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Guildford Borough Council forfeits £2.3 million for failing to replenish housing stock
"This is what has scandalously happened here which adds further delays to 2,000 needy families on the current housing waiting list."
Jamie Jubert
Reporter at the Surrey Advertiser covering Guildford and Waverley.
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The lengths Surrey councils go to claw back unpaid council tax
Reigate and Banstead made employers deduct earnings from people's salaries a staggering 1,738 times in just five years
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Former Weybridge teacher jailed for the second time for historic child sex offences
Charles Phillip Johnson had pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault on a child and two counts of indecency with a child
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Development on pony paddock begins to deliver 60 houses for social housing tenants
The stables will become 28 homes for rent and 32 for shared ownership, and the development will range from one-bed apartments to four-bed houses
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Folkestone and Dover small businesses react to roadmap out of restrictions
'Our sales have been impacted massively because we don't sell books to people who know what they want, but rather to those who don't know what they want.'
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Whitfield residents fume as Dover council recommends chapel demolition
'Work was also carried out on the chapel with machinery on the weekend of 8 November and the inside of the property almost demolished.'
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Surrey councils put roofs over 105 homeless heads as the winter weather bites
Woking and Guildford are temporarily housing 82 residents combined
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A former red telephone box has been converted into a Guildford coffee kiosk
Lily Deluca pays her baristas double the normal wage because they have to work in freezing temperatures
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Guildford Borough Council likely to scrap plans for new leisure centre as Spectrum swallows £3 million in past year
Until coronavirus struck, the council claim the site was a 'positive contributor financially' raking in £1 million per year
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Guildford and Waverley councils may merge to remain financially viable
'There are natural synergies between Guildford and Waverley and we are excited to progress looking at greater partnership working'
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A new 600-space carpark could be built for Royal Surrey Hospital staff
'A new staff car park will benefit patients as it will enable us to move staff spaces away from the hospital site and free up 150 of these spaces for patients'
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Campaigners slam Dover council for writing government 'blank cheque' over Whitfield border facility plans
Dover District Council gave their support to the scheme but called for additional measures to combat the risk of traffic disruption and congestion