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Guildford Residents Left Stranded After Heathrow Bus Breakdowns

By Stella Kuchanny Guildford residents were left frustrated and out of pocket after repeated breakdowns on the First Bus service to Heathrow Airport led to significant delays and travel disruption.…

Mole Valley’s Finance Director Warns ‘All the Low Hanging Fruit Is Gone’

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Mole Valley District Council is facing serious financial pressure and must make “very difficult decisions” over the future of its services. The bleak warning…

Council Tax Hike Not Currently Planned Despite ‘Black Hole’

By Martin Giles On Wednesday (November 13), Conservatives were warning that a “£2.4 billion” budgetary “black hole” in local government funding would mean a hike in council tax bills, despite…

I Am Stella Kuchanny, The Dragon’s Newest Reporter

Dragon readers might have already noticed a couple of articles with the byline Stella Kuchanny, an English student at Loughborough University who lives in Guildford.  She is spending a year…

Letter: LRAG Has Morphed from a Cross-community Group into a Pressure Group

From George Potter Lib Dem county (Guildford East) and borough (Burpham) councillor I’m old enough to remember when the London Road Action Group, which Terry Newman chairs, was established to…

Dragon Review: Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of), Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

By Ferenc Hepp Direct from the West End and now on a national tour, Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) is on at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre this week. This is…

Surrey MP Questions PM on SEND Funding

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter The £1 billion in new special education funding is “not nearly enough” to “end the scandal”  impacting thousands of children forced to miss school…

Solar Farm Supporters Explain Why

Two organisations that supported the University of Surrey’s solar farm proposal have written in to say why. See: University Will Get Its Solar Farm Despite Widespread Objections Olivia Carpenter-Lomax, chair…

Some Guildford Reactions to the US Election Results

The Election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States, the most powerful position on the planet, is likely to have ramifications for the whole world. The…

Letter: The Public Have a Right To Expect Better

From Terry Newman chair of the London Road Action Group In response to: Surrey County Council ‘Backed Down’ Over London Road Scheme Call-in How sad that the consideration of this…