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Grassland Fire in Shalford Causes Temporary Road Closure

A fire on an area of open grassland in Shalford, near the closed-down Parrot pub, caused a road closure on Saturday (August 13). There have been no reports of casualties…

More Are Worried About Fellow Guildfordians Facing the Cost of Living Crisis Than for Themselves

By Martin Giles Most residents in Guildford are “extremely concerned” about the cost of living crisis for others if not themselves according to a random straw poll conducted in the…

Updated: Water Supply Problem Downgraded from ‘Major Incident’

Update 10.20am August 16 Thames Water reported on their website: “Netley Mill Water Treatment Works continues to run normally and levels in local reservoirs are good. “We’re therefore not planning…

Straw Poll of Guildford Shoppers Shows Preference for Rishi Sunak as Our Next PM

By Martin Giles and Hugh Coakley A straw poll of Guildford shoppers yesterday indicated that those questioned favoured Rishi Sunak as our next prime minister. We asked 58 people: “If…

Letter: I Am Shocked at the Small Number of Affordable Homes in Proposed Developments

From: David Smith In response to: Tory Talk of ‘Surrender to Developer Interests’ is Pure Hypocrisy I speak in support of no party here but I am shocked that a)…

Letter: I Will Never Vote Tory Again Because of the Local Plan

From: Peta Malthouse In response to: Tory Talk of ‘Surrender to Developer Interests’ is Pure Hypocrisy I wholly agree with David Roberts. As one of the correspondents to every stage…

Letter: The Shortage of Council Housing Could Be Solved Overnight

From: Ben Paton In response to: GBC’s Poor Performance on Social Housing Is An Abject Betrayal The Conservative Party has said nothing competent, useful or true about social housing for…

Updated: Only 300 Homes Still Without Water – Most of 7,000 Affected Have Supply Restored

Thames Water has now restored a water supply to around 6,700 of the 7,000 homes that have been affected by “technical issues” at Netley Mill Water Treatment Works. Homes in…

Woman Found Parched in Shere as Village Left Without Water

By Martin Giles A woman was found “parched and in distress” by Lib Dem campaigners in Shere today because of problems with the water supply during a Met Office amber…

Letter: Tory Talk of ‘Surrender to Developer Interests’ is Pure Hypocrisy

From: David Roberts In response to: GBC’s Poor Performance on Social Housing Is An Abject Betrayal I read in Mr Mills’s letter an early attempt by the Conservatives to steal…