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Two Sentenced After Police Catch Drug Deal in Guildford

In April, officers on routine patrol in Burpham saw a Toyota pull into a bus-stop and occupants passed drugs to a group behaving anti-socially. The Toyota was stopped and the…

Letter: Local History is Enriched By Input from Outside

From: Martin Dowland In response to: Plan to ‘Decolonise’ Guildford Museum Stirs a Storm of Comment and Criticism Museums have not suddenly become aware of the significance of their collections.…

Letter: Local Government Reorganisation Should Not Be Rushed

From Brian Creese Chair of Guildford Labour Party In response to: County Borough and District Leaders Meet to Fight SCC ‘Power Grab’ Guildford Labour Party has supported the re-organisation of…

Ash Residents Campaign Against Imposed Access Restrictions at Army Ranges

By David Reading A group of Ash Vale residents is mounting a campaign to persuade the Ministry of Defence to re-instate public access to parts of the Ash Ranges that…

SCC Chief Repeats Backing for Single Authority But Pledges to ‘Work’ with Other County Leaders

By Martin Giles Tim Oliver, leader of Surrey County Council has repeated his belief in a single unitary authority (UA) after leaders of the county’s 11 borough and district councils…

Letter: Labelling the Past ‘Good’ or ‘Bad’ Makes Us All Stupider

From David Roberts In response to: We Should Not Brush Centuries of Slave Trading, Before Abolition, Under the Rug As a history graduate, I broadly agree with Cllr Potter that…

Letter: We Should Not Brush Centuries of Slave Trading, Before Abolition, Under the Rug

From George Potter Lib Dem borough councillor for Burpham In response to: Cllr Potter Misses the Point I’m afraid it is Mr Middleton who misses the point. Yes, we were…

Letter: Cllr Potter Misses the Point

From: Dave Middleton In response to a comment from George Potter on Gordon Bridger’s letter: Colonisation Was a Benefit to Many Parts of Africa Cllr George Potter completely misses the…

County Borough and District Leaders Meet to Fight SCC ‘Power Grab’

By Martin Giles Guildford council leader Caroline Reeves has joined most of the other borough and district leaders to prepare an alternative proposal for the reorganisation of Surrey’s local government.…

Opinion: For the Lib Dems to Use Our Museum For Political Promotion is Wrong

By Gavin Morgan Founder of the Guildford Heritage Forum I object to the council’s use of Guildford Museum to promote the political credentials of the Liberal Democrats. “Black lives matter”…