Visitors Enjoy Spring Beauty Of The Castle Grounds As Temperatures Soar
With some pleasing warm weather over the past few days, people have been out enjoying the sunshine and all that spring has to offer. Guildford’s Castle Grounds is again looking splendid and on Friday (April 20) people flocked there to soak up the sun and enjoy the…
Free Bus Travel For Under 25s Will Relieve ‘Chronic Congestion’ In Town Centre Says Guildford Labour Party
By Will Parsons A policy of free bus travel for under 25s, like that proposed by the Labour Party last week, will help significantly to alleviate traffic in Guildford town centre, Guildford Labour believes. The proposal, which was officially announced by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn last Thursday,…
Running This Weekend’s London Marathon For Good Causes
Three runners will take part in the London Marathon this Sunday (April 22) on behalf of YMCA DownsLink Group, and funds raised will help support the work of the YMCA in Guildford. Elizabeth Pratt, a solicitor with Penningtons Manches LLP signed up when her colleagues decided to…
Council Responds To Questions Inspector Asked Of Local Plan
Guildford Borough Council has given its responses to a set of questions received from a planning inspector as part of the process of developing its new Local Plan. The council says that protecting local heritage and countryside is a critical part of planning for the future. The leader…
Voluntary Action’s 2018 Conference Debates, Charity: The New Welfare State?
The theme of Voluntary Action South West Surrey’s 2018 conference was Charity: The New Welfare State? And that was firmly put under the spotlight by its speakers and in discussions. Held within the Rik Medlik Building at the University of Surrey on Tuesday, April 10, around 150…
Effingham Parish Councillor In Confrontation With Travellers Cleared Of Three Charges, Guilty Of One
By Chris Dick An Effingham Parish Councillor has been cleared of three charges and convicted of one following an incident at King George V playing fields last August during a confrontation with travellers. On Wednesday, April 4, 2018, James Nicholls, 60, appeared at Staines Magistrates’ Court to…
Have Your Say On Esso’s Plans For Oil Pipeline Replacement That May Pass Through Worplesdon
Esso is hosting public meetings about its proposals to replace 90km of its 105km aviation fuel pipeline that runs from the Fawley refinery near Southampton to its storage depot in Hounslow. Of the six routes are being consulted upon, two of them would go through Wood Street Village,…
Guildford Lions Club Cancels Easter Fayre Due To Waterlogged Shalford Park
Due to a waterlogged Shalford Park, the Guildford Lions Club has cancelled its Easter Fayre, due to take place on Easter Monday, April 2. On Friday evening (March 30) Eric James from the club said: “I am really sorry to advise you that we have had no…
Birdwatcher’s Diary No.159
By Malcolm Fincham A mostly cool, overcast and murky start to April throughout most of the UK brought with it a…
Volunteers Making A Real Difference To Chitty’s Common
Volunteer working parties are making good progress clearing overgrown parts of Chitty’s Common at Rydes Hill, Guildford. One of the organisers…
Have A Beer With A Scientist At The Pint of Science Festival
By Will Parsons Tickets are now available to see 24 University of Surrey academics speak at pubs across Guildford, as part…
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