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Highways Bulletin: Godstone Road Collapse

The information for this bulletin comes from Surrey County Council and is written by them. See interactive map here. Report potholes and highway issues here. Junction 10, M25 news here.…

Feature: The Man Who Claimed To Teach Astral Travelling

An esoteric manual purchased in a Guildford bookshop in 1970; a Tibetan monk with a mission to save the world; and a West Country plumber…the unlikely ingredients of a strange-but-true…

Flames Overcome Steelers in Overtime

Jack Jacome tucked away the winner 92 seconds into overtime to break up  a 1-1 tie and send the Flames off the ice with a 2-1 win over the visiting…

Letter: The Question Is – Will Candidates Prioritise Community or Party?

From John Ferns In response to: Politics-free Councils Would Not Give Us What We Need and other letters and comments on the topic of party political involvement in parish and…

Letter: Politics-free Councils Would Not Give Us What We Need

From Vanessa King Deputy GBC leader and Lib Dem borough councillor for Stoke In response to: Parish and Town Councils Must Be Politics Free Let me see if I understand…

Dragon Interview: Council Leader Faces Questions on Leadership and Reorganisation

Cllr Julia McShane faced 30 minutes of questioning today (February 20) on her leadership of the council, her role as lead councillor for housing and the challenges linked to merging…

‘Would You Put Up With Someone Else’s Poo in Your Kitchen Sink?’

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter The lived reality of strangers’ poo filling people’s kitchen basins was enough to sink plans for 70 new homes in a Surrey village suffering…

Friends Pay Tribute to Colin Stokes, Founder of The Prostate Project

By David Reading Friends have been paying tribute to Colin Stokes MBE, founder of the Prostrate Project in Guildford, who died earlier this month (February). Colin spearheaded a decade-long fundraising…

Letter: Council Decisions Are Inherently Political

From George Potter Lib Dem borough councillor for Burpham I think it’s a shame that Mr Bennett seems to have such a flawed understanding of how town councils work. Unlike…

Dragon Review: The Talented Mr Ripley – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

By Ferenc Hepp We are in 1950s New York and Italy in a very different way this week at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, with The Faction Production of The Talented…