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Council and Guildford Society Join to Present 2021 Design Awards

The Guildford Society and the borough council have stopped organising alternate years of design awards and have now combined efforts to set up the 2021 awards. These accolades encourage and…

Another Surrey Drug Dealer Behind Bars in County Lines Crackdown

A county lines drug dealer has been sentenced to two years and eight months for drugs offences in Surrey. Jaden Cobley, 21 of Priory Court, Camberley appeared at Guildford Crown…

Angry Ash Range Campaigners Slam Minister Over ‘Fabrications’ in His Late MoD Answer

By David Reading A long-awaited MoD reply has angered campaigners fighting to reopen the Ash Ranges Firing Complex (ARFC) for recreation. The letter from Jeremy Quin, minister for Defence Procurement,…

Have You Seen Wanted Man?

Surrey Police are appealing for the public’s help in finding Daniel Lewis, 26, from Guildford, who is wanted on recall to prison. He is described as around 6ft tall, of…

Developer Promises to Protect ‘Red List’ Skylarks on Construction Site

By Chris Dick Developer Berkeley Homes has pledged to protect the singing skylarks now ground-nesting on Effingham Lodge Farm’s grasslands, the projected site of the new Howard school and 159…

Big Rise In Recipients Of Mayor’s Awards For Community Service

By David Rose There was a significant rise in the number of people receiving the Mayor of Guildford’s awards for their service in their communities this year. More than 60…

Dreams of Developers Destroyed As Campaigners Buy Pewley Down Fields

By Hugh Coakley Guildford’s Save the Pewley Down Fields campaigners are celebrating victory, as their tidal wave of pledges drowned the dreams of developers to build on the beauty spot.…

Plans Emerge For Ex-Debenhams in Second Consultation

By Hugh Coakley Please scroll to the end of this story for images of the final store closure. A second round of consultation on St Mary’s Wharf, the former Debenhams…

Ofsted Praises Changes in SCC Children’s Services But Notes More Work Needed

By Julie Armstrong local democracy reporter Surrey County Council hopes their inadequate children’s services rating will vanish at their next inspection after a “reassuring” Ofsted check. Inspectors who visited by…

Queen’s Speech Planning Proposals Further Threaten Guildford’s Green Spaces

By Martin Giles The much-trailed loosening of planning laws announced in the Queen’s speech this week will give developer’s a much freer hand, experts have warned. Further restriction of the…