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This Year’s Council Tax: What You Will Pay

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Residents will face another jump in council tax bills from April 1 as local authorities have announced their budgets for the coming year. Surrey…

‘Resign’ Call To Waverley’s Leader Over Remark About Devolution Caught On Video

By Chris Caulfield Local Democracy Reporting Service Opposition members have called on the leader of Waverley Borough Council to resign after he was overheard calling for devolution reports to be…

Burpham Court Farm To Become Country Park and Wildlife Haven

Burpham Court Farm, a large area of green space along the River Wey, is set to be transformed into a thriving country park and wildlife haven. Guildford Borough Council has…

Village Pub Can Stay Open Until the Midnight Hour

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Patrons in a rural Surrey village can extend their nights out at weekends as a pub has extended its licensing hours. The Plough in…

Portsmouth Road Closed This Weekend

The Portsmouth Road (A3100) in Guildford as it leaves Guildford heading for Godalming is to be closed this weekend. The closure is to allow the dismantling of a crane that…

Two or Three Unitaries for Surrey? Councils Remain Divided

By Martin Giles Two options will be submitted by Surrey councils to the Government for the reorganisation of local government into unitary authorities. The county council is recommending that two…

Updated: Missing 68-year-old Found Safe And Well

An elderly man from Guildford who went missing has been found safe and well. Police launched an appeal after 68-year-old Altaf was reported missing. He had been last seen at…

New Research Reveals Only 12 per cent of Local Authorities Have a Nature Recovery Action Plan

By Stella Kuchanny The Woodland Trust has launched a Nature Emergency Scorecard revealing that only 12 per cent of local councils across the UK have an action plan to address…

BBC Documentary Expected to Lift the Lid on Thames Water

Thames Water, the company that supplies our water and deals with our sewage, has let TV cameras into their operation for a behind-the-scenes, two-part observational documentary. The UK’s largest water…

Woking and Guildford – Surrey’s Worst Two Train Stations for Reliability and Punctuality

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Surrey’s “worst” train stations for delays and cancellations have been revealed. Passengers, fed up waiting for trains that seemingly never arrive, will soon be…