.hacan.org.uk/resources/reports/london.top.city.for.business.but.too.dirty.and.noisy.pdf

John Stewart

Johnstewart2@btconnect.com

News – local schools, Twickenham redevelopment, meeting

News from the North St Margarets Residents Association:

• Local schools
• Twickenham redevelopment
• Next association meeting
• Mailing list

Local schools

Within the area, there is a great need for more schools, with the

existing schools having failed to keep pace with the growing

population and number of school-children. Local primary schools are

near capacity with secondary schools poised to follow in a few years.

In addition, the proposed “linked schools” arrangments will make

transferring to secondary even more difficult. In this light, a group

of local parents has formed an action group with a proposal

(in partnership with the Russell Education Trust) for a new secondary

school in the area.

The group may be contacted at their website

(http://www.newlocalschool4twickenham.org.uk), by email

(info@newlocalschool4twickenham.org.uk) or on Facebook (the page ‘New

Local School for Twickenham’). You can register your interest on the website.

FORMAL SUPPORT NEEDS TO BE SHOWN BY THE 24th FEBRUARY.

There are other independent proposals for new schools in Twickenham

and Richmond. A proposal for a Catholic schhol can be see on Richmond

councils webiste at:

http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/council_government_and_democracy/council/council_consultations/consultation_details.htm?id=C00933

We encourage residents to investigate and support any or all of these proposals.

Twickenham station redevelopment

At the recent AGM, the looming redevelopment of Twickenham station

received much criticism, for the lack of social housing, for being

unfit to cater for the large number of match day visitors, for failing

to meet the station’s requirements. Again, an action grouop has

formed, the Twickenham Residents Action Group (TRAG). You can view the

proposal, sign a petition against it and signup for email updates at

http://trag-sos.moonfruit.com/

Next association meeting

The next meeting of the association will take place at 7:30pm, on

Tuesday, February 21st, at 72 Northcote Road, St Margarets TW1 1PA. If

you have any items for the agenda, forward them to the below email

address. All are welcome.

Mailing list

We are shifting our mailing list from “manual” to proper, opt-in

mailing list software. This will allow you to signup, opt-out or

change your email address at will. Please go to the list webpage at

http://groups.google.com/group/nsmra-general?hl=en and signup there. A

short guide can be at http://nsmra.wordpress.com/mailing-lists/

The ghost bike revolt: Families demand action on cyclist deaths – Home News – UK – The Independent

The ghost bike revolt: Families demand action on cyclist deaths – Home News – UK – The Independent.