Fringe Box

Socialize

Twitter
Home » Entries posted by Martin Giles (Page 136)
Stories written by Martin

Letter: Shaping Guildford’s Future and Meeting the New Housing Uplift

From Bill Stokoe Guildford Vision Group In response to: There Is a Way for the New Housing Target To Be Met Julian Lyon is right – we must get behind…

Mayor’s Diary: January 10 – 26

The diary for the Mayor of Guildford, Sallie Barker MBE, and Deputy Mayor Howard Smith as provided by GBC. All information supplied by GBC. Find out about Guildford’s Mayor &…

County Council Elections ‘Must Go Ahead’ Say Surrey Council Leaders

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter and Martin Giles The May 2025 Surrey county elections must not be postponed, the 11 boroughs and district councils have said. That call has…

Notice: Become a Tech Angel

Can you help people get online and access essential services?…

Guildford’s Angels Receive National Lottery Grant

Local charity Guildford Town Centre Chaplaincy (GTCC) is celebrating after being awarded £20k in National Lottery funding to support the work of its well-respected “Community Angel” befriending project.   Zoe Franklin…

National Trust Announce Funding Secured, At Last, for Weir Bridge Repair

By Martin Giles Five years after the dramatic collapse of the footbridge over Tumbling Bay Weir the National Trust has announced that funding has been secured for its repair. But…

Letter: Time for Action to Repair the Tumbling Bay Bridge and Restore the Wey Towpath

From: Alistair Smith chair of The Guildford Society The Tumbling Bay footbridge on the River Wey in the town centre was swept away in 2019.  In the meantime, Notre Dame…

MP Says Thames Water Have ‘Done Nothing’ Despite Residents Reporting Sewage Spill

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Raw sewage has spewed out of a broken manhole cover and into the River Mole. Video taken by the Liberal Democrat MP for Dorking…

Letter: Residents & Independents Group Calls for More Time as Local Government Reorganisation Looms

From: The Residents’ Association and Independents Group See: Following Debate, SCC Leader Is Writing to Request Postponement of May Elections The leader of our group, Cllr Catherine Powell [Res Assoc,…

Following Debate, SCC Leader Is Writing to Request Postponement of May Elections

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter The leader of “doomed” Surrey County Council will write to the Government asking for the May 2025 elections to be postponed and Woking’s debt…