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Karate for Mental Hits the Spot in Many ways
By David Rose Guildford-based Karate for Mental Health offers adult martial arts classes designed to reduce stress, anxiety and depression. Led by Les Bubka, it is one of a number of classes he runs teaching martial arts for adults as well as children. The classes – specially for people who strugg...
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Best Seed Swap To Date!
Guildford Seedbank’s fifth Seed Swap, held on the first day of meteorological spring, was the most successful to date, organisers have told The Dragon NEWS. Attendance increased by 33 per cent over last year following advertising in the Dragon and elsewhere. Over 200 gardeners, mainly from the Gui...
New 20mph speed limits planned for roads across Guildford neighbourhoods
The aim is to make streets safer, the council said.
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When Surrey will hit 16C as Spring weather looks set to make first appearance of the year
Forecasters are predicting a great week of weather ahead compared to what has come before
New 20mph Speed Limits Proposed for Park Barn
By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Drivers could be forced to slow down in a Surrey neighbourhood as new speed limits have been put forward. Some roads in Park Barn and Westborough in Guildford could be part of new slower-speed zones. Surrey County Council is asking people for their views on 2...
Surrey's new mega councils have bigger things to worry about than remembering defunct Middlesex
Sorry Russell Grant, but there are more important things at stake in the Local Elections than preserving the name of a county abolished 60 years ago
Diocese of Guildford announce death of Bishop Andrew as tributes paid
The Diocese shared that Bishop Andrew died peacefully on Tuesday, March 3 surrounded by family
The Church In Mourning As Bishop Andrew’s Death Is Announced
The Bishop of Guildford, the Right Rev’d Andrew Watson, has died less than a month after revealing he had terminal cancer. Bishop Andrew announced in February that was in the care of a hospice team after a diagnosis of inoperable pancreatic cancer. He said his oncologist had told him that his tumo...
Ash Public Event To Focus On Understanding Flooding Risk
Ash Parish Council is to hold a public information event on Thursday, March 5, to discuss flood risk in the area. The event, which will take place from 3pm-7pm in the Ash Centre, will concentrate on: Understanding the risk of flooding locally. Maps modelling the risk from abnormal rainfall and its i...
Four Years After The Invasion, Ukrainian Families and Friends Get Together In Hope
By David Reading Ukrainian families who moved to Guildford after Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country were among those people who attended a ceremony of hope at Christ Church in Waterden Road, Guildford. More than 100 people attended the event, organised by the Ukrainian School Surrey and...
Letter: Path Closure Does Not Only Affect Dog Walkers and Joggers
From Julia Parris In response to: Village Association Chair Pleads His Case to Keep Path Open Following on from my previous letter (Walking by Loseley Fields Means More To Me Than I Can Express), I am writing in response to the recent interview with Lorimer Burn regarding access to Loseley Fields. I...
Man runs across Guildford railway tracks after headbutting passenger
Officers believe the man pictured may have information that could help their investigation.
Questions Raised Over Community Benefits Promised By House Builders
By David Reading A campaigning resident has voiced his frustration at what he sees as repeated failures in the deliverability of community benefits that had been promised by developers who were granted planning permission for housing in the Ash and Tongham area. John Ferns, a retired college finance...
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Letter: So Much of What We Held To Be Democratic Has Gone
From Anthony Mallard With the current government’s majority in Parliament, we have, in effect, an elected dictatorship. The present – and past – governments, once in office, appear not to listen and balance the needs of “ordinary” people with the greater good of the UK, seemingly believing...
Call 999 if you see “high risk” missing person as police “significantly concerned”
He was receiving hospital treatment before he went missing
Letter: Local Paths Are Fundamental to Our Wellbeing – This Walk Matters
From Eve Fraser In response to: Dragon Interview – Village Association Chair Pleads His Case to Keep Path Open I am a local resident and am really saddened that this much-loved local walk has been closed off. For many of us, it isn’t just a footpath across a field – it is a vital thread […] ...
Highways Bulletin: More On-call Buses
The information for this bulletin comes from Surrey County Council and is written by them. See interactive map here. Report potholes and highway issues here. Junction 10, M25 news here. Expansion of popular on-demand bus service Elmbridge is the latest area in Surrey to benefit from the county coun...
Letter: The Vast Majority Who Used the Blocked Path Were Responsible
From Lorimer Burn chairman of the St Catherine’s Village Association In response to comments made on: Dragon Interview: Village Association Chair Pleads His Case to Keep Path Open I feel I need to reply to Ros McMillan’s comment on the interview I gave to The Guildford Dragon. It is unfortunate ...
Photo Feature: Spring Is Coming at the Castle
The Castle Grounds are a jewel in the crown of Guildford and, despite the hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, there are still some blissfully unaware of it existence. If you have not visited recently here is a sample of what you are missing… All photos by Daniella West, taken on Wednesday...