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Car Parks Free as Council and Arriva Easing the Burden on Key Worker Travel

Further moves to help key workers in Guildford and surrounding areas are being implemented by the borough council and Arriva. From now, all off-street car-parks in the town are free…

Lockdown Might Delay Completion of St Catherine’s Rail Works

Mark Insoll updates us on the continuing work on the Guildford to Portsmouth line at St Catherine’s Hill.  See also: Landslip Closes Portsmouth Line at Guildford for Five Hours…

Vandal Thieves Break In To Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Shop

Vandalising thieves broke into Phyllis Tuckwell’s hospice charity shop in Ash on Friday night (March 20), stealing jewellery and causing damage that will cost hundreds of pounds. The intruders had…

Dragon Interview: Cllr Joss Bigmore, leader of R4GV

Joss Bigmore, leader of the Residents for Guildford and Villages (R4GV) group of 15 councillors at Guildford Borough Council and the lead councillor for finance, is interviewed by Martin Giles.…

Full Council Discussion On Citizens’ Assembly Petition Postponed By Coronavirus

A full Guildford Borough Council debate on the petition demanding a citizens’ assembly for the climate crisis has been postponed until late July at the earliest and possibly until October…

New Police Powers To Combat Outbreak As PCC Munro Urges People To Stay Home

David Munro, Surrey’s Police and Crime Commissioner, is calling on communities to work with police after further restrictive measures to combat Covid-19 were announced this week (March 24).  Police and…

Surrey University Cancels Rent Contracts After Student Group Threatens Strike

Surrey University Cancels Rent Contracts After Student Group Threatens Strike

Surrey University has cut short a threatened student rent strike by cancelling their accommodation contracts for the rest of the term. A student group calling itself “Surrey Cut the Rent”…

Air Ambulance Wins Sky-High Honour From Care Commission

Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) has landed a first, the only helicopter emergency medical service to achieve the top rating in all categories/key lines of enquiry by the Care Quality…

Council Leader Reiterates Her Call for Strict Observance of Lockdown

Guildford Dragon editor Martin Giles interviews the leader of Guildford Borough Council about the current “lockdown” imposed to delay the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Cllr Reeves urges residents to…

Mini-Pandemic of Fraud Uses Virus In Fake Calls and Emails

Surrey residents are being warned to stay on the alert for frauds or attempted frauds related to Covid-19. No reports have been made to Surrey Police so far, but nationally…