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Lib Dems Call For A Halt To County Councillors’ ‘Gravy Train’

Liberal Democrats at Surrey County Council (SCC) are opposing moves to pay four Conservative councillors an extra £5,000 a year. Speaking in the debate, in the County Hall in Kingston,…

Claire’s Column – Guildford Companies At An All-time High

In this regular column – a must read for all those interested in Guildford business – Claire Dee discusses how new companies in the town have hit an all-time high,…

Bank Fraud Scam Investigation Leads to Arrest

Detectives from the Serious and Organised Crime Unit at Surrey Police yesterday (Tuesday, October 15) executed a warrant at an address in London in connection with their investigation into bank…

Book Festival Promises to Be Ab Fab

By Dani Maimone If Saturday’s launch was anything to go by this year’s Guildford Book Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever before. With a new Creative Director,…

Guildford Sites Chosen To Halt Decline of Small Blue Butterfly

Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) is beginning an exciting project in three Guildford sites to halt the decline of the small blue butterfly in Surrey. The aim of the project  is…

Where Is This? No.79

By David Rose Many correctly identified Booker’s Tower as featured in the mystery vintage photo last week. That image must date back to the 1870s, I think. Thanks for all…

Opinion: There Is No Magic Now in the Guildford Rotunda

By Martin Giles As a reporter of council affairs, I thought I had better keep up by attending one of its ‘drop in events’ on the Local Plan. The first…

Parke’s People No.22. Ellen Stirling

In the latest of an occasional series about people who have a connection with Guildford in one way or another, Bernard Parke recalls the wife of the first governor of Western Australia, Ellen…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.47

By Malcolm Fincham Although I was still holding on to some late summer warmth and sunshine in our Surrey countryside during the first few days of October, I decided on…

Guildford Parkrun, Saturday, October 12

The first female to cross the finish line, Claudia Lance Jones, achieved a new age category record for JW14. Men’s placings: Jack HOUGHTON (SM35-39) (unattached) was first over the line in…