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Debenhams Closure to Cost GBC Nearly £500,000 in Rates Loss

Guildford Borough Council will lose nearly £500,000 in business rates it was expecting, due to the  financial difficulties Debenhams is suffering. The retail chain is closing its Guildford store in…

V Café Shows That Veganism is Becoming an Institution

Ash Aspect reporter David Reading pays a visit to Guildford’s new vegetarian café and considers the current trend towards veganism. You could say I started my career in the catering…

Updated – Lib Dems Secure Leadership Of Borough Council With Tory and Labour Votes

Guildford’s Lib Dem chief Caroline Reeves was voted in as new leader of the borough council last night (May 15, 2019) in an unusually contested election caused by no party…

Council Leaning Toward Bird Tower to Bring Back Guildford’s Vanishing Swifts

By Rebecca Curley local democracy reporter Guildford Borough Council is considering a 10 metre nesting tower to attract back swifts after area numbers have drastically declined. The tower, planned to…

Homage To Periodic Table On Display In Guildford

University of Surrey biochemistry graduate Jane Stewart’s macramé homage to the periodic table has embarked on a UK tour. With 2019 designated by UNESCO as the International Year of the…

Parties Feverishly Manoeuvring For Power in New Guildford Council

Negotiations continued yesterday (May 14, 2019) between the Lib Dems and the Residents for Guildford and Villages (R4GV) parties to try to strike a deal on how to share power…

Letter: How Refreshing To Have Younger Councillors

Letter: How Refreshing To Have Younger Councillors

From Jules Cranwell In response to: Dragon Interview: Three New, Young Borough Councillors Give Their Points of View I thoroughly enjoyed this interview. How refreshing to have such youth and…

Stage Dragon: Napoli, Brooklyn – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

By Alice Fowler Napoli, Brooklyn, playing at the Yvonne Arnaud all this week, is the story of an immigrant Italian family in New York, dancing to Gene Vincent’s Be-Bop-A-Lula while…

Letter: I Thank Tony Phillips

Letter: I Thank Tony Phillips

From Julian Lyon In response to: I Feel Honoured and Privileged to Have Represented Onslow I thank Tony Phillips for his example of service which will be remembered. He was…

Letter: What About A New Playground for Stoughton Rec?

From Brian Holt In response to: Focus On Youth In Park Barn And Westborough As New All-weather Pitch Is Unveiled At Kings College We were told three years ago that…