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University Gives Guildford Street Angels £1,000 to Help Costs of Night Patrols

The University of Surrey is donating £1,000 to Guildford Street Angels to help cover the charity’s costs of its Friday and Saturday night patrols. Its volunteers have been patrolling Guildford…

Global Success Crowns Two-Day Guildford Games Festival 2020

Guildford Games Festival 2020, adapted this year into a fully digital event, was an outstanding success, drawing two million unique views across all streams with more than 180 games developers…

Surrey University Urges Housing Groups to Back Welfare Rights of LGBTQ+ Residents

A new report by Surrey university encourages social housing providers to commit to the HouseProud Pledge Scheme to help ensure the welfare of their LGBTQ+ residents. In 2018, the university…

Letter: Borough Council Challenged to Make the Most of Town’s Heritage

From: Peta Malthouse In response to: Guildford’s Heritage Treasures Are Not Money-makers For Asset Managers I can only say that as a business user of Burchatts Farm Barn I was…

Letter: Canal Provides Welcome ‘Green Corridor’ And Rail Link Threatens More House-building

From: Paul Messis In response to: Proposals for New Section of Canal May Prevent Reopening Of Disused Railway Line The keywords in the article are “Downslink path”, which essentially would…

Correction

In the original version of the article: Comment: Review Could Unlock a Culture Change, But Leaves More Questions Than Answers, it was stated that Cllr Paul Spooner had asked at…

Letter: Guildford’s Heritage Treasures Are Not Money-makers For Asset Managers

From: Gavin Morgan Founder of the Guildford Heritage Forum In response to: Former Leader Claims Council Officers Anti-Tory Over Burchatts Barn Leasing Report Burchatts Farm Barn’s future should not have…

Comment: Review Could Unlock a Culture Change, But Leaves More Questions Than Answers

By Martin Giles The meeting was quite an occasion for council watchers. See: Former Leader Claims Council Officers Anti-Tory Over Burchatts Barn Leasing Report Something might have gone wrong and…

This Time It’s ‘Strictly’, Florist With a Call to Ring the Changes on Village Phone Box

By Martin Giles Compton parish councillor Chris Sharples is the fun-loving mastermind behind the multi-decorated phone box that has put the village on the national and even international map and…

XX Notes: Christmas is Banned

Maria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… Don’t worry, I do not have any inside knowledge. For all I know, Christmas 2020 is still going ahead. Whether families…