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Opinion: GBC’s Accounting Error is Serious – But It Is Not the Time for a Blame Game

By Bernard Quoroll former independent person at GBC and local authority chief executive See: Guildford Officers Find £10m Accounting Error Another fine mess? I watched the online Corporate Governance and…

‘We Have the Wind in Our Sails’ Say Lib Dems But MP Says They’ve Put Guildford in the Doldrums

By Martin Giles Guildford’s prospective Liberal Democrat candidate for the next general election is proclaiming her party’s optimism in the wake of this week’s by-election results. Zöe Franklin has said…

Schools Spending £40,000 Due to County Council Delays

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Schools are spending tens of thousands of pounds trying to support children with additional needs amid delays to assessments from Surrey County Council. One…

Letter: We Should Be Asking Why Accounting Error Occurred, Not Who Made It

From: Tom Bradbury In response to: Guildford’s £10m Accounting Error Discovered in March You get what you pay for. With respect to the finance staff at GBC, and any other…

Letter: We Must Break Our Reliance on Cars

From: John Cooke In response to: £4.2m for the London Road Cycle Lane is Absurd I’m lucky, when I have to drive it’s outside the busy periods or I use…

Letter: The Capacity of London Road is Limited by its Width

From: Victor Howarth In response to: £4.2m for the London Road Cycle Lane is Absurd It is hard to think that what is called London Road was at one time…

Stage Dragon: Tales Left Me Laughing Uncontrollably

By Ian Sadler Dusty medieval language is stripped away from seven of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales this month and it left me laughing uncontrollably throughout the show. The tales are delivered…

Teenager Arrested After Second Guildford Stabbing This Month

A man was airlifted to hospital after a stabbing incident in Guildford yesterday afternoon (July 20). Officers were called to Stoke Park on Nightingale Road at around 4.15pm following a…

Letter: £4.2m for the London Road Cycle Lane is Absurd

From: A retired SCC Highway Engineer and Burpham Resident (name and address supplied) See: Better Cycling and Walking Around Schools With about 19,000 vehicle movements a day, the cycle lane…

Frensham Pond’s Beach Could Close Until November

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter “Extremely dangerous” blue-green algae that can cause diarrhoea, blistering and rashes to those who come into contact with it could keep Surrey’s secret beach…