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Insights: The Gathering Storm – Part 1

By Bernard Quoroll This is the first of a number Insight pieces which I hope will contribute to the thinking about how the new West Surrey Council should evolve and engage…

50 Years of Sax and Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll

By Charles Whiting Dragon music reporter The Blockheads at the Boileroom, Saturday, May 23. Sean Lock, the late, much-lamented comedian, played the debut Ian Dury and the Blockheads album to…

Notice: Blooming Picnic – Free Event – June 6

Not long now, free entertainment in Guildford’s beautiful Castle grounds……

Inaugural West Surrey Shadow Council Meeting About To Be Held

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter The new West Surrey Shadow Council will meet for the first time today (May 21), giving voters and early look at how the new…

Surrey Police Reorganise to Mirror Local Government Changes

Surrey Police is reorganising to a two division structure to strengthen modernisation and align with Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). Following a detailed review of its “Target Operating Model” the constabulary…

Letter: Are We Ready for Proportional Representation?

From Patrick Bray In response to: First Past the Post Still Has Its Merits Andy Berriman puts forward a thoughtful case on the shortcomings of First Past the Post. Though…

Police Seek Public’s Help To Find Wanted Man

Surrey Police are appealing for the public’s help to locate Muhammad Ali, aged 21, of no fixed abode, who is wanted in connection with police investigations into three assaults which…

Rock Choir Hits Guildford High Street

The Guildford Rock Choir hit the High Street again over the weekend to help raise money for the mental health charity Oakleaf. Under their leader Tom George, they put on…

Will It Be ‘One for Sorrow’? Trifle-loving Sainsbury’s Magpie Faces Extermination

By Daisy Edwards It looks as though the infamous magpie trapped in the Godalming Sainsbury’s on Woolsack Way is facing extermination. The bird, a protected wild species, has now been…

Letter: Cathedral Memories on Its 65th Birthday

From Anthony Mallard I am reminded by the 65th birthday celebrations of Guildford Cathedral that I attended a church similarly modelled. The Church of St Thomas the Apostle in Boston…