Guildford

Guildford Heat in administration

Mar 14, 2009
Guildford Heat have gone into administration after the withdrawal of a major sponsor.
Alan McClafferty, MD of local business John Dennis Coachbuilders, has stepped in to save the club.
He said: "I felt that it would have been a great shame to ...

Hospital under fire over dirty wards

Jan 14, 2009
By Joanna Till THE Royal Surrey County Hospital has been severely criticised in a report on infection control and hygiene standards. The Healthcare Commission findings are based on an inspection of the Egerton Road hospital and list problems such as ...

New Guildford shuttle bus named after campaigner

Jan 14, 2009
By Colin Parker DOZENS of people turned out at a frosty Guildford bus station on Friday to witness the return of the town centre shuttle bus. Users of the former service, cancelled in August last year, joined politicians and business owners to witnes...

Singer returns to offer tips to young stars

Jan 14, 2009
By Guy Martin A MUSICIAN whose career has taken off since going to a Guildford academy has passed on her experiences to potential artists of the future. Rokhsan Heydari, 23, left the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in Bridge Street last year, but...

Gridlock deadlock in Guildford traffic dispute

Nov 23, 2008
By Luke Jacobs BUSINESS people and staff at the Surrey Research Park in Guildford have told of the mounting traffic problems caused by a temporary car park. They have been urged to object to an application submitted by the Royal Surrey County Hospita...

Poor take-up of shuttle bus replacement

Nov 6, 2008
THE replacement service for Guildford's axed free shuttle bus has been used only five times during its first two weeks of operation.The Town Centre Rider got up and running on October 20, and the five journeys had been made up to and including Novemb...

Guildford entrepreneur skydives over Everest

Oct 11, 2008
By Vita Millers A GUILDFORD businesswoman has leapt out of a plane at more than 29,000ft and skydived down to the world's highest drop zone - on the side of Mount Everest. Kate Craig-Wood, 31, the managing director of Memset Ltd, was in free-fall for...

Surrey pitches for title of first home of baseball

Oct 8, 2008
Documentary proof has been uncovered that baseball was being played in Britain before it was taken up in America.A diary entry which refers to a game played in Guildford, Surrey, in 1755 has been verified as authentic by the Surrey History Centre.The...

Council guaranteed GuilFest for five years

Oct 8, 2008
By Richard Pain A BID to stage a new music festival at Stoke Park is being considered just months after Guildford Borough Council appeared to guarantee the future of GuilFest until 2013.At a meeting on June 19, the council’s Executive committe...

CCTV planned for Guildford gallery

Oct 8, 2008
By Richard Pain CCTV cameras will be installed at Guildford House Gallery in an attempt to stop vandals and thieves targeting the building.Guildford Borough Council has acted after lead was stolen from the roof of the Grade I-listed building in the ...