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Guildford’s ‘Selfless’ Pilgrim Care Home Workers Step Up for Their Jabs

Staff from Pilgrim Wood Care Home in Guildford, who lived in tents in the grounds and spare rooms at the home for six weeks during the spring and summer to…

Petition Fails to Alter Woking Plans to Use Green Belt For Housing

By Julie Armstrong local democracy reporter Woking council has refused a petition signed by more than 2,760 residents to save the green belt and its wildlife by redesignating land destined…

Life in Solitary: And a Happy Christmas to You, Whoever You Are

The Lockdown Diary of Tony Edwards The Annual Christmas Card Mystery I get one every year; a Christmas card from someone whose name I can’t quite read or don’t recognise.…

Two Cocaine Dealers Caught in Guildford Car Stop Sent to Prison

Two drug-dealers have been jailed after cocaine was found in their car during a police stop on Guildford’s Southway in June. Officers found a sock in the front passenger-door pocket…

Letter: Has the Government Got the Bottle to Phase Out Food Banks?

From: John Morris Former candidate of the Peace Party In response to: Video Highlights Faith Community’s Support As Food Poverty Increases What must “people in need” feel when they find…

Judge Quashes Ash Green Building Permits Over ‘Seriously Misled’ Guildford Council

By Martin Giles A High Court judge has quashed planning permission for 73 dwellings in Ash Green because a planning officer’s reports “seriously and materially” misled Guildford Borough Council’s planning…

County Council Tories Vote Down School Breakfast Clubs For Needy Children

By Julie Armstrong local democracy reporter Conservative Surrey councillors voted down a Lib Dem motion to fund for school breakfast clubs at their meeting yesterday (December 9). Cllr Fiona White…

Letter: Removal of Comment Was In Line With Our Policy

From: David King Hon Sec Effingham Residents’ Association In response to: Does Effingham Residents’ Association Want to Know Residents’ Views? Or Not? Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA) welcomes different points of…

Opinion: Does Effingham Residents’ Association Want to Know Residents’ Views? Or Not?

By Chris Dick A local residents’ association has taken unusual action when faced by adverse reader comments on its website. The volunteer trustees who manage Effingham’s King George V hall…

Stage Dragon: Owen Wingrave – Grange Park Opera

By Alice Fowler Owen Wingrave is Benjamin Britten’s ‘ghost opera’: a heart-rending tale of a young man who refuses to submit to the straitjacket of familial traditions and expectations. Written…