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Guildford’s Seven-Day Covid Infection Rate Dips as Second Lockdown Looms

By Martin Giles As the second lockdown approaches, the seven-day infection rate in Guildford and Surrey has dipped for the first time in six weeks. There were 171 new cases…

MP Richardson’s Praise in Commons For Guildford’s Battle Against the Pandemic

Guildford’s Conservative MP Angela Richardson gave an upbeat report of her constituency’s fight against Covid-19 during a parliamentary debate last night (November 2). She said government financial assistance had: “……

Letter: Developers Plough Their Money Into Farmland to Harvest Huge Profits

From: Ben Paton In response to: In Times of Food Shortage, Building on the Land That Feeds Us Seems Unwise If we look specifically at the Guildford Local Plan rather…

Christmas Cheer Lights Up the Yvonne Arnaud for Guildford Families This Year

A magical adventure awaits you and your family this Christmas as the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre is thrilled to announce its production of The Snow Queen, running from Friday, December 11…

Guildford Dragon Theatre Reviewer Alice Wins National Story Award

A local writer who reviews theatre for The Guildford Dragon has won a national award. Alice Fowler, a former feature writer at the Daily Mail, took the short story prize…

Opinion: “Greatcoats on – Greatcoats off!”

By Martin Giles Private soldiers have ribald comments for many situations and “Greatcoats on – Greatcoats (*******) off!” is the one reserved for when they get order, counter-order and counter,…

Letter: Honeybees Are Nicking My Nectar!

From Harry Eve In response to: Beekeeper’s Notes: Too Much Urban Beekeeping May Be Bad? It is good to read this frank opinion from Hugh Coakley, a beekeeper. The problem…

Dragon Interview: Cliff Hackett, Founder, Editor and Publisher of “Roundabout Effingham” and the “Bulletin”

Cliff Hackett explains why he created his successful newsletters and how he views their future. Interviewed by Chris Dick… What made you wish to become a parish councillor? That’s a…

County’s Emergency Forum Ready to Back Residents and Businesses in New Lockdown

Surrey’s Local Resilience Forum (SLRF) is supporting residents and businesses across the county in dealing with the latest Covid-19 restrictions announced by the Prime Minister yesterday (October 31). The Forum,…

Another Record Breaking Month for The Dragon

The Guildford Dragon NEWS had another record-breaking month in October. There were over 175,000 page views and 71,000 visitors. During October we also saw the 2020 page views figure pass…