Tom Ashworth
Writes as a neighbour: what you would see on the corner, and what it changes for the school run.
Tom Ashworth is a pen name: one of the voices the The Barnes Times newsroom writes in. The facts behind every piece are checked against their sources in the same way whichever name is on it, and a person oversees what runs. How the paper works.
Volunteers plant rare tower mustard on Barnes Common
More than 1,000 plants raised from seed at home have gone into the ground at four sites, Barnes Common among them. Before the project the plant was down to two sites in London.
Church Road, Barnes, shuts for the silence on 8 and 11 November
Church Road is listed as closed for ten minutes on Remembrance Sunday and again on Wednesday 11 November. If you cross the Green around 11am, plan round it.
Richmond Council backs £18m overhaul to save £39m a year
Six departments redesigned, one front door for every enquiry, and AI used to predict who will need help. The council has approved the shape of its biggest reorganisation in years — and a savings target that has grown by £9m since February.
Council asks Barnes to back its £29m funding fight
A year after threatening to take the government to court, Richmond Council is asking people in Barnes, Castelnau and Mortlake to sign up to the same argument — this time through a consultation that can compel nobody to do anything.
Seven Barnes pubs worth the walk, from the pond to the towpath
A riverside terrace, a jazz room, a garden big enough for children and one independent pub: our guide to the best pubs in Barnes and Castelnau, and which to pick for which afternoon.
