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Waverley Planning Approval for Green Field Site – A Decision Residents Were Dreading

By Daniel Husseini Protestors rallied outside Waverley Borough Council yesterday evening (February 7) ahead of a planning decision vote they had been dreading. The “Save Historic Binscombe” group led by…

Class A Recipe Results in Jail Time – Guildford Man Gets 7½ Years

Four drug dealers including a Guildford man have been sentenced to a combined 16 and a half years in prison after police officers caught them red-handed, mixing cocaine. On Friday,…

Guildford in Top Ten for New Build Houses and Top Five for Planning Application Refusals

By Martin Giles New research has revealed Guildford to be in the top 10 of areas of England with the most “new build” homes. Guildford features in 10th place out…

Waverley Council Formally Objects to Farnborough Airport Expansion Plan

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Plans to increase capacity at Farnborough Airport by 40 per cent have been formally objected to by Waverley Borough Council. The airport is seeking…

Letter: Maybe Local Tories Can Persuade the Government to Fix Council Funding?

From: Mark Stamp In response to: The Lib Dem Budget for Guildford – Just Not Good Enough Selling some of the assets Cllr Brooker is talking about, to plug the…

Letter: ‘Party Games’ Should Be a Sell Out!

From: John Ferns In response to: Yvonne Arnaud Director on New Play ‘Party Games’ Thank you, Guildford Dragon for bringing this to our attention. The director presented well and I…

Surrey MP Kwasi Kwarteng To Quit

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Spelthorne MP and former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced his intention to stand down at the next election. Mr Kwarteng informed his constituency association…

Highways Bulletin for February 5

The information for this bulletin comes from Surrey County Council. For more information please click here. “Streetworks” typically refers to the maintenance, installation and repairs of utility services located under…

Phosphate Pollution in the River Wey One of the Worst In the Country

By Martin Giles The River Wey and its tributaries had one of the highest levels of phosphates found in a recent survey of 163 English rivers. The finding was included…

Royal Visit to Surrey History Centre

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh visited Surrey’s History Centre in Woking last week  (January 31) touring the centre’s extensive heritage services and meeting the staff and volunteers. She…