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Opinion: Guildford Must Have A Say On The Fate Of Debenhams Site

From Alistair Smith (Chairman of the Guildford Society) (The Guildford Dragon NEWS has written to Guildford Borough Council and asked for its views on the future of the Debenhams site…

Opinion: Pushing More Building Into the South-east Will Be An Electoral Kiss Of Death For The Party That Forces It

By David Roberts I’ve just read the government’s White Paper “Planning for the Future”, all 84 pages of it. What’s more, I enjoyed it, with lots of pretty pictures and excellent prose.…

Aidan’s Diary: In Defence Of Taking Exams

Aidan Todd is 19 years old and has lived in Guildford for most of his life. He is planning to study politics and international relations at university. He is writing some…

Life in Solitary: Isolated of Ockham

The Lockdown Diary of Tony Edwards Lights, Camera… Say Aah They sent a camera crew up my nose last Thursday on the first leg of a brief trip down my…

Opinion: R4GV Sees Chance To Challenge Local Plan In White Paper

Opinion: R4GV Sees Chance To Challenge Local Plan In White Paper

Questions remain about Guildford’s controversial Local Plan; should it be reviewed, how will the proposal for unitary authority governance affect it and what difference will the handover of council leadership…

Effingham Eye: Councillor Restores Calm, Visitors Outstay Their Welcome, Some Fishy News

Chris Dick offers some views on local matters; a long-awaited new market opened, some residents have a moan, a councillor restores calm, visitors outstay their welcome, some fishy news and a brief…

XX Notes: How Can These Exam Results Truly Reflect Pupils’ Abilities?

Maria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… I don’t remember opening the O-level results envelope but I do remember going to my school to double-check the results: As…

The Worplesdon Witness, August 2020

Jan Messinger with her latest round-up of news from the parish of Worplesdon Blaze on Whitmoor Common About two hectars of Whitmoor Common was affected by a fire on Wednesday…

Comment: Who Can Be Trusted To Choose the Way We Plan and Are Governed? Is It All Rubbish?

Comment: Who Can Be Trusted To Choose the Way We Plan and Are Governed? Is It All Rubbish?

By Martin Giles Planning White Paper a Test of Trust in This Johnson Tory Government “Getting homes built is always a controversial business.” So says Prime Minister Boris Johnson in…

Life in, You Know, Solitary

The Lockdown Diary of Tony Edwards Time to Do Nothing for Charity A cynical columnist on the Sunday Times once bet me £250 I couldn’t grab the national press headlines…