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Finances Are Safe, County Leader Says – Northants Comparisons ‘Completely Wrong’
By Rebecca Curley local democracy reporter Comparisons between Surrey and Northamptonshire’s financial crisis were “completely wrong”, the county’s council leader has declared. And he assured residents that Surrey County Council’s…
New Records for Guildford Dragon Readership
In April, for the first time, The Guildford Dragon News had over 100,000 page views despite technical problems affecting readership on five of the days and the month having only…
Final Hustings Before Election Is A Tame Affair
The final hustings meeting before tomorrow’s election for Guildford Borough Council turned out to be a tame affair, with little apparent disagreement between the parties. After the meeting at Surrey…
SSTL Announces New Earth Observation Data Contract With Airbus
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has signed a contract with Airbus to provide high-resolution optical data from the SSTL S1-4, an earth observation satellite launched in September 2018. Sarah Parker,…
BBC Interviews Guildford Dragon Editor
The BBC has interviewed the editor of The Guildford Dragon to find out what is going on in our local election. Tim Donovan the political editor for the BBC’s regional…
County Council Failure Meant Part-Time Firefighters Missed Out On Pensions
By Rebecca Curley local democracy reporter An investigation has been launched after internal auditors for Surrey County Council (SCC) discovered an error had caused hundreds of on-call firefighters to miss…
Property Closed After Repeated Anti-social Drug Activity
A property in Riverside, in the Bellfields area of Guildford persistently used in drug-related activity, has been closed for defying ASBOs. Last year, partial-closure had been served for anti-social behaviour…
One Shop Closes and Two Open – But Pressure On High Street Businesses Continues
By Hugh Coakley The cycle of Guildford businesses opening and closing continues. Fresh Choices the cafe in North Street, which had been open for business in the town centre for…
Lib Dems Back Their Residents as Council Adopts ‘Flawed’ Local Plan
When the Local Plan was adopted by Guildford Borough Council last week, supported by the overwhelming majority of Conservative members and days before the borough elections, Liberal Democrat councillors continued…
What Does the Local Plan Mean? – What Are the Facts and Figures?
By Rebecca Curley local democracy reporter Exactly what is Guildford Borough Council’s Local Plan that cost £3.4 million to develop? The scheme sets out the amount and location of development…
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