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Spelthorne’s Big Debt Problem – When Is the Best Time to Cash In?

By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Spelthorne Borough Council, which will be grouped with Guildford under impending changes to local government organisation, has been warned it must sell off its…

Letter: Parts of Guildford Borough Are Resembling the Wild West

From: Sir Michael Aaronson chair Normandy Action Group In response to: Tongham and Normandy Are Both Facing a Possible Housing Boom This is getting crazy: our half of the soon…

Letter: My Memories of 1960s Pewley Down’s Paper Round

From Dave Bush In response to: The Story Of Pewley Down Gifted To Guildford 100 Years Ago Thank you very much for the very interesting article on Pewley Down. Way…

Dragon Review – Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

By Alice Fowler In dangerous times, all of us needs a hero – and who better to lift spirits on a cold November night, than the master detective, Sherlock Holmes,…

Delays to Report on Housing Revenue Account Scandal Criticised by Scrutiny Committee

By Emily Dalton, local democracy reporter, and Martin Giles Guildford councillors won’t get their hands on a long-awaited report into historic council housing repairs until next year after months of…

Notice: German Mini Christmas Market – November 30

Make a date in your diaries for Guildford’s annual German Christmas Market……

Police Smashed Roofing Scam After Rogue Workers Got Away With Thousands

More than 20 vulnerable residents – including an elderly man with dementia from Guildford – were deceived out of thousands of pounds at the hands of callous rogue traders. Approximately…

Story of ‘Jessie’s Seat’ Topiary Railway Memorial to a Guard Killed at this Spot near Chilworth

Historian Frank Phillipson tells the story of the fatal goods train accident between Gomshall and Chilworth just before midnight on February 29, 1892, and the topiary later planted there in…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No. 339

By Malcolm Fincham A more southerly flow to the weather during the first week of November continued to push up unsettled conditions with daytime temperatures remaining in the mid teens…

Tongham and Normandy Are Both Facing a Possible Housing Boom

By David Reading Housing  developers Taylor Wimpey are hoping to build 1,350 new homes between Guildford and Aldershot – 950 on farmland in the Normandy area and 400 at Manor…