The ''Richmond and Twickenham Times'' is a weekly local newspaper that was established in 1873 and is published on Fridays. It covers the

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in south-west London and surrounding areas. It is delivered free to 35,232 homes in the borough, with (as at 2012) another 634 copies picked up free, and 2,663 copies sold for 55p.

History

The ''Richmond and Twickenham Times'' was established in 1873 by 26-year-old Edward King who ran the paper for 21 years until he was declared insane in 1894. From 1896 it was owned by the Dimbleby family.

Richard Dimbleby Frederick Richard Dimbleby (25 May 1913 – 22 December 1965) was an English journalist and broadcaster, who became the BBC's first war correspondent, and then its leading TV news commentator. As host of the long-running current affairs ...

was managing editor and editor-in-chief from 1946. After his death in 1965, his son

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took over. The paper was sold by the Dimblebys to

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in 2001. In April 2003 when he retired, Malcolm Richards was the country's longest serving newspaper editor, having filled the role for 27 years. The ''Richmond and Twickenham Times'' went tabloid in January 2008. The newspaper was based at King Street, Richmond from 1873 to 2007 and in London Road, Twickenham from 2007. The newspaper moved from its headquarters in Twickenham to Quadrant House in Sutton in May 2014 in a move to cut costs.

Other editions

The Dimbleby group also created the '' Thames Valley Times'', the ''

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'', the ''

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'', the '' Wandsworth Borough News'', the ''

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'', the ''

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'', the ''

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'' and the '' Battersea News''. The ''Wandsworth Borough News'' closed in 2009. The others have ceased publication also, the '' Hounslow and Brentford Times'' and the ''Chiswick Times'' closing in July 2010.

References

External links

Official websiteAudit Bureau of Circulations, Group Circulation CertificateNewsquest Media Group
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