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Surrey’s Gritters Gear Up for Winter

With colder weather forecast, Surrey’s team of gritter drivers are ready and available 24/7 to grit the county’s busiest routes before and during severe weather to help keep residents moving…

Ben Tries a Beryl

By Martin Giles and Stella Kuchanny Whether you like them or not, the new e-bikes for hire in Guildford are definitely being used. Beryl told The Dragon over a week…

Guildford Residents Left Stranded After Heathrow Bus Breakdowns

By Stella Kuchanny Guildford residents were left frustrated and out of pocket after repeated breakdowns on the First Bus service to Heathrow Airport led to significant delays and travel disruption.…

Mole Valley’s Finance Director Warns ‘All the Low Hanging Fruit Is Gone’

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Mole Valley District Council is facing serious financial pressure and must make “very difficult decisions” over the future of its services. The bleak warning…

Council Tax Hike Not Currently Planned Despite ‘Black Hole’

By Martin Giles On Wednesday (November 13), Conservatives were warning that a “£2.4 billion” budgetary “black hole” in local government funding would mean a hike in council tax bills, despite…

Conservation Volunteers Are Granted Prestigious King’s Award

By David Reading The Tice’s Meadow Bird Group has been granted The King’s Award for Voluntary Services 2024 – the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the…

Surrey MP Questions PM on SEND Funding

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter The £1 billion in new special education funding is “not nearly enough” to “end the scandal”  impacting thousands of children forced to miss school…

Solar Farm Supporters Explain Why

Two organisations that supported the University of Surrey’s solar farm proposal have written in to say why. See: University Will Get Its Solar Farm Despite Widespread Objections Olivia Carpenter-Lomax, chair…

£800k Funding for New Digital Skills Centre Opens at Guildford College 

A new Digital Skills Centre at Guildford College, funded with £800,000 from the Department for Education’s Local Skills Improvement Fund, opened on Wednesday, November 6. The new centre has a…

Surrey County Council ‘Backed Down’ Over London Road Scheme Call-in

By Martin Giles Local Lib Dems are saying that Surrey County Council backed down after it attempted to block a review of its decision to turn down the £6 million…