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Pandemic Robs Guildford of Our Robin Hood Panto This Christmas
Guildford’s great Christmas gift will not be staged this year. “We are devastated to announce we will not be producing our much-loved traditional pantomime,” the Yvonne Arnaud theatre management has…
Collaboration Gives Green Light to U-turn on Blackwater Valley Hotspots Scheme
Key road junctions in the Blackwater Valley area will now be improved after agreement by Guildford Borough Council, Surrey County Council and the Local Enterprise Partnership EM3. The Hotspots project…
Strategic Sites Development and Biodiversity
From Julian Cranwell The government has mandated that new developments must lead to a net increase in bio-diversity. See: https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/2019/03/13/government-to-mandate-biodiversity-net-gain/ It seems to me this would make the “strategic sites”…
Why Guildford Lido Will Not Be Opened This Summer
The Guildford Lido will remain closed this year. GBC Cllr James Steel, lead for the Environment, has said: “We are sorry to confirm that although the government now allows outdoor…
Letter: Worplesdon’s ‘Little Hidden Gem’ is Opening Too
From: Jan Messinger The Sime gallery Worplesdon is delighted to announce it is opening, by appointment only, 2-4pm Wednesday and Sunday throughout August. It was cleaned yesterday (July 21) following…
Letter: MPs Remarks Reveal the Dictatorial Motives Behind Planned Local Government Change
From Keith Childs hon alderman and former Mayor of Guildford I have long been an advocate of unitary authorities. The division of responsibilities between district councils and the county council…
Opinion: We’re Missing the Point About Our Litter Problem
By David Roberts Conducting a little anti-litter campaign in Britain’s most troubled overseas territories made me think hard about the subject, and my impression of the debate in Guildford, including…
National Trust Insurers Suing Builders Over 2015 Fire
A construction company and a building consultancy are being sued by National Trust insurers Zurich Municipal over the fire that gutted 18th-century Grade 1 Clandon House near Guildford in 2015.…
Man Injured in Early Hours Machete Attack, Police Appeal for Witnesses
Two men were chased and one of them injured by a machete-wielding assailant near Stoke Road, Guildford, in the early hours of this morning (July 21). Police officers were called…
Letter: Is This the Time to Reorganise Our Local Government?
From: Frank Phillipson In response to: County Council’s Tory Leader Tells Whitehall of Plan for Single Authority Rule Do we really want to perpetuate and extend the powers of an…
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