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Letter: More Bridges, Please, But in the Right Places

From: Barry Williams In response to: Wey Towpath Diversion as Work Starts on New Walnut Bridge Replacing the Walnut Tree bridge with an expensive and poorly-thought design seems very misguided.…

Guildford Museum Appeals for Mementoes of Your Pandemic Year

Do you have any items which could help the museum to document life in Guildford during the Covid-19 pandemic? The council’s Museum and Heritage Services team want items including diaries,…

Covid Update: Record Week for Vaccinations

By Martin Giles The seven days to March 25th was a record week for vaccinations in the Surrey Heartlands NHS area, nearly 70,000 first doses were administered and nearly 7,000…

Letter: We Should All Be Proud of Alan Turing and George Abbot Too

From: Gavin Morgan Founder of the Guildford History Forum In response to: Is Alan Turing Now Guildford’s Best Known Briton? I could not agree more about Alan Turing. We can…

Opinion: How a Community Asset Lost Its Name

On Thursday (March 25), the latest episode was revealed of the long-running controversy over GBC’s decision to let Burchatts Barn to a commercial organisation. Martin Giles reflects further on what…

Solum Wants 65 More Homes on ‘Great Wall of Guildford’

By Martin Giles Solum wants 65 more flats added to the “Great Wall of Guildford”, their unpopular station development, the Guildford Society reports on its website. The Keir-Network Rail Joint…

Help Us Reopen Ash Ranges, Campaigners Ask Guildford Joint Committee

By David Reading Campaigners have stepped up their battle to reopen parts of Ash Ranges the MoD closed to the public a year ago. They have formally asked the Guildford…

Letter: Beresford’s Effingham Position ‘Equivocal and Contradictory’

From: Elizabeth Daly Lib Dem candidate for The Horsleys in the forthcoming SCC election In response to: Protests Balloon Over Berkeley Demand for 110 Extra Houses on Green Belt Sir…

Pushing Pedals: Tick-tock, It’s Time to Visit Your Local Bike Shop

This is the second of what is a regular column on local cycling. The vision of Guildford Bicycle User Group (G-BUG) is to make cycling in the borough and surrounding…

Letter: Sex Harassment Is No ‘Badge of Honour’, But Every Woman’s Experience

From: Peta Malthouse In response to: Guildford MP Backs Decision to Support Controversial Police Bill I have read all Angela Richardson says about her decision to support the Police, Crime…