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Letter: Lovelace Result Will Make Tory Blood Run Cold

From Colin Cross Colin Cross is the newly elected Lib Dem borough councillor for Lovelace ward Next May’s borough election campaign was kick-started in Ripley on Thursday night. A brief…

New Bishop Of Guildford Is Announced

The new Bishop of Guildford will be the Rt Revd Andrew Watson. Bishop Andrew (53), who has been Bishop of Aston since 2008, is expected to be installed in a…

Speculation Over Site As Plans For New University Technical College Are Revealed

A university technical college (UTC) costing £10 million, aimed at training the next generation of engineers and digital professionals may be built in Guildford. Surrey County Council has announced a proposal for a…

Gyratory Jam During Friday Night Rush Hour

There is never a good time for a bus break down but around 5pm on a Friday evening in one of the busiest parts of Guildford’s town-centre road network must…

Swimming The Solent To Save Watts Gallery

By Ruchi Srivastava The director of Watts Gallery in Compton, Perdita Hunt, is to make a valiant attempt to raise funds for the gallery by swimming a part of the Solent.…

Lib Dems Win Lovelace Ward in a By-Election Landslide from Fractured Tories

The Liberal Democrats wiped the floor with the Conservatives last night (September 25) to overturn a massive 55% majority and take the Lovelace ward, normally one of the safest Tory seats…

Opinion: MP’s Criticisms Are Fair – But We Do Have The Basis of a Vision and a Plan

By Gordon Bridger Our MP Anne Milton has made some trenchant and valid criticisms of the Guildford Draft Local Plan. She says it: lacks vision, lacks infrastructure proposals, there is…

Letter: First – Let’s Properly Analyse The Housing Problem

From Adrian Atkinson I tend to agree with some of David Smith’s comments in his letter: What Alternative Is There To Building More Homes?, especially the one about not arguing…

Letter: What Alternative Is There To Building More Homes?

From David Smith 3,000 responses out of a population of 130,000 is quite an interesting statistic. We cannot criticise the council for its open invitation to comment on the Local…

Letter: Come and See the Problems in Ash and Tongham

From Roger Smolski In his letter The Local Plan – A Time to Reflect Mr Cranwell says: “Given that 50 per cent, being the four most influential executive councillors, are…