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MPs Have Made It Clear to the Housing Secretary – Surrey Housing Figures Too High

Surrey’s MPs have met with the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick and made it “abundantly clear” that the housing figures for Surrey should be reduced. There is “grave danger that bad…

Returned Resident’s Initiative Gives a Restored Picture of Local Nature at Pewley

Dragon reader Jason Forde wrote in to say: “Would you like to do a piece on the new nature tableau at Pewley Down that I raised crowd-funded money for; and…

Improved Bus Services to Commence This Month

Bus services in Guildford and other parts of Surrey will see significant improvements from this month, following over £5m investment to enhance bus travel for residents, Surrey County Council has…

Letter: We Warned that Privatising the Probation Service Would Cause Problems

From Mike Adams In response to: PCC Lisa Townsend Welcomes New Probation Service As the man holding the placard in your photo from 2014, I very much welcome the reunification…

PCC Lisa Townsend Welcomes New Probation Service

Probation services delivered by private businesses in Surrey and across England and Wales have been merged with the National Probation Service this week to provide a new unified public Probation…

Guildford Launches New ‘Garden of Hope’ Community Project

All images by Mandy Millyard Guildford has a new “Garden of Hope” in the grounds of St Mary’s church. The new amenity was opened on Saturday (June 26) by Guildford…

Letter: Our Disregard for Our Planet Is Lunacy

From: Pearl Catlin In response to: Rubbish Litters Street As Students Move Out Of Rented Accommodation We are deliberately creating a disaster for our world anyway. As a principle, I…

Dragon Interview: Council Leaders on Joint Working Between Guildford & Waverley

Work between Guildford and Waverley borough councils has been continuing apace in their joint desire to deal with the ever-increasing financial pressures. Next week the two councils will be asked…

Guildford & Waverley Councils Set to Progress Cost-Cutting Partnership Initiative

Partnership working between Guildford and Waverley borough councils is expected to take another step forward this week. Following approval at their respective Executive committees and with the support of the…

South Western Railway Guards Trial Body-worn Cameras to Improve Safety

South Western Railway (SWR) is trying out body-worn cameras for its guards working out of Fratton depot, Portsmouth, the southern end of the line that passes through Guildford to London.…