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Letter: The University’s Proposals Are About Money

From Robert Burch It is good to hear the university enter the debate on accommodation and I welcome their desire to provide “clarification and correction”. Mr Melly is unfortunately making…

Missing Teenager From Woking Found

The 15-year-old schoolgirl missing from the Woking area has been found. Billie Dickerson was located safe and well in the north London area around 10.30am this morning (Friday, January 10).…

Friary Street After The Flood – Still Counting The Cost

Shops on Friary Street are still counting the cost of the recent floods, several remain closed. Just yards from the Town Bridge, the street has always been the worst hit…

The Dragon Says: Flood Review? Here Is Our 10-Point Plan

The Dragon Says: Flood Review? Here Is Our 10-Point Plan So Guildford Borough Council (GBC) is to review its flood management. Whether it was because of the call from The…

Borough Council To Review Flood Management Arrangements

The Executive of Guildford Borough Council agreed this evening (January 7) that a review of the flood management arrangements in the light of recent flooding in Guildford town and elsewhere…

Letter: Why Does The University Keep Building?

From Graham Richings The University of Surrey seems intent on encouraging housing development on green belt land and on an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the slopes of the…

The Way We Were… Cycling in the 1920s – Part 5

Another look at 1920s cycling. We are not the first generation to worry about child-safety but we know that there was a different, perhaps more fatalistic, attitude in the early…

Flood Alert No Longer In Force For Guildford But Remains For The Upper Wey

The Flood Alert for the River Wey at Guildford ceased today (January  8) at 11.37am but it remains in place for the Upper Wey which stretches from Alton right down…

Extended Deadline for Housing Assessment To Allow Identification of More Brownfield Sites

A key component of consultation leading to a new Local Plan for Guildford, the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment or “SHLAA”, has had its deadline for completion extended until 5pm…

Lower River Wey Remains on Flood Alert as More Rain is Forecast

A flood alert is still in force for the Lower Wey this morning (Sunday, January 5). The Environment Agency website states: “The river and flooding forecast is as follows: Levels…