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Five Arrested After Raids That Send A Stark Warning To Cross-border Criminals

Police drugs raid raids across Guildford and other parts of Surrey yesterday (Thursday, November 29) sent a stark warning to cross-border criminals, according to officers, with five people being arrested.…

Founder of Computer Science Alan Turing’s Stargazing in Guildford

Local historian Stan Newman has been looking into the time spent in Guildford by Alan Turing when he was schoolboy. There is a blue plaque on the wall of 22…

Charity Runner Had Medals Stolen While Competing In USA

A Guildford woman returned from USA after running a marathon for charity to discover burglars had stolen medals from her home. Surrey Police report that the burglary took place between Tuesday,…

Facebook and Twitter Used In Campaign To Keep Roadsides Litter-free

A campaign which aims to persuade drivers not to throw litter from their vehicles is being launched by Guildford Borough Council (GBC).   A team of dedicated front-line roadside cleaning staff…

Can You Help Solve Mystery Of Admiral’s Lost Bones?

Can you help solve a mystery that links Guildford and Western Australia? The Guildford Dragon News has been contacted by Aussie Sid Breeden who is painstakingly trying to pinpoint where…

Meet Lord Sebastian Coe at Waterstones Bookshop This Saturday

Lord Sebastian Coe will be at Waterstones bookshop in Guildford High Street on Saturday, December 1, signing copies of his autobiography Running My Life. The Olympic legend and the man…

Where Is This? No.35

By David Rose Seems like all the regular readers know their local pubs rather well, as all who replied to last week’s mystery photo correctly recognised it as featuring the Royal Oak…

Seasonal Songs and Christmas Cheer With Sammy Rat And The Resonators

When not writing news stories and history articles for The Guildford Dragon News, David Rose’s other role is that of lead singer and guitarist in the band Sammy Rat and…

Latest Prince’s Trust Team’s Completes Course With A Moving Presentation

Guildford YMCA’s 32nd Prince’s Trust Team came to a successful conclusion last week. And thanks to the Harlequins rugby team they celebrated in style at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel.  The…

Book Launch Unites Former Railwaymen For Plenty of Chat

A number of former railwaymen were among those who popped into Guildford Museum for the launch of a new book about life on the railways in the days of steam…