 Richmond and Twickenham Times front page from 4 October 2013 | |
| Type | Weekly free newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Newsquest Media Group |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Headquarters | Sutton, London, England, UK |
| Circulation | 11,141(as of 2023) [1] |
| Website | richmondandtwickenhamtimes |
The Richmond and Twickenham Times is a weekly local newspaper that was established in 1873 [2] and is published on Fridays. It covers the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south-west London and surrounding areas.
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. [2] From 1896 it was owned by the Dimbleby family. [3] Richard Dimbleby was managing editor and editor-in-chief from 1946. After his death in 1965, his son David Dimbleby took over. [2] The paper was sold by the Dimblebys to Newsquest in 2001. [3]
In April 2003 when he retired, Malcolm Richards was the country's longest serving newspaper editor, having filled the role for 27 years. [4]
The Richmond and Twickenham Times went tabloid in January 2008. [5] [6]
The newspaper was based at King Street, Richmond from 1873 to 2007 and in London Road, Twickenham from 2007. [7] The newspaper moved from its headquarters in Twickenham to Quadrant House in Sutton in May 2014 in a move to cut costs.
The Dimbleby group also created the Thames Valley Times , the Chiswick Times , the Barnes, Mortlake and Sheen Times , the Wandsworth Borough News , the Kingston, Surbiton and New Malden Times , the Hounslow, Feltham and Hanworth Times , the Putney and Wimbledon Times and the Battersea News . The Wandsworth Borough News closed in 2009. [8] The others have ceased publication also, the Hounslow and Brentford Times and the Chiswick Times closing in July 2010. [9]
