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Highways Bulletin May 5 – Open Day at Merrow
The information for this bulletin comes from Surrey County Council and is written by them. See interactive map here. Report potholes and highway issues here. Junction 10, M25 news here.…
Concerns Grow over Tree Felling on Loseley Estate During Bird-nesting Season
By Martin Giles Tree felling on the Loseley Estate near Compton during the bird-nesting season is creating growing concern among local residents. Yesterday a resident reported that there had been…
Independents Win By-elections
By Chris Caulfield We might not have had the county council elections from which to gauge the political party standings, but in the east of Surrey, at Tandridge and at…
Lib Dems and Labour Respond to SCC’s Two-unitary Proposal
With news that Surrey County Council is expecting to submit its proposal for Surrey to be divided into two unitary authorities as part of the local Government reorganisation, we asked…
Guildford High Street, Then and Now – Nothing Can Stop Evolution
How is our High Street changing? Sometimes it feels as though it is out of recognition. Shops we thought would always be there have disappeared. How many have fond memories…
Police Investigate Paint Attack at Guildford Business Park
Surrey police are appealing for the public’s help to identify the man pictured in these images, who they believe may be able to help with its investigation into a criminal…
County Council Set To Formalise Two-unitary Proposal to the Government
Surrey County Council plans to submit to the Government a proposal for two unitary councils for local government reorganisation in the county. The two councils, one for west Surrey and…
Straw Poll Shows Poor Awareness of Local Government Changes
By Esme Campbell and Martin Giles To mark what should have been today’s council election, cancelled due to the local government reorganisation plans, The Guildford Dragon NEWS set out to…
Government To Bail Out Woking Council To Facilitate Local Government Reorganisation
By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Taxpayers will cover the cost of Woking Borough Council’s financial folly after the government agreed to “aid the reduction” of the bankrupt authority’s multi-billion…
Opinion: I Will Not Be Voting in the County Council Election Today
Bernard Quoroll, former CEO of several local authorities and official observer of foreign elections, considers today’s non-election… Who would I have voted for today? The question is academic, the county…
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Next stop, Debt Chasm! (See: We Should All Be Outraged About the Failure to Deal with Legacy Debt)
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