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Letter: This Teenager Seems to Have a Better Grasp of the Realities of Council Reorganisation
From Jim Allen In response to: Ash Teenager Says It’s Not Fair to Burden His Generation with Woking’s Debt It appears that a 16-year-old possesses a greater understanding of current realities than all the elected officials in Surrey and Hampshire, especially considering that historical boundarie...
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Deadlines for Postal and Proxy Voting
By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Deadlines for those unable to vote in person at this year’s landmark Surrey elections are looming. Local government is changing with the 11 boroughs and districts dissolving and reforming as two mega authorities, East and West Surrey. The idea is to be a...
Healthcare Worker Struck Off for Cheating During Job Interview
By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter A healthcare worker has been struck off after using AI to cheat on a job interview at Guildford’s Royal Surrey County Hospital. Aiwanehi Sandra Aigbokhaevbo was being interviewed for an oncology dietician role but her repeated lies and lack of remorse dr...
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Reported racially aggravated incident in Guildford Uber sees police release CCTV image
Surrey Police are seeking information in relation to a report of a racially aggravated public order offence
Letter: Public Participation Is Meaningless at Guildford Borough Council
From Simon Higgins member of the West Surrey Palestine Solidarity Campaign In response to: Councillor’s Apology for Bringing GBC into Disrepute Rejected by Complainants The truth about how GBC handles public participation at council meetings is simple: it’s stage-managed from start to finish. I ...
Ash teen fears Surrey youth will be 'dumped' with £4.5bn of debt in 'final betrayal'
The college student has branded the decision as a “massive mistake” for Ash.
Ash Teenager Says It’s Not Fair to Burden His Generation with Woking’s Debt
By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter A 16-year-old from Ash has urged ministers not to “lumber” his generation with billions of pounds of debt. He said it is not fair that people have to pay off debts when they have never even been to Woking. Harley Davey-Harper, who lives just a short wal...
Notice: Could Home Start Help You?
If you have a child under five and are facing challenges Home Start might be able to help…
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Dragon Interview: Reform MP Richard Tice
Reform MP Richard Tice visited Guildford last week to join the local campaigning in Westborough. Afterwards, The Dragon NEWS caught up with him and the chair of Reform UK Guildford, Graham Drage. Please listen to the interview to see what they had to say… The post Dragon Interview: Reform MP R...
When Surrey can expect near 20C heat this week with county set for varied weather
Temperatures are expected to get close to 20C on multiple days this week, but conditions will vary
Emergency Guildford town centre road closure after significant problems discovered
The area will require extensive resurfacing after an "unexpected deterioration" of the carriageway
Letter: The Flood Alleviation Scheme Is Ill-conceived At Best
From Patrick Bray In response to: Council Endorses Flood Alleviation Scheme But Hears Cautionary Note On Funding The Guildford Flood Alleviation Scheme is ill-conceived at best. At worst it’s driven by opportunistic greed. It means selling off public assets so that private developers can build blo...
Councillor’s Apology for Bringing GBC into Disrepute Rejected by Complainants
By Martin Giles Four Guildford residents, who were criticised during a GBC debate, are appealing to the ombudsman about the outcome of a complaint made about a borough councillor. In the debate, Simon Higgins, a member of the West Surrey Palestine Solidarity Campaign, asked the council to withdraw i...
Shop Front: R M Williams Brings Legendary Boots to Guildford
Sponsored article After nearly a century of bootmaking, R M Williams is bringing Australian craftsmanship into the heart of Guildford. Ben Fereday, the manager of the new store on the corner of the famous and historic High Street and Chapel Street, said the opening on Thursday, April 2 was a great s...
Award winning restaurant named 'Guildford's best' is actually in village just outside
It's Guildford's best according to the diners' favourites awards for April, but you won't find it in the town itself
Man remembered on 60th birthday in this week's Surrey death and funeral notices
Our thoughts are with those who have lost loved ones
Battery fire at Guildford waste centre sees 'keep windows shut' warning issued
The fire began in the early hours of the morning and spread across a large portion of the waste centre
'Uproar' as around 50 lorries turn up to Surrey village in 'unauthorised development' on Green belt site
On Good Friday, residents of Pirbright reported around 50 lorries arriving on the site and beginning to install hard standing and mobile homes
Healthcare worker struck off after using AI to cheat Surrey hospital interview
She would repeat questions over and over to prompt AI for textbook answers, panel found
Nominations for New West Surrey Council Formalised – Few Independent Options
By Martin Giles Candidates for the forthcoming West Surrey Council Election have now been nominated and published. The deadline for nominations was 4pm yesterday (April 9). The election is to be held on Thursday, May 7. The new council will shadow the existing borough, district and county councils u...