Ash Manor School Closed After Fire Breaks Out in Outbuildings
By David Reading Ash Manor School was closed today (Thursday, November 21) after a fire broke out in buildings in the school grounds. Surrey Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 3.42am and said later that the fire had broken out in outbuildings at the school. The…
Select Committee Votes to Refer London Road Decision Back to SCC Cabinet
By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter The decision to scrap a £6 million active travel scheme will be reconsidered, but only by the same group that already rejected it. On October 29, Surrey County Council’s cabinet took the “political” decision to reject investment from Active Travel for…
MP Supports Call In Request of ‘Nationally Significant’, Solar Farm Planning Decision
By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter UPDATED with new comments – see below. Plans for a Surrey solar farm have been questioned as MP Jeremy Hunt has called for the government to look again at the “nationally significant” decision. Mr Hunt, MP for Godalming and Ash, has…
Do You Have the Will To Help Keep the Basingstoke Canal Alive?
By David Reading The Basingstoke Canal Society, a charity of 270 volunteers, has launched a scheme to help supporters write new wills or review existing ones free of charge. See also: Basingstoke Canal At Risk Through Decline in Funding The Dragon reported in March that the canal,…
Fatal Collision in Bramley – Motor Cyclist Killed
Police were called to the A281 (Horsham Road) shortly after 9am on Monday, (November 18), following reports of a collision between a van and a motorcycle. South East Coast Ambulance Service attended but sadly the rider of the motorcycle, a man in his 40s, was pronounced dead…
Photo Feature: Freiburg, Guildford’s Twin – Friends for 45 Years
By Barbara Ford chair of the Guildford Twinning Association (GTA) September 2024 saw the 45th anniversary of the twinning of Guildford with Freiburg in Southwest Germany. In September 1979 the two towns agreed “to establish a twinning of our communities as a token and promise of lasting…
Family Support Programme to End
By Emily Dalton local democracy reporter Residents and councillors fears that vulnerable families could fall between the gap as a scheme supporting vulnerable families faces closure next year. The Family Support Programme (FSP) is a scheme which helps vulnerable households with health, social, economic issues which impact…
The Dragon Says: The London Road Saga – How Not to Manage Change
News that Surrey County Council Cabinet’s decision to scrap the Active Travel scheme for London Road has been “called in” is not surprising: it was very contentious. Cynics might observe that councillors will be mindful of the impending SCC elections next May. It would be surprising if…
Woking Council Had ‘No Business’ Making £2.4m Loan to a Private School
By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Woking Borough Council had “no business” handing over millions of pounds in unsecured loans to a private school and was “cosplaying” at being a bank, a top ranking official has said. Greenfield School borrowed millions of pounds from the now bankrupt…
Sara Sharif Trial Latest – Prosecution Sums Up, Violence Towards Sara Became ‘Normalised’
By Martin Giles This is the latest update of the continuing trial of those accused of the murder of ten-year-old Sara…
Parish Council and CPRE Pleased with MP’s Support for Call In of Solar Farm Decision
By Martin Giles The chair of Compton Parish Council, Stephen Mallet, has told The Dragon he is “delighted” that Jeremy Hunt,…
Dragon Review: Rebus – A Game Called Malice – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
By Ferenc Hepp We are in an elegant Edinburgh mansion and the stage is set for a sophisticated dinner party amongst…
Children’s DNA Changed by War, Says University of Surrey Research
A ground-breaking study from the University of Surrey has found that war may cause adverse biological changes at the DNA level…
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