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Millmead Views: Enough Of The Wheezes – Let’s Have Some Really Good Ideas

By Angela Gunning Red tape – who needs it? The way to boost the economy, apparently, is to build extensions. If you’ve got a property to extend, of course. And…

Prue Leith’s Biography Lays The Cupboard Bare

By Flora Windebank One of the biggest names to visit the book festival this year is chef, novelist, businesswoman and entrepreneur, Prue Leith. She talked about her explosive new autobiography.…

Former Council Chief Executive Speaks Out On Town Planning

David Watts the former Chief Executive at Guildford Borough Council spoke out on town planning at the Guildford Society Design Awards on Thursday (18 Oct). An Honorary Freeman of Guildford,…

The Dragon Says: Former Councillors Should Speak Up and Speak Out Too

Honorary Freemen and Honorary Aldermen should be seen but not heard. That seems to be the view of many councillors at Millmead. A few months ago all the party leaders…

New Heart Monitors Have Halved Waiting List

Five new heart monitors were presented to cardiologist Dr Chua this week by a Guildford group of British Heart Foundation fundraisers led by Shirley West. Each monitor costs £3,000. They…

Internal Investigation Under Way At The Electric Theatre

A member of staff was escorted from their workplace at The Electric Theatre today (Thursday, October 18) according to unconfirmed reports. Guildford Borough Council subsequently issued the following statement: “Following…

Police Ask – Do You Know This Man?

Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward with information after a teenager was left with a broken nose and requiring dental surgery after a violent and unprovoked attack. The…

Guildford Parliamentary Constituency Boundary – Change Proposed

The Guildford parliamentary constituency will gain several areas to the east of Guildford but lose areas to the south, including Cranleigh, if proposals announced by the Boundary Commission are accepted.…

Sleeping Through the Great Storm

By Malcolm Wyatt With the wind howling, rain swirling, leaves taking flight, the paths treacherous and the homemade wooden contraption in the front-room chimney breast clunking away in harmony with…

Guildford Company Closure Rate Slows

There has been a reduction in company closures during the first six months of the year in Guildford, according to statistics in the latest Duport Business Confidence Report. Company closures…