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Updated: Guildford Announces ‘Ambitious Target’ For More Affordable Social Housing

Updated: Guildford Announces ‘Ambitious Target’ For More Affordable Social Housing

Guildford Borough Council’s Executive last Tuesday (January 22, 2019) approved continued investment in increasing the affordable housing stock in Guildford. A press release from the council stated: “We are investing £74…

County Council Budget Warning from Finance Chief

By Rebecca Curley local democracy reporter A “dose of healthy realism” and not a lot of “excessive optimism” is how Surrey County Council’s finance chief is approaching the next financial…

Revealing Lingerie Display In House Of Fraser Window Causes Stir

A revealing lingerie advert in the House of Fraser shop window was causing turned heads today and a stir on social media. “A bit grotesque,” said one woman interviewed by…

Parents of Special Needs Children Have Lost Trust in Surrey County Council

By Rebecca Curley local democracy reporter Parents of children with special needs have lost trust in Surrey County Council, feedback to a survey claims. A “level of disappointment” with current…

Volunteers Making Positive In-roads On Chitty’s Common

The Friends of Chitty’s Common group is starting to make in-roads into the overgrown meadow area. A dried-up pond on the common at Rydes Hill, Guildford, has now been dug…

Tunsgate Quarter Straw Poll Gives Surprising Results

Talk to people in Guildford about the Tunsgate Quarter and they will probably bemoan the empty shops and the lack of customers. “It’s a white elephant for Guildford” some have…

Did You See Fatal Collision in Compton?

Did You See Fatal Collision in Compton?

Police are appealing for witnesses after a fatal collision in Compton last night (24 January), involving a silver BMW and a white Ford Transit van. Officers attended the accident at…

Extraordinary Macramé Feat Celebrates 150 Years of the Periodic Table

By Anthony Parker A century and a half after Dmitri Mendeleev devised the periodic table, Surrey graduate Jane Stewart has created her own homage with a macramé version. Her periodic…

Burst Water Main Disrupts Town Centre Traffic

Workmen are struggling this evening (January 24, 2019) to find a broken water main that is disrupting traffic entering the town centre gyratory from Farnham Road. Water was flowing out…

Guildford Lib Dems Reselect Zoe Franklin as Parliamentary Candidate

Guildford Liberal Democrats have reselected Zoe Franklin as the prospective Parliamentary candidate for Guildford, Cranleigh and the Villages. Zoe, a former borough councillor and Guildford resident for nearly 20 years,…