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Opinion: Never Have We Needed the Benefits of the Natural World More

By Catherine Masterman Interwoven with the human scale infrastructure that dominates and regulates our lives – the roads, the trains, the telegraph wires, the pavements, the houses, shops, schools and…

SCC Calls on the Government To Protect the Environment

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Fears of “irreversible damage” to Surrey’s countryside have prompted calls to change a new planning bill currently going through Parliament. Surrey County Council members…

Waverley Council To Bring Green Space Maintenance In-house

By Chris Caulfield Grass cutting and maintenance of Waverley Borough Council’s green spaces is being brought in-house with the  authority on the verge of approving £1 million for a new…

A New Dementia Centre for Guildford

A new charity is being set up to develop a much-needed local Dementia Support Hub for the people of Guildford. Dementia, in its various forms and stages, affects many people…

Lib Dems Easily Hold Three Council Seats in Surrey By-elections

By Chris Caulfield, local democracy reporter and Martin Giles In by-elections, Liberal Democrats have easily held on to two council seats in Woking, one at the borough council and one…

UK Students to Launch International Space Mission

A team of students from the University of Surrey are, with fellow students from Portsmouth and Southampton Universities, working to fit equipment they have designed, made and tested, to a…

New Skate Park Proposed for Cranleigh

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Cranleigh could get a new skate park after Waverley Borough Council’s Executive Committee backed spending more than £600,000  to replace the existing “well used”…

Retrofit Planned for Guildford Office Building

A town centre office building is to undergo a major retrofit following planning permission being granted by GBC’s Planning Committee to real estate investment adviser Bradda Capital. The scheme involves…

Incident in High Street – Man Found Unresponsive

4.30pm – Surrey Police have updated their report of an incident in the town centre this morning. The police statement said: “Following a concern for safety, a man in his…

Letter: The Weyside Scheme Is Not Going To Be GBC’s Woking

From John Redpath former R4GV councillor In response to: Councillors Hear How the Weyside Urban Village Project Became a Multi-million Risk Weyside Urban Village (WUV) is certainly not GBC’s Woking.…