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Letter: Thanks to Anonymous Strangers Willing to Help
From: Name and address supplied. Could I communicate through The Dragon to the three lads who helped me out when my car broke down in the centre lane of Onslow…
Life in Solitary: Bad News, Funny News, Dracula, and Too Many Hats…
The Lockdown Diary of Tony Edwards Giving Bad News the Bird There’s a sense of déjà vu about the news lately. Tonight’s News at Ten will probably sound very much…
Barnardo’s Boy Who Became Surrey’s Own UK Building Guru Dies at 72
By Martin Giles One of the UK’s leading housing developers, Surrey’s Tony Pidgley CBE, of Berkeley Homes, has died suddenly, aged 72, much mourned by colleagues in the local building…
Coronavirus Forcing Landlords To Negotiate On Shop Rents
By Hugh Coakley The reality of zero income in many shops due to the coronavirus lockdown is forcing landlords to offer rent reductions and changes to payment terms to struggling…
Controversial Head of Planning Leaves Borough Council With a Deal
By Martin Giles Tracey Coleman, the borough council’s controversial director and head of Planning, has left. Hired in 2016 after overseeing large-scale housing development in Wokingham and Ebbsfleet in Kent,…
Surrey’s Phone Frauds: A Guildford Victim Tells His Story
By Martin Giles Police have warned about the surge of phone scams across Surrey, some here in the south-west of Guildford. See: Guildford Residents Fall Victim to County-wide Surge In…
Optimistic Guildford Town Centre On First Weekend Open After Lockdown
by Hugh Coakley Reactions were generally optimistic after a busy Saturday in Guildford town centre (June 20), the first weekend after the coronavirus pandemic lockdown on March 23, 2020. A…
Financial Pressures Force Council to Cut Back on Some Projects Amid Pandemic
Difficult choices are being forced on Guildford Borough council by the Coronavirus emergency. There is significant financial pressure on the council’s budget which funds the maintenance of existing frontline services…
Letter: A Model Way We Could All See What Our Town’s Future Looks Like In Planning
From Bill Stokoe chairman, Guildford Vision Group Even before lockdown’s legacy, our town and its centre faces challenges. Among these are large developments that will shape the future of our…
Town Sees Different Approaches to Covid Safety As Shops Open After Lockdown
by Hugh Coakley Shoppers coming into Guildford town centre today (Monday, June 15) were dealing with a “new normal” as non-essential shops opened their doors nearly three months after Covid-19…
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