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Council Leader Denies Calling for County Council Elections To Be Further Delayed
By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Surrey’s politicians have clashed over rumours that Conservative council leaders have tried to stop local elections taking place next year. An article in The Times this week, by Max Kendix, claimed that ministers were “considering accepting private ple...
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Councillor Claims LGR Process ‘Potentially Corrupted’ by Publicity Leaflet
By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Claims of potential corruptions of due process have been levelled at key figures linked to Surrey County Council’s local government reorganisation plans. The charges were put in a letter to the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness by t...
Collision Closes Clay Lane at A320 Junction
A collision closed Clay Lane for nearly over two hours this morning with traffic at its busiest. Dragon reader Ben Darnton encountered the incident on his way to work this morning and said: “It looked nasty. Traffic was diverted in both directions.” A spokesperson for Surrey Police said: “Offi...
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MP Raises CIL Issues in Parliament – Minister ‘Committed To Finding a Solution’
By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter “Complex and inflexible” rules that unintentionally and “unfairly penalise” homeowners with six-figure fines “for the apparent crime of building a home extension” will be re-examined, the housing minister has said. The problem of Community Infr...
The extraordinary Surrey schools named among the country's best
The schools impressed judges to be named among the best in the UK
HMV Set To Close – But There Are Plans To Reopen At a New Location
By Esme Campbell Guildford is set to lose another high street shop as music retailer HMV prepares to shut down its store in The Friary. The branch will be closed from Wednesday, October 29, until the company finds a new location, due to the landlord’s plans to redevelop the site that HMV occupies....
Letter: Congratulations to Catherine Houston But Will Two Hats Be Hard To Balance?
From John Redpath R4GV candidate in last week’s Guildford South East by-election See: Guildford South East Result Forms Part of a Lib Dem Clean Sweep in SCC By-elections I would like to congratulate Catherine Houston [Lib Dem] on her convincing win. Also, it was pleasing that the campaign fought...
Super snazzy Guildford Ivy Asia restaurant launches surprisingly affordable £20 set menu
Diners can experience a slice of The Ivy Asia for less
U-turn on Planning Decision Forced by Government ‘Death Warrant’
By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Councillors say they have had their “legs chopped off by central government” after being forced to approve plans for 60 new homes on Claygate’s green belt – just weeks after they threw them out over flooding fears. See also: ‘London Is Creeping Towa...
Popular coffee shop to return to Guildford after sudden closure
The coffee shop abruptly closed in July
Six Surrey By-elections, Six Lib Dem Victories
By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter The blue wall has crumbled a bit further with the Liberal Democrats having completed a clean sweep in Surrey, winning all six by-elections, three for the county council and three for borough councils, all in a county once seen as the beating heart of Conserva...
Proposed Ash Care Home ‘Will Bring Benefits to the Wider Community’
By David Reading The Müller Property Group has put in a planning application to Guildford Borough Council to build a 70-bed care home in Ash, on the vacant plot of land set aside by Bewley Homes in 2019 for healthcare purposes. On Wednesday (October 15) directors from the Müller group, along with ...
Witness Appeal Following Serious Collision in Puttenham
Surrey Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision in Puttenham in August. Officers were called to the A31 slip road westbound on Puttenham Hill on Monday, August 11, at around 9.20am following reports of a collision involving the driver of a car and the rider of a motorcycle. T...
Surrey's best place to live 2025 named as 'affluent' town with 'wonderful' countryside and outstanding schools
Muddy Stilettos has listed Surrey's 'best places to live' for 2025
Birdwatcher’s Diary No.337
By Malcolm Fincham After a brief incursion of an Atlantic westerly in the form of Storm Amy, our first, and so far only named storm of this autumn which mostly effected northern parts of the UK, another high pressure system soon developed bringing another settled spell of weather to the southern cou...
The village minutes from Surrey which does trick-or-treating 'properly' with one house which goes all out
One home has become known as the 'Halloween house' because of how much it gets decked out in decorations each year
Guildford South East Result Forms Part of a Lib Dem Clean Sweep in SCC By-elections
The Liberal Democrats won an emphatic victory at yesterday’s by election and the result along with two other Surrey by-elections tilts the balance of power further away from the decades-long Conservative dominance of Surrey County Council. But Guildford Conservatives will take some comfort from co...
The Surrey volunteers changing lives from inside a Guildford storage unit
Janice Sedgewick is organising a small production line of toiletries to give to families in need
Luxury boot brand loved by Hollywood star plans to take over Guildford high street store
The company is looking to take over a very pretty storefront
Man with links to Guildford wanted on recall to prison
People are being urged to call 999 if they've seen him 'in the last few moments'