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Birdwatcher’s Diary No.344

By Malcolm Fincham Although temperatures remained mostly in higher single figures in southern counties of the UK during the latter weeks of January and the first weeks of February, weather…

Letter: Party Politics Not Needed in a Pancake Mix

From Gavin Morgan See: Council Decisions Are Inherently Political and other recent letters here Cllr George Potter [Lib Dem, Burpham] claims all council decisions are inherently political. I suppose someone…

Zarah Sultana Welcomed by Students – But Your Party’s Internal Strife Emerges

By Cormac Crowley UK’s left-wing politics came into focus at the University of Surrey last week when nearly 400 people, mainly students, attended an event at which the controversial former…

Councillor Says Developer’s Tactic ‘Is Trying to Subvert the Planning System’

By Isabelle Trubshaw A local councillor has described a developer’s  attempt to garner supportive comments for its Normandy planning application as “a tactic trying to subvert the planning system by…

Highways Bulletin: Godstone Road Collapse

The information for this bulletin comes from Surrey County Council and is written by them. See interactive map here. Report potholes and highway issues here. Junction 10, M25 news here.…

Feature: The Man Who Claimed To Teach Astral Travelling

An esoteric manual purchased in a Guildford bookshop in 1970; a Tibetan monk with a mission to save the world; and a West Country plumber…the unlikely ingredients of a strange-but-true…

Flames Overcome Steelers in Overtime

Jack Jacome tucked away the winner 92 seconds into overtime to break up  a 1-1 tie and send the Flames off the ice with a 2-1 win over the visiting…

Bishop Discloses Terminal Diagnosis

The Bishop of Guildford, the Rt Rev’d Andrew Watson, has announced that he has been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer and is now in the care of a hospice team.…

Letter: The Question Is – Will Candidates Prioritise Community or Party?

From John Ferns In response to: Politics-free Councils Would Not Give Us What We Need and other letters and comments on the topic of party political involvement in parish and…

Letter: Politics-free Councils Would Not Give Us What We Need

From Vanessa King Deputy GBC leader and Lib Dem borough councillor for Stoke In response to: Parish and Town Councils Must Be Politics Free Let me see if I understand…