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Council Tax Hike Not Currently Planned Despite ‘Black Hole’

By Martin Giles On Wednesday (November 13), Conservatives were warning that a “£2.4 billion” budgetary “black hole” in local government funding would mean a hike in council tax bills, despite…

Conservation Volunteers Are Granted Prestigious King’s Award

By David Reading The Tice’s Meadow Bird Group has been granted The King’s Award for Voluntary Services 2024 – the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the…

Surrey MP Questions PM on SEND Funding

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter The £1 billion in new special education funding is “not nearly enough” to “end the scandal”  impacting thousands of children forced to miss school…

Solar Farm Supporters Explain Why

Two organisations that supported the University of Surrey’s solar farm proposal have written in to say why. See: University Will Get Its Solar Farm Despite Widespread Objections Olivia Carpenter-Lomax, chair…

£800k Funding for New Digital Skills Centre Opens at Guildford College 

A new Digital Skills Centre at Guildford College, funded with £800,000 from the Department for Education’s Local Skills Improvement Fund, opened on Wednesday, November 6. The new centre has a…

Surrey County Council ‘Backed Down’ Over London Road Scheme Call-in

By Martin Giles Local Lib Dems are saying that Surrey County Council backed down after it attempted to block a review of its decision to turn down the £6 million…

Korean Restaurant Closed Down Following Immigration Raid

By Martin Giles Bulpan Korean BBQ restaurant has closed down following a visit from Immigration Enforcement officers last week (November 6). Today (November 12) a Notice of Forfeiture was posted…

Thames Water Reports Guildford’s New Water Pipeline Reaches Halfway Point

Thames Water has confirmed that over half of Guildford’s new water transfer pipe is in place, with 5.8km now installed. In total the company is laying circa 9km between Pewley…

Unlicensed Dog Daycare Boss Prosecuted and Fined

A dog daycare business owner has been prosecuted for operating without a licence following a lengthy investigation by Guildford Borough Council’s animal welfare officer. On October 21, Harriet Poupart from…

Guildford and Its Villages Fall Silent to Remember Those Killed in Conflict

By Martin Giles Eighty years after the Second World War had entered its final 12 months, the traditional Remembrance Sunday Services took place in Guildford and its surrounding villages today…