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Dragon Interview: Liberal Democrat Candidate Zöe Franklin

Which candidate will you choose to support on July 4th? Many of you might have already made up your minds but do you really know what the various candidates think…

Local Regiment Exercises Its Freedom of Guildford to Mark D-Day Anniversary

By Martin Giles In an event planned to be Surrey’s Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, the county’s local infantry regiment exercised its Freedom of Guildford yesterday by marching…

Highways Bulletin for June 10

The information for this bulletin comes from Surrey County Council. See interactive map here. Report potholes and highway issues here. Further information on the London Road, Burpham – Active Travel…

Witness Appeal After Fatal Collision in Compton

Surrey Police are appealing for witnesses after a fatal collision in Compton yesterday (June 8). Officers were called at around 2.50pm following a collision on the B3000 in Compton involving…

County Council Agrees Extra £19m Package for SEND Education

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter More places are to be made available for children with special needs in Surrey after the county council approved a  £19.4 million package to…

Voters Attend Dragon Hustings to Hear Candidates Face Pressing Questions

Over a hundred voters came to the Guildford Dragon General Election Question Time Hustings on Thursday to see and hear candidates standing for the Guildford constituency. Questions from the audience…

Dragon Reader Reports from Normandy – Eighty Years On

By John Pletts It is difficult to believe that this seaside strip of chic cafes, attractive flats and houses, today under a clear blue sky, should have been so totally…

Broke Woking’s £2.5m Commissioner Bill

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Commissioners will be in place at Woking Borough Council until at least 2028  with the the appointees potentially costing the bankrupt authority more than…

GBC Announces On-time Publication of Accounts

After what Guildford Borough Council describes as a “challenging” start to the last financial year, the council has announced that it has published its unaudited statement of accounts for 2023-2024.…

D-Day Before and Beyond on the Home Front in and Around Guildford

By David Rose Eighty years ago today (June 6, 1944) saw the greatest amphibious military operation in history as Allied forces landed in Normandy, France – the start of liberating…