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Excessive Surface Water On Roads Can Make Driving Hazardous
Despite extremely heavy showers, some with hailstorms, and very windy conditions at times in the Guildford area on Wednesday (February 12), there are currently no river flood warnings for the…
Council Leader Warns Lib Dem Amendments Could Delay Local Plan
“Highly damaging” delay to the Local Plan could be the result of Liberal Democrat action at Monday evening’s (January 13) council meeting, according to council leader Stephen Mansbridge (Con, Ash…
Leading Councillors and Local MPs Meet Planning Minister
Leading Guildford borough councillors, Stephen Mansbridge and Monika Juneja, and Guildford’s MP, Anne Milton, met the planning minister, Nick Boles in Westminster today (January 15) regarding concerns over the preservation…
Flood Victim Family Finally Accommodated After Five Nights ‘Sofa-Surfing’
A family of five including three young children have been found temporary accommodation this evening five days after being forced out of the Walnut Tree Close council-owned property on Christmas…
Flood Damage To Well Used Towpath Forces Closure
The towpath by the River Wey, in stretches opposite Dapdune Wharf and behind Walnut Tree Close, has been closed because it is unsafe. The announcement came today in a comment…
Guildford – From The World Down Under
By Innes Smith I was an 18-year-old Australian on a gap year in England and I needed a job. For four weeks, while mooching around London, I had lucked out…
Environment Agency Confirms Alert Was Given After Flooding Had Commenced
A flood alert for Guildford was not issued until mid-morning on Christmas Eve because the river level had not reached the level to trigger an alert, even though it had…
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…
Flood Alert Issued for Guildford as River Wey Breaks Banks in Town Centre
The River Wey has overflowed into Millmead car park this morning (December 24) as water from yesterday’s continuous rainfall drains into the river basin and moves downstream. The footbridge at…
Snow, Followed By Floods: That Was Christmas 1927
By David Rose Snow at Christmas is a rare thing here in Guildford. I have a distant memory of snow laying on Christmas morning in 1968, but I’m too young…
See Dragon story: GBC’s Explanation of Major Land Sale Notice Error ‘Borders on Arrogant’ Says Councillor
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