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Opinion: Lib Dem Leader Reeves Reveals How and Why Council Powers Are Being Shared

Opinion: Lib Dem Leader Reeves Reveals How and Why Council Powers Are Being Shared

Caroline Reeves, leader of Guildford Borough Council’s Lib Dem group, accepted The Dragon invitation to respond to the Opinion piece by R4GV leader Joss Bigmore  The results of the borough elections…

Opinion: R4GV Leader Thanks Lib Dems and Pledges New Skills to Kickstart Future For Guildford

Opinion: R4GV Leader Thanks Lib Dems and Pledges New Skills to Kickstart Future For Guildford

by Joss Bigmore leader of the Residents for Guildford & Villages group at GBC I’d like to thank Cllr Caroline Reeves and the Lib Dem group for honouring commitments made…

Sarah White Appointed as New Council Monitoring Officer As Rob Parkin Leaves

by Martin Giles The Borough Council has a new monitoring officer, replacing Rob Parkin who is leaving for a similar role in Cambridgeshire, moving closer to his family. She is…

Is That Room Service Or, Should I Say, Robot Service?

Could hotel service robots help the hospitality industry after COVID-19? Robots cannot catch biological viruses. This could be a major factor for their further development in a post-Covid-19 world and…

Letter: Maypole Tradition Upheld in Lockdown

From Phil Gorton I hope that you are all in good order and avoiding the pestilence. For obvious reasons, Pilgrim Morris’s annual Summerpole day of dance in Guildford did not…

Column: XX Notes – Muesli? Give Me a Breakie

This is the second of Maria Rayner‘s fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… Are you getting your oats? Well, it’s still lockdown and life’s essentials are hard to come by.…

Tackling Profiteering During Lockdown – An Expert View No. 4

What are the effects of the current pandemic and the associated restrictions now and how can we tackle them? Expert academics at the University of Surrey are giving their views.…

Illegal Fishing and Livestock Worrying Being Tackled By Surrey Rural Crime Team

Illegal fishing and livestock worrying by dogs, especially in the lambing season, are being tackled by the Surrey Police rural crime team. The team, a sergeant, two constables and six…

New Covid Data Shows More Local Detail

by Martin Giles Guildford Borough has had 343 confirmed cases of Covid-19 to date (May 7). New data released by Public Health England shows, for the first time, the number…

Letter: River Management Practices Need Urgent Review

From Jim Allen In response to: Farncombe Boat House Family Tells of ‘Devastating’ Effect of Weir Collapse and ‘Official Silence’ For many years as a member of the Burpham Flood…