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Dragon Interview: Patrick Oven, GGG Leader at GBC

This is the fourth in a series of interviews with, it is hoped, all the party leaders at Guildford Borough Council. In this interview the man in the spotlight is…

Obituary: Eddie Russell, Former Treasurer Guildford City Football Club

Guildford City Football Club are sorry to announce that our long-time supporter and treasurer Eddie Russell has sadly passed away, aged 72. The news was received on Wednesday evening as…

Guildford Town’s Acts of Remembrance 2024

This year, as usual, there will be two civic events to mark Remembrance in the Guildford town as well as the various ceremonies held in villages throughout the borough. Saturday,…

Highways Bulletin for October 28

The information for this bulletin comes from Surrey County Council. See interactive map here. Report potholes and highway issues here. Further information on the London Road, Burpham – Active Travel…

Below Par Performance Allows City Defeat

By Barry Underwood City fell to a disappointing defeat at Spectrum against a Camberley side who played some of their best football of the season. This year City has impressed…

Questions Raised Over Woking Council Loan to Independent School

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter A private school was loaned millions of pounds at favourable rates by debt-ridden Woking Borough Council before it went bankrupt. Now questions are being…

Letter: Only One in Ten of Us Are Potential Cyclists

From David Roberts In response to: To Believe Drivers Will Switch to Cycling is Absurd Cycling should be encouraged for both health and environmental reasons. But planners need to accept…

Guildford MP Says She Knows What Needs To Be Done To Fix Sewage Scandal

By Martin Giles Guildford’s MP Zöe Franklin (Lib Dem) has responded to the government’s announcement of a new review of the privatised water industry, repeating the Liberal Democrats’ long-standing calls…

Opinion: Where Will the Chancellor Look To Raise Tax?

By Gavin Midgley A senior lecturer in Accounting at the University of Surrey who gives his view of next week’s Autumn Budget, the first from this Labour Government. There has…

Paramedic Found Guilty of Causing Death by Careless Driving

A paramedic who lost control of his ambulance and collided with a bus stop, which resulted in the death of a pedestrian, has been found guilty of causing death by…