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Resident Says: ’Something Must Be Done About These Hideous Masts’

By Martin Giles A local resident’s hope that a new 15-metre 5G communications mast, by the side of Woking Road, could be relocated, has been dashed. Telecommunication companies are allowed…

Woking Services Judgement Day Set – Where Will the Cuts Be Made?

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Judgement day for Woking Borough Council services has been set. The date for the axe to fall on non-statutory services at the bankrupt council…

Man Behind Bars After Deliberately Starting String of Fires in Guildford

A man who deliberately started three fires on the same night in Guildford has been sentenced to over six years behind bars for arson. Ronald Griffin, 34, from Cabell Road,…

Highways Repair Bulletin July 24

Drivers are advised of changes to A3 and A245 next week. National Highways announced that improvements are aimed at reducing congestion along the A3 and A245 at the Painshill junction…

Notice: Ripley Museum Exhibition – Village Weddings

In a complete change of tack from our previous exhibition, The Story of Newark Mill, our new subject is Village Weddings. We try to look at the origins of wedding…

£2.8m Proposed for Wildlife Aid Foundation

By Emily Coady-Stemp local democracy reporter A £2.8 million grant could be coming to a wildlife charity as it aims to fulfil its founder’s last wishes. The Wildlife Aid Foundation, based…

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…