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Worried About Your Vaccination? Read the Help From NHS’s CCG

A statement of advice and reassurance about vaccinations has been issued by the Surrey Heartlands Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), part of the NHS. The group is helping set up local…

Dragon Interview: Royal Surrey’s Chief Executive Gives Pandemic Update

As news arrives (January 8) of the highest daily number of Covid related deaths nationally, since the pandemic commenced last year, Louise Stead, the Chief Exec of our local hospital,…

Sex Predator, 22, Jailed for Assault Bid on Portsmouth Road

A sexual predator was jailed at Guildford Crown Court on Wednesday (January 6) after admitting a bid to assault a woman nearly a year ago. Callum Boteler, 22, of no…

Planners Back Much-Debated Bridge at Ash Railway Station

By David Reading The controversial road bridge over the railway line at Ash has been approved overwhelmingly by Guildford council’s Planning Committee. Pedestrian and vehicle congestion at the station’s level-crossing…

Letter: Teachers Need Jab as Priority

From: Zöe Franklin Guildford and Cranleigh Lib Dem spokesperson on parliamentary matters Lib Dems have called for early vaccination for teachers after Boris Johnson admitted schools were the epicentre of…

Normandy Residents to Meet Network Rail About Overnight Pile-Driving

By Martin Giles Train services restarted yesterday (January 6) on the Guildford-Reading line, after repairs to the 40-metre landslip in Normandy over Christmas. Those living near say noise from overnight…

Stay Away If You Can, Surrey Uni Students Told

University of Surrey students are “strongly encouraged” to remain at their vacation accommodation until late January or early February, minimising travel to reduce the risk of virus transmission. This is…

Letter: Supermarkets Slacking Off Covid Rules in This Lockdown

From: Ian Stronge In response to: This Lethal Virus is No Respecter of Softly, Softly Policing In the first lockdown, supermarkets were (variably) attentive to over-crowding and sanitising. This time…

Letter: The Case For Keeping Level-crossing at Ash

From: Bibhas Neogi In response to: Can We Really Afford This Bridge? Level-crossings are annoying if you get caught at the barriers but these crossings were built when much less…

No Visible Disability? Not Much Blue Badge Chance in Surrey

By Martin Giles Surrey has the UK’s second-highest refusal rate of Blue Badge parking badges for applicants with non-visible disabilities. For the 12 months after August 30, 2019, 1,063 applications…