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Guildford to Host Pride in Surrey at Stoke Park on September 21

Guildford has been chosen to host this year’s Pride in Surrey celebration event at Stoke Park on Saturday, September 21. There will be a parade up the High Street, leading attendees…

Scale of Woking’s Debt ‘Almost Inconceivable’ – ‘We Are a Council in Intervention’

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Woking Borough Council  has approved  £8.4 million of savings, including closing most public toilets, ending grants to voluntary and community groups and the loss of…

Waverley Planning Approval for Green Field Site – A Decision Residents Were Dreading

By Daniel Husseini Protestors rallied outside Waverley Borough Council yesterday evening (February 7) ahead of a planning decision vote they had been dreading. The “Save Historic Binscombe” group led by…

Class A Recipe Results in Jail Time – Guildford Man Gets 7½ Years

Four drug dealers including a Guildford man have been sentenced to a combined 16 and a half years in prison after police officers caught them red-handed, mixing cocaine. On Friday,…

Guildford in Top Ten for New Build Houses and Top Five for Planning Application Refusals

By Martin Giles New research has revealed Guildford to be in the top 10 of areas of England with the most “new build” homes. Guildford features in 10th place out…

Waverley Council Formally Objects to Farnborough Airport Expansion Plan

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Plans to increase capacity at Farnborough Airport by 40 per cent have been formally objected to by Waverley Borough Council. The airport is seeking…

Surrey MP Kwasi Kwarteng To Quit

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Spelthorne MP and former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced his intention to stand down at the next election. Mr Kwarteng informed his constituency association…

Phosphate Pollution in the River Wey One of the Worst In the Country

By Martin Giles The River Wey and its tributaries had one of the highest levels of phosphates found in a recent survey of 163 English rivers. The finding was included…

Royal Visit to Surrey History Centre

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh visited Surrey’s History Centre in Woking last week  (January 31) touring the centre’s extensive heritage services and meeting the staff and volunteers. She…

Apologetic Thames Water Hears of Customers at Boiling Point

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Thames Water’s spending on infrastructure is “woefully inadequate”, its behaviour a “disgrace”, and direct lines of communications to MPs “unhelpful” – a meeting on…