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Delays to Report on Housing Revenue Account Scandal Criticised by Scrutiny Committee
By Emily Dalton, local democracy reporter, and Martin Giles Guildford councillors won’t get their hands on a long-awaited report into historic council housing repairs until next year after months of frustration over being left in the dark. The report will look at whether work ordered on council ho...
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Surrey BP store re-opens with brand-new M&S bakery
Shoppers will now be able to pay for fuel and goods in one self checkout transaction
Notice: German Mini Christmas Market – November 30
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‘Remorseless’ father and son rouge traders scammed vulnerable elderly victims out of tens of thousands
The group used the money to go on frequent holidays and buy expensive items like Rolex watches and designer clothing
Surrey snow live reaction as first flurries fall in county as weather turns cold
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Police Smashed Roofing Scam After Rogue Workers Got Away With Thousands
More than 20 vulnerable residents – including an elderly man with dementia from Guildford – were deceived out of thousands of pounds at the hands of callous rogue traders. Approximately £86,000 was taken from the victims, while there was a further £100,000 that the scammers were prevented from...
Surrey heath alert issued as temperatures expected to plunge in cold snap
Everyone has been urged to wrap up warm and take extra care
Prominent Guildford nightclub with 1,000 person capacity relaunches after huge revamp
The space has previously been known as both Casino and Aux
'Underutilised' car park near Guildford station could become 248 homes in £86 million project
Construction on the homes could begin as early as next summer
Story of ‘Jessie’s Seat’ Topiary Railway Memorial to a Guard Killed at this Spot near Chilworth
Historian Frank Phillipson tells the story of the fatal goods train accident between Gomshall and Chilworth just before midnight on February 29, 1892, and the topiary later planted there in memory of railwayman Henry Wicks With the recent unfortunate felling of the memorial topiary called “Jessie...
The Surrey towns among UKs worst hotspots for invasive bamboo
Invasive bamboo has been called as damaging as Japanese knotweed
Surrey Police search for ‘extremely vulnerable’ Guildford woman
Officers are looking for help to find her
Birdwatcher’s Diary No. 339
By Malcolm Fincham A more southerly flow to the weather during the first week of November continued to push up unsettled conditions with daytime temperatures remaining in the mid teens Celsius and not falling lower than 10c overnight, while mostly overcast with rain and drizzle in southern counties ...
Tongham and Normandy Are Both Facing a Possible Housing Boom
By David Reading Housing developers Taylor Wimpey are hoping to build 1,350 new homes between Guildford and Aldershot – 950 on farmland in the Normandy area and 400 at Manor Farm, Tongham. In the case of the Normandy proposals, the parish council is in the process of surveying every household in...
Challengers Get Set To Launch Their Big Christmas Campaign
Challengers, the Guildford children’s charity, will once again be taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge – a nation-wide match-funding initiative that doubles every donation made through its Big Give page. From midday on Tuesday, December 2, to midday on Tuesday, December 9, every pound...
First 459 of potential 1,730 homes to be built at controversial Wisley Airfield development given go-ahead
As well as homes the development promises a neighbourhood square with a shop and café
Sara Sharif Inquiry Highlights Flaws In Safeguarding Over Many Years
By Emily Dalton local democracy reporting service Numerous safeguarding flaws over many years “cumulatively laid the foundations for the severe abuse” that Sara Sharif experienced, a new independent report has revealed. The 10-year-old schoolgirl was found dead in her father’s home in Byfleet,...
Guildford Society Wants Protection For Stoke Mill – Soon To Become a Riverside Pub
By Emily Dalton, local democracy reporting service And David Reading, Guildford Dragon reporter The plan to transform the historic Stoke Mill into a riverside pub – approved by Guildford Borough Council earlier this month – has prompted the Guildford Society to investigate having the building l...
Call police if you see Surrey man wanted on suspicion of making threats to kill
Samuel has links to Guildford, Woking, and South London
Flooding risk across Surrey as Met Office issues 24-hr heavy rain warning
The Met Office has warned that the rain may cause flooding and power cuts