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Chilworth School Gets Guildford’s Mayor to Open Its New Woodland Cabin

“I would like to be a Mayor too!” So said Lily, aged 7, one of the pupils at Chilworth C of E Infant School after the Mayor of Guildford, Sallie…

County Council Set To Formalise Two-unitary Proposal to the Government

Surrey County Council plans to submit to the Government a proposal for two unitary councils for local government reorganisation in the county. The two councils, one for west Surrey and…

Government To Bail Out Woking Council To Facilitate Local Government Reorganisation

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Taxpayers will cover the cost of Woking Borough Council’s financial folly after the government agreed to “aid the reduction” of the bankrupt authority’s multi-billion…

Opinion: I Will Not Be Voting in the County Council Election Today

Bernard Quoroll, former CEO of several local authorities and official observer of foreign elections, considers today’s non-election… Who would I have voted for today? The question is academic, the county…

Home-to-School Transport Refused

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Two Surrey parents have been refused help to take their daughter to sixth form or college after claims they can afford it, a report…

Devolution: Ministry Asks for Clarification of How £5 billion Debt Will Be Managed

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Billions of pounds in crushing debt could force Surrey and its boroughs and districts to become a single mega council – potentially merged with…

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The Guildford Dragon NEWS website has been migrated to a new server. Unfortunately, some reader comments have been erased in the move. We apologies for any inconvenience. We thank Delivered…

Letter: The Younger Generations Might Learn from Our Experience

From John Ferns In response to: Who Has The Spine to Tackle the Environmental Challenge? David Roberts’ observations will strike a chord with anyone who has lived long enough to…

Final Steam Train Signalled by Farncombe, Petersfield and Haslemere Signal Boxes

Saturday (April 26) marked a moment of railway history as the final steam train was signalled through the railway by three signal boxes between Farncombe and Petersfield. The final steam…

New Toucan Crossing on Woking Road to Facilitate Weyside Urban Village Project

Work to install a new toucan crossing on Woking Road will begin on Tuesday, May 6. This light-controlled crossing will replace the existing uncontrolled crossing between Old Woking Road and…