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Opinion: Rage, Rage At The Building Of The Blight That Is Solum’s ‘Great Wall Of Guildford’

By Martin Giles “When visitors to the town get off the train at Guildford and see the Solum Guildford station development they will just think, ‘This is the norm’. It…

Effingham Eye: Developers Want More Houses in School Development

Chris Dick gives his personal monthly round-up of some recent and up and coming local events. These include: a BBC interview about Barnes Wallis, more on Heritage Day, even more…

The Dragon Says: PM Ready To Sacrifice Tory Stronghold Guildford To Keep No-Deal

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dealt a double body-blow to Guildford’s Conservatives this week. First, he deselected Guildford MP Anne Milton among 20 other Tory MPs who rebelled against his…

Opinion: The Shameful Betrayal of a Military Family Still Grieving the Guildford Bombings

By Martin Giles A terrorist bomb is a terrible, indiscriminate weapon. The results are sickening. Anyone who has witnessed the result, as I have, knows that horrible reality. And the…

Opinion: This Is a Stark Climate Emergency, So Where’s the Radical Action?

By Hugh Coakley a member of Extinction Rebellion Can anyone now deny climate change? The evidence is before our eyes; extreme weather conditions, animal species becoming extinct and huge falls…

The Dragon Says: We Voters Were Promised Openness – It’s Time to Deliver

During the May election campaign, a major pledge from both the Liberal Democrats and the Residents for Guildford and Villages (R4GV) was to improve the transparency and openness at Guildford…

The Dragon Says: Who Cares What the Residents Think?

A Twitter complaint that democracy is dead in Guildford Borough from the former Conservative leader Paul Spooner found an echo in the council’s public gallery at Millmead last week. Cllr…

Effingham Eye: Local Plan Suggestion,, Heritage Open Day, Sports Pitch, Building and Bells

Chris Dick gives his personal monthly round-up of some recent local events. These include: letters from our MP and a Secretary of State regarding the Local Plan, Heritage Open Day exhibition,…

Effingham Eye: From A Tarantula To A Loo Roll!

Chris Dick gives his personal monthly round-up of some of the recent local events. These include coming face to face with a tarantula, a press release from the parish council…

Effingham Eye: Gardens Open, Sinking of the Tirpitz Talk and More!

Chris Dick’s personal view on the latest Effingham news including an open gardens event, another annual general meeting and other items of local interest. Effingham Open Gardens Event The Effingham Open Gardens…