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Notice: What’s On in May at Guildford Cathedral

See what’s on at Guildford Cathedral this month……

Guildford High Street, Then and Now – Nothing Can Stop Evolution

How is our High Street changing? Sometimes it feels as though it is out of recognition. Shops we thought would always be there have disappeared. How many have fond memories…

Chilworth School Gets Guildford’s Mayor to Open Its New Woodland Cabin

“I would like to be a Mayor too!” So said Lily, aged 7, one of the pupils at Chilworth C of E Infant School after the Mayor of Guildford, Sallie…

Police Investigate Paint Attack at Guildford Business Park

Surrey police are appealing for the public’s help to identify the man pictured in these images, who they believe may be able to help with its investigation into a criminal…

County Council Set To Formalise Two-unitary Proposal to the Government

Surrey County Council plans to submit to the Government a proposal for two unitary councils for local government reorganisation in the county. The two councils, one for west Surrey and…

Straw Poll Shows Poor Awareness of Local Government Changes

By Esme Campbell and Martin Giles To mark what should have been today’s council election, cancelled due to the local government reorganisation plans, The Guildford Dragon NEWS set out to…

Government To Bail Out Woking Council To Facilitate Local Government Reorganisation

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Taxpayers will cover the cost of Woking Borough Council’s financial folly after the government agreed to “aid the reduction” of the bankrupt authority’s multi-billion…

Opinion: I Will Not Be Voting in the County Council Election Today

Bernard Quoroll, former CEO of several local authorities and official observer of foreign elections, considers today’s non-election… Who would I have voted for today? The question is academic, the county…

Home-to-School Transport Refused

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Two Surrey parents have been refused help to take their daughter to sixth form or college after claims they can afford it, a report…

Devolution: Ministry Asks for Clarification of How £5 billion Debt Will Be Managed

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Billions of pounds in crushing debt could force Surrey and its boroughs and districts to become a single mega council – potentially merged with…