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The Debenhams Site Is in a Conservation Area for a Reason

From: Gavin Morgan Founder of the Guildford Heritage Forum The attraction of Guildford is that it is a modern, prosperous town that retains a lot of historic character and is…

Updated: Fly-tippers Heard Dumping Rubbish on Country Lane at 11pm, GBC Investigating

By Martin Giles An Ockham resident heard fly-tippers at work late at night this week. When he went to check he found rubbish including a large black double fridge, a…

Letter: Walnut Tree Close, If Only…

From: Vanessa Sewell In response to: Consultation on ‘350 Much Needed New Student Homes’ In Walnut Tree Close Is Underway It’s such a shame to see these huge structures going…

Letter: Afghan Refugees Are Already Valuable Citizens in Guildford

From: Jane Hepburn In response to: GBC ‘Already Working with the Defence Ministry to House Afghan Refugees’ For clarification, “Resettle@Guildford” scheme is a private group of concerned individuals who, at…

Letter: Conservatives Should Persuade Their Parliamentary Colleagues to Properly Fund Refugee Assistance

From: Zoe Franklin Guildford Lib Dem’s spokesperson on Parliamentary matters I read Conservative comments in the article ‘GBC ‘Already Working with the Defence Ministry to House Afghan Refugees’ with confusion…

Letter: Guildford Should ‘Get Over Itself’ and Get On

From: Jan Todd In response to: Too Many Opinionated, Over 60s Men Prevaricating Over the Town’s Future I do so agree with C Harding. I fear we can look forward…

Letter: St Mary’s Wharf, We Have Not Been Fairly Consulted

From: Nic Allen member of the Guildford Society and RIBA I would like to support the points made in Alistair Smith’s letter: The Guildford Society is Not Nimby, and in…

Updated: GBC ‘Already Working with the Defence Ministry to House Afghan Refugees’

By Martin Giles Guildford Council is stood by to play its part in housing a share of Afghan refugees. The UK has said it will take 20,000 refugees who are…

Letter: We Must Help Afghan Refugees, Here in Guildford Too

From: James Walsh Labour borough councillor for Stoke In response to: Three Surrey Boroughs Pledge to Help Afghan Refugee Families As a Guildford borough councillor, I will be calling on…

Covid Update: Guildford’s Covid Infection Rates Are the Highest in Surrey

The most recent Covid dashboard from Surrey County Council shows Guildford borough with the highest infection rate in the county, a 30 per cent increase from the previous week. Overall…