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Council Leader Backtracks on Claim That Government Decision ‘Kills’ Unitary Bid
Council Leader Tim Oliver has today backtracked on his leaked email, reported exclusively by The Guildford Dragon NEWS, in which he said an announcement by Secretary of State Robert Jenrick…
Guildford Cathedral Choir To Feature Live On BBC Radio 3
The Guildford Cathedral Choir has started to sing in services again after six months of restrictions due to Covid-19. And they will be featuring in a live broadcast of choral…
230 Arrests as Nine Forces Stage Roads Crackdown on County Lines
Nine police forces have made 230 arrests in a three-day combined Operation Pandilla involving 1,065 officers and using ANPR cameras to tackle county lines drug-dealers and linked violence. “Strike teams”…
Extra Trains Added On GWR’s North Downs Line
Rail passengers using the Reading and Redhill North Downs Line via Guildford now have an increased choice of trains to catch. Great Western Railway (GWR), that operates the line, introduced…
Covid-19 Case Rise Leaves Spelthorne As an Official ‘Area of Concern’
Due to a continued rise in local Covid-19 cases, Spelthorne borough, by Heathrow Airport, is now officially a government-designated “area of concern”, the county council has said. The changed status…
SCC Leader’s Bid For One Unitary Authority Torpedoed By Shock Government U-Turn
By Martin Giles In yet another screeching Downing Street U-turn, county council leader Tim Oliver’s power bid for a single Surrey unitary authority has been torpedoed via Local Government Secretary…
Albanian Pair Jailed for Drug-Dealing After Early Morning Stop-Search
Two men caught with cocaine during a vehicle stop have been jailed for 30 months each at Guildford Crown court. At 1am on June 28, officers stopped a vehicle on…
Firefighter Claimed Lack of Food and Drink During Six-Day Chobham Common Wildfire
By Julie Armstrong local democracy reporter A Surrey firefighter has said crews battling Chobham Common wildfire last month would have been “falling like flies” without food and drink donated by…
PCC Pledges Local Policing to Stay Despite Closures in Move to New HQ
By Julie Armstrong local democracy reporter Police numbers in Surrey will increase and local presence will remain after a new HQ is built in Leatherhead, David Munro, the Police and…
Covid-Caused Council Tax Shortages Leave Surrey Police Facing £5m ‘Black Hole’
By Julie Armstrong local democracy reporter Surrey Police funding could be cut by £5 million because councils are struggling to collect council tax from people hit financially by coronavirus, the…
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