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Opinion: Scotland Can Teach Us A Lesson Before A Single Vote Is Counted

We might be at the other end of the United Kingdom (at least it’s united as I write) but we do already have a lesson or two to learn from…

Fatal A3 Accident in Ripley

Surrey Police is appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the A3 in the early hours of this morning (September 15). A police statement reads: “Officers were called to…

Guildford City Travel to Ashford Hoping For More Luck In Front of Goal

Guildford City visit Ashford Town tomorrow (September 13) looking to claim a win that will rekindle their season. Ashford, like Guildford, were relegated from the Southern League last year and…

Former Dragon Theo Paphitis Selects Shalford Business As A Winner

By Ruchi Srivastava It is not everyone that can say they have received the nod of approval from the famous Dragon’s Den entrepreneur Theo Paphitis but Lara Bishop, the owner…

Penelope Keith Presents Holiday Prize To ‘Make Your Mark’ Winners

By Victoria Lazarevic Dame Penelope Keith presented a Guildford couple with a prize of an Italian holiday yesterday (September 11) at Guildford Cathedral. The prize was won in a fund…

If It’s Good Enough For Boris…

Martin Giles reports on a recent visit to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland The lady said, “This is where Boris Johnson liked to sit and write, when he stayed here.” “Well”,…

Letter: A Great Vision Is Not a Plan or a Strategy

From Adrian Atkinson A great vision is not a plan or strategy. A vision should be a motivating picture of what everybody should be working to. It shouldn’t contain all…

Council Leader Should Resign – Says Effingham Residents Association

A residents association in Effingham has called on the Guildford Borough Council (GBC) leader Stephen Mansbridge (Con, Ash South & Tongham) to resign. The call comes in a press release…

Letter: Budget Hole Suggestion Based on Incorrect Assumptions

This is a response to an open letter: How The Council Can Fill Its Budget Hole written by Dragon NEWS reader, Neville Bryan following the announcement of a £6.5 million…

Letter: Lib Dems Did Not Support Unseemly Rush to Draft a Local Plan

From Liz Hogger This letter is in response to a comment from Ben Paton attached to a reader’s letter: Parish Forum Survey Results Are Unsurprising.  As a Lib Dem councillor…