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Ripley Primary School Trustees Offer Help to Local Schools

Trustees of the former Ripley CofE Primary School have offered to support nearby schools by providing valuable additional teaching spaces for up to 90 children during the continuing lockdown period.…

Letter: I Am Glad Surrey Police Are Watching for Dangerous Speeders

From Keith Chesterton In response to: Police Warn Speeding Drivers, ‘We’re Watching For You’ I saw six sports cars in a 60mph procession speed over the Downs Link foot-crossing on…

Tied Votes As Power Shifts At Borough Council Selection Meeting

by Martin Giles Close votes on rarely contested committee chairmanship roles at the GBC selection meeting last night (May 19) resulted in two ties, 21-21 votes (three abstentions), that had…

Letter: Hang-gliders Drone Over Guildford

From J Harrison The first discernible change since Boris Johnson announced a gradual unravelling of the lockdown seems to be a plague of powered hang-gliders over Guildford. As I write,…

Letter: We Need to Stop the Virus Getting Into All Care Homes

From George Potter Lib Dem borough councillor for Burpham In response to: ‘Extraordinarily Selfless’ Care Home Staff Camp Out to Protect Residents This really is admirable but it’s worth noting…

Hopeful News in Fall of Confirmed Local Covid-19 Infections

The number of new Covid-19 infections has continued to fall in Guildford and in Surrey. Only five new confirmed infections were recorded in Guildford Borough the past week compared with…

Letter: It Is Not True That the Community Is Losing Burchatts Barn

From Andrew Plumridge In response to: Burchatts Farm Barn, Lessons to be Learnt Mr Morgan’s comment refers to Ms Pollock saying: “Guildford is losing a beautiful community hall”, when that…

PCC Munro Writes to National Police Body, Supporting Use of Tasers For Officers

Use of Tasers has been backed by David Munro, the Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner, after the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) expressed concerns nationally. The IOPC has called…

Police Warn Speeding Drivers, ‘We’re Watching For You’

Speeding drivers and motorcyclists taking advantage of quieter roads are being targeted in Surrey and Sussex. The message from the Surrey Safer Roads Partnership warns people to slow down and…

Letter: I Could Not Be More Proud of These Lady ‘Scrubbers’

From Jules Cranwell In response to: Some Ladies Are Proud To Be Scrubbers I could not be more proud of these ladies. While many others were complaining that the government…