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Man Jailed For Intent To Supply Drugs

A man has been jailed for 32 months after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A and Class B drugs. Mark Dadson, aged 52, of Fairborne Way,…

Surrey University Wins Multimillion Project for Next-Generation Sustainable Packaging

With over 60 per cent of packaging going into black bag waste, a multimillion-pound research project, called SustaPack, aims to to provide a viable solution to plastic pollution. Backed by…

Contractor Declines to Attend Council Meeting and Account for Woking Hilton Hotel Fiasco

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter The firm behind the Woking Hilton Hotel cladding fiasco should “be blacklisted” and councils warned against working with them in the future, senior councillors…

SCC Conservatives Rail Against Proposal to Ask Highest Council Tax Payers to Pay More

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Plans for “those with the broadest shoulders” to voluntarily pay more council tax to help those in need have been labelled “morally corrupt” in…

GBC Announces Opening of New Ash Road Bridge – Plus Major Diversions

By David Reading The new Chester Bridge over the railway line in Ash will be opened to traffic this Saturday, February 8. The opening will be followed two days later…

Police Precept to Increase

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Surrey Police’s share of council tax bills will leap over £335 a year for the average Band D households. Lisa Townsend, Surrey Police and…

Local Politicians React to News of Postponed County Council Elections

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Rival political parties are furious over the cancellation of Surrey’s 2025 county council elections, with groups claiming the ruling Conservatives are “running scared”.  See…

Government Agrees – County Council Elections Will Be Postponed

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Voters in Surrey won’t get the opportunity to cast their ballots this May after the government agreed to the county council’s request to postpone…

Beware of Car Park QR Code Scam

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Fake QR codes, used to scam motorists into giving away their bank and card details, have been found in Guildford car parks. Scam codes…

Council Agrees to Review Godalming Couple’s £70k CIL Charge

Emily Dalton local democracy reporter A man who was charged £70,000 by Waverley Borough Council said it was a “watershed moment” to be given recognition of his struggle and the…