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Swimming The Solent To Save Watts Gallery

By Ruchi Srivastava The director of Watts Gallery in Compton, Perdita Hunt, is to make a valiant attempt to raise funds for the gallery by swimming a part of the Solent.…

Lib Dems Win Lovelace Ward in a By-Election Landslide from Fractured Tories

The Liberal Democrats wiped the floor with the Conservatives last night (September 25) to overturn a massive 55% majority and take the Lovelace ward, normally one of the safest Tory seats…

Opinion: MP’s Criticisms Are Fair – But We Do Have The Basis of a Vision and a Plan

By Gordon Bridger Our MP Anne Milton has made some trenchant and valid criticisms of the Guildford Draft Local Plan. She says it: lacks vision, lacks infrastructure proposals, there is…

Letter: First – Let’s Properly Analyse The Housing Problem

From Adrian Atkinson I tend to agree with some of David Smith’s comments in his letter: What Alternative Is There To Building More Homes?, especially the one about not arguing…

Letter: What Alternative Is There To Building More Homes?

From David Smith 3,000 responses out of a population of 130,000 is quite an interesting statistic. We cannot criticise the council for its open invitation to comment on the Local…

Letter: Come and See the Problems in Ash and Tongham

From Roger Smolski In his letter The Local Plan – A Time to Reflect Mr Cranwell says: “Given that 50 per cent, being the four most influential executive councillors, are…

Letter: The Plan is Toast

From Gerald Bland On any view the first Regulation 18 consultation on the Draft Local Plan expired on 22nd September. A second consultation commencing on 23rd September and lasting just…

Letter: The Local Plan – A Time to Reflect

From Jules Cranwell Now that the consultation period for the local plan has ended, the last minute chaos and extension notwithstanding, it is time to reflect on what the result…

Guildford Girl, Emma Stevens, Talks About Her New Album ‘Waves’

Emma Stevens is an up and coming singer songwriter from Guildford. Her second album “Waves” is about to be released. Here she talks to The Guildford Dragon NEWS about the…

Letter: Consultation emails Were Not Rejected – No Intention to Curtail Representations

From Paul Spooner Lead councillor for licensing and governance at Guildford Borough Council (GBC) I thank The Guildford Dragon NEWS for their coverage of this story [extension of the Draft…