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Floodwaters Recede: Now Guildford Takes Stock of the Damage
With the floodwaters having receded, Boxing Day has seen people taking stock of damage to their properties, with others simply sightseeing. Meanwhile at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, the show goes…
Readers’ Photos of the Floods
Some very good photos of the floods have been sent in by Dragon readers over the last 48 hours. Photos from Horsley and a report and photos from Burpham resident…
Don’t Feed The Wild Birds Cooked Turkey Fat!
The RSPB is warning that cooked turkey fat is extremely dangerous to birds and is urging people not to put the leftover contents of their Christmas dinner roasting tins outside. The…
The Dragon Finds Water Voles On Our Doorstep
A surprising discovery when covering the local floods was a litter of six young water voles, presumably flooded out of their riverbank home. Their distinctive rounded shape and hairy tails…
Letter: We Can Now See That Damming the Flood Plain Would Be Plain Wrong
From Jim Allen Notwithstanding wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and festive cheer, this flood, which has effectively levelled the weir upstream of Bowers Lock, is teaching us a timely…
Season’s Greetings from The Guildford Dragon NEWS
Here’s a big thank you to everyone who has read our stories over the past 12 months, and especially those who have taken the time to add comments and written…
More Flood Pictures – The Shalford Set
A bicycle can be a better form of transport when there is lots of water about. So it proved this morning as we rode a circuit of Shalford to see…
Christmas Day Floods – Picture Gallery
People out for their traditional Christmas Day walk in Guildford today had a unique spectacle – never has a December 25th seen floods in the town centre. Although the floodwater…
Guildford Flood 2013 – Town Centre Gallery
The following pictures were taken in the late afternoon/early evening of Christmas Eve as the flood waters were approaching their peak……
Christmas Eve Nightmare: Crash, Floods and Failed Traffic Lights Cause Gridlock
Guildford’s roads were fast approaching gridlock on Christmas Eve afternoon after a collision on the A3 at Burpham, traffic light failure at Stoke and flooded roads. A car and van…
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