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Life in Solitary: The Rear End of… What’s Her Name?

The Lockdown Diary of Tony Edwards My Lost Lockdown Day At precisely 11am last Saturday I realised it was Friday. The proof was there, in black and white, in the…

National Campaign Seeks Adoptive Parents For 20 Children in Surrey

UK adoption agencies have launched a nationwide recruitment campaign to raise awareness of adoption, with 20 children in Surrey waiting to find a family of their own. Nearly 3,000 children…

Albanian Pair Jailed for Drug-Dealing After Early Morning Stop-Search

Two men caught with cocaine during a vehicle stop have been jailed for 30 months each at Guildford Crown court. At 1am on June 28, officers stopped a vehicle on…

Letter: Ash Parish Council Operates With All the Passion of Our Classic ‘Dead Parrot’

From: John Ferns In response to: Ash Residents Angry After Tory Parish Council Co-Opts Political Ally Ash Parish Council never cease to amaze. I listened to the two candidates’ presentations;…

Firefighter Claimed Lack of Food and Drink During Six-Day Chobham Common Wildfire

By Julie Armstrong local democracy reporter A Surrey firefighter has said crews battling Chobham Common wildfire last month would have been “falling like flies” without food and drink donated by…

Letter: Government Rejected Our Test Offer For a Firm That Knew Nothing About It

From: Name and address supplied In response to: Can Our ‘Condescending’ MP Tell Us Exactly What This Government Has Got Right? I know my employer, a major university (I write…

PCC Pledges Local Policing to Stay Despite Closures in Move to New HQ

PCC Pledges Local Policing to Stay Despite Closures in Move to New HQ

By Julie Armstrong local democracy reporter Police numbers in Surrey will increase and local presence will remain after a new HQ is built in Leatherhead, David Munro, the Police and…

Covid-Caused Council Tax Shortages Leave Surrey Police Facing £5m ‘Black Hole’

By Julie Armstrong local democracy reporter Surrey Police funding could be cut by £5 million because councils are struggling to collect council tax from people hit financially by coronavirus, the…

Ash Residents Angry After Tory Parish Council Co-Opts Political Ally

By David Reading Trouble is bubbling in Ash as the Conservative-controlled parish council co-opted a fellow party supporter to their ranks, rejecting an independent candidate. Critics described the co-option of…

Letter: Can Our ‘Condescending’ MP Tell Us Exactly What This Government Has Got Right?

From: Michael Bruton In response to: Woman With No Covid Test Booking Weeps As Guards Refuse Entry to Onslow Centre Perhaps Guildford’s MP could tell us what her government has…