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‘I Was On the Bridge When It Collapsed’ – Dramatic Witness Account With Video

 A woman standing on the Tumbling Bay Weir bridge when it collapsed yesterday (November 2) has recounted her lucky escape to The Guildford Dragon. Julie Powell, 34, from Shalford…

Collapsed Tumbling Bay Weir Causes River Wey Towpath Closure

A section of the Tumbling Bay weir that controls the level of water in the River Wey’s Godalming Navigation at Millmead, Guildford, collapsed today (November 2) following heavy rain earlier.…

New Furniture Shop In High Street and Other Shop News

By Hugh Coakley Guildford’s High Street got a vote of confidence this week with a new furniture retailer moving into the award-winning building vacated by The Steamer Trading Company. India…

Lib Dems Get Head Start As Guildford Candidate Confirmations Still Awaited

Rumours are circulating that Anne Milton has now decided to stand as an Independent but confirmation from the former Conservative is still awaited. Any likelihood of her being reinstated to…

Councillors Welcome £52 million Grant Award for Weyside Urban Village

The new Weyside Urban Village project took another significant step forward yesterday (November 1) as the chancellor announced that the council’s bid for £52.3 million to support the provision of…

Guildford Councillors React to News That SCC Have Chosen Woking

Guildford Councillors React to News That SCC Have Chosen Woking

This evening, Guildford’s council leader seemed sanguine about SCC’s decision to move to Woking rather than Guildford. She said: “I think many will continue to think of Guildford as the…

Surrey County Council Choose Woking Over Guildford For Its New Headquarters

Guildford lost out to Woking today (November 1) as Surrey County Council’s leader announced that it was moving its headquarters to Woking, after more than 50 years outside Surrey’s boundaries.…

Damaged Tory Stronghold Surrey Faces Shaky Future In December General Election

By Rebecca Curley local democracy reporter Since 2005, Surrey has been a Conservative stronghold at borough, county and all 11 parliamentary constituencies. That is, until the local elections in May this…

Prison and Criminal Behaviour Order for Drunk Who Carried an Axe

A 41-year-old Guildford man, seen drunk and carrying an axe in the Shalford Road in August, has been jailed for 26 weeks. Daniel Paul Alan Knight, of no fixed address,…

Housing Minister Pledges to Investigate Delayed Guildford Housing Development Scheme

By Martin Giles “Local authorities simply do not possess enough tools to force the hand of [property] developers,” Guildford’s MP Anne Milton told Esther McVey, Minister of State for Housing…