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Borough Council To Review Flood Management Arrangements

The Executive of Guildford Borough Council agreed this evening (January 7) that a review of the flood management arrangements in the light of recent flooding in Guildford town and elsewhere…

Letter: Why Does The University Keep Building?

From Graham Richings The University of Surrey seems intent on encouraging housing development on green belt land and on an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the slopes of the…

The Way We Were… Cycling in the 1920s – Part 5

Another look at 1920s cycling. We are not the first generation to worry about child-safety but we know that there was a different, perhaps more fatalistic, attitude in the early…

Flood Alert No Longer In Force For Guildford But Remains For The Upper Wey

The Flood Alert for the River Wey at Guildford ceased today (January  8) at 11.37am but it remains in place for the Upper Wey which stretches from Alton right down…

Extended Deadline for Housing Assessment To Allow Identification of More Brownfield Sites

A key component of consultation leading to a new Local Plan for Guildford, the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment or “SHLAA”, has had its deadline for completion extended until 5pm…

Lower River Wey Remains on Flood Alert as More Rain is Forecast

A flood alert is still in force for the Lower Wey this morning (Sunday, January 5). The Environment Agency website states: “The river and flooding forecast is as follows: Levels…

If You Don’t Ask You Don’t Get

If You Don’t Ask You Don’t Get

By Emma Roberts Often I speak to people who tell me about their disappointing experiences in a hotel, restaurant, spa, etc and I ask them ‘Did you tell them?’ In…

Will It, Won’t It – River Watched Nervously At Millmead

Council Officers were observed watching the River Wey closely at Millmead this morning (January 2) as flooding started once again of Millmead car park. One reader reported that an officer…

Chief Council Officer Responds to Flood Action Criticism

Sue Sturgeon, the managing director of Guildford Borough Council (GBC), contacted The Guildford Dragon NEWS this evening (January 1) to give the council’s side of the Christmas flood alert story.…

Police Appeal for Witnesses to Fatal M25 Collision

Surrey Police is appealing for witnesses after a woman died following a collision on the M25 at Wisley in the early hours today (January 1). The collision, involving a blue…