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London Fraudsters Who Targeted Elderly Receive Prison Sentences

A gang from London have been jailed for more than 13 years for carrying out a series of fraud offences where elderly and vulnerable victims across Surrey and the South…

Letter: Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover

From Bernard Parke Hon Alderman and Former Mayor and Councillor The national political party system evidently does not often serve local interests and its  needs when extended into the local…

The Dragon Says: Real Problems Require Real Councillors – Not Paper Ones

You will have heard of paper napkins, paper roses, even paper tigers but have you ever heard of “paper candidates”? Unless you have become unusually familiar with local politics, probably…

Have You Seen This Man?

Police in Waverley have released an e-fit image of a man they would like to speak to in relation to an attempted theft of property in Milford. The man shown…

Letter: Green Belt Developments Will Not Help Younger House Seekers

From Roland McKinney Sadly, I think the rather dismal picture painted in the opinion piece: Opinion: What Does The General Election Result Mean for Guildford as Guildford’s future, could come…

Conservatives Tighten Their Grip On The Borough Council – But GGG Win Three

With only one result still to come, it is clear that Conservative domination of Guildford Borough Council (GBC) continues and the number of opposition councillors reduced. Of the 45 council…

Opinion: What Does The General Election Result Mean for Guildford?

By Martin Giles So it’s all done and dusted. Against all expectations the Tory’s have won an outright majority, Dave has been to see the Queen and given his victory…

Guildford Stays Conservative – Anne Milton Increases Her Majority

Anne Milton was re-elected with an increased majority this morning in a result announced at 5am. Following a national trend the Liberal Democrats suffered a much reduced share of the…

We Are Saying Goodbye to Them All… Councillors Stepping Down

There are bound to be many fresh faces at Millmead when the next council forms, regardless of the Guildford Borough Council election results. This is because eighteen councillors are stepping…

Outgoing Councillor, Facing Fraud Charges, Reported to the Returning Officer

Cllr Monika Juneja, who is due to face charges at the Old Bailey next week, was reported by concerned fellow Conservative party members to Guildford Borough’s returning officer, Satish Mistry,…