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Giant Hunting Spiders Once Feared Extinct Discovered on Surrey MoD Site

After more than 25 years without a sighting, some of Britain’s largest and most endangered spiders have been rediscovered on a Ministry of Defence (MoD) training area in Surrey. Surrey…

Updated: ‘Please Don’t Have Pre-lockdown Parties’ Says Council Leader Bigmore

By Martin Giles Guildford’s council leader has warned that non-compliance with new lockdown rules risks extending the length of the pandemic. Guildford’s MP, Angela Richardson later emphasised that the decision…

Make Sure Your Bonfire Night Goes Off With a Very Safe Bang This Year

With so many organised firework displays for Halloween and Bonfire Night cancelled this year due to Covid-19, urgent safety warnings have been issued by the county council. Last year, in…

Entries Welcomed For Guildford Innovations Awards, Going Online This Year

This year, the celebrated Guildford Innovation Awards will move online on Thursday, December 17. This virtual version, delivered by the borough council with long-term partners Surrey University and Surrey Research…

Life in Solitary: There Are Different Sorts of Isolation

The Lockdown Diary of Tony Edwards Why my first ‘Isolation’ was short-lived Long before Coronavirus stalked the planet and ‘social distancing’ hadn’t yet been invented, my wife and I were…

New Boss Wants to Pave the Way for Young Black Women to Work in Housebuilding

Dawnet McLaughlin, new MD of Guildford-based housebuilder Vistry Southern, hopes her success will attract more black women to work in the sector. She said young black people feel there are…

The Dragon Says: Providing for Hungry Children is a Measure of Our Community

No one wants our children to go hungry. There are few things less emotive than the thought of an ill-nourished child, especially in an affluent borough such as Guildford. Most…

New Goal For Surrey’s Firefighters, Building a Winning Football Team

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service launches its own football team this month as they join the Emergency Services Football League, a nationwide competition consisting teams from emergency, prison and Armed…

Letter: In Judging Child Poverty, We Need to be Kind and Sensitive, as Well as Helping

From: Sue Doughty former Lib Dem MP for Guildford In response to: Some Points to Freely Digest Not all parents are good parents. Some don’t know how to be and…

Letter: Talk And Words Are Nothing to a Life of Compassionate Action

From: Jim Allen In response to: 14 Million People in the UK Live in Poverty, 1.6 Million in Severe Poverty I do so like the people who make assumptions and…