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Letter: SCC Awarded £848,000 to Increase Cycling and Walking But Little’s Being Done

From: Max Jamieson Guildford Bike User Group (G-BUG) In May, Surrey County Council was awarded £848,000 for reallocating road space for cycling and walking. Central government gave the money to…

Letter: How Consultation With Informed Resident Identified Route to Solving the Hotspot Issue

From: John Rigg R4GV borough councillor for Holy Trinity and lead councillor for Regeneration In response to: Hotspots Project Raised My Temperature R4GV borough councillor for Holy Trinity and lead…

Life in Solitary: If You Like It, Stick With It

The Lockdown Diary of Tony Edwards Groundhog Wisdom I’ve just worked it out,  “Lockdown Grub” is an anagram of “Groundhog Day”. Trust me – it is.  And even if it…

Letter: Hotspots Project Raised My Temperature

From: John Ferns In response to: Collaboration Gives Green Light to U-turn on Blackwater Valley Hotspots Scheme That all was not well within Millmead was obvious to concerned residents, here…

Angry Resident Cuts Chains That Kept Effingham’s KGV Car Park Closed

By Chris Dick After weeks of complaints from a few highly vocal residents about the chains keeping the main King George V (KGV) car park gates closed, they were cut…

Letter: A Warning About How Key Questions Can Be Quashed in Planning

From Sue Wyeth-Price I wonder how many other residents watched online the special meeting of the Planning Committee on July 8 to discuss an application (19/P/02102) re Land at Manor…

Staff Member ‘Hovered near Death’ During Eight Weeks in Covid-19 ICU

A 45-year-old staff member at the Royal Surrey County Hospital is recovering after three heart attacks and near-death complications during eight weeks in intensive care battling Covid-19. Chris Bowers, an…

School’s Great County Food Drop Delivers 2,000 Bags of Groceries to Needy

Over the past 20 weeks, volunteers at Guildford County School have delivered more than 2,000 bags of donated groceries to needy families in Guildford and the surrounding villages as part…

More Than £1 million Additional Grant Funding Issued To Local Businesses

The borough council have made grants totalling £1.111 million to 95 local business and charities, helping our local economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Discretionary Grants Scheme (DGS) has…

Letter: Thanks to Anonymous Strangers Willing to Help

From: Name and address supplied. Could I communicate through The Dragon to the three lads who helped me out when my car broke down in the centre lane of Onslow…