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Notice: Wild Surrey Artist And Photographer Of The Year 2022 Now Open For Entries

Surrey Wildlife Trust’s Wild Surrey Artist and Photographer of the Year 2022 competition is now open for entries. Supported by landscaping power tool firm Stihl, the competition is open to…

Notice: Talk: A Personal Story Of El Camino de Santiago – The Portuguese Way

Richard Morris, a trustee of Surrey Churches Preservation Trust (SCPT) tells his story of walking the Portuguese Way to El Camino de Santiago and will explain why he thinks this…

Letter: Why Not Pay Parish Councillors Too?

From: Roshan Bailey In response to:Why Should We Expect Our Councillors to Work For Free? Adam Aaronson’s letter raises important issues, and the link back to Martin Giles’s comments, when…

Letter: Why Should We Expect Our Councillors to Work For Free?

From Adam Aaronson Isn’t it about time the system of councillors’ remuneration was addressed? The basic annual salary of a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons is £81,000.…

Surrey Police Is Determined to Improve Its Strategy to Tackle Violence Against Women and Girls

Surrey Police is reporting positive progress on its Violence Against Women and Girls strategy, following the publication of a national report. The HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue…

RHS Wisley is Second Only to Kew in Online Popularity

A study by online florists Flying Flowers has placed RHS Wisley in second place of the UK’s top gardens by the number of searches conducted online. The famous attraction draws…

Serious Organised Crime Leader, With Cranleigh Address, Jailed for Over Nine Years

A man, who thought operating out of the “leafy idyll” of Cranleigh would mean his criminal activity went undetected, has been jailed for a total of nine years and six…

Zoe Franklin Re-selected As Prospective Parliamentary Candidate

The Liberal Democrats have re-selected local campaigner, Zöe Franklin, to be the prospective parliamentary candidate for Guildford. According to her party, Ms Franklin becomes the first “Blue Wall” general election…

Green Party Baroness Supports Petition Call for Local Councillor to Apologise

By Martin Giles A comment on Twitter by a Guildford borough councillor has resulted in a petition being raised demanding he apologises for his description of Surrey’s Police & Crime…

Notice: A Major New Exhibition of Chatsworth’s Old Master Drawings at Woking’s Lightbox

A major new exhibition featuring more than 60 Old Master drawings from the collection at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, second only to the Queen’s in its scope and quality, has…