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Just Seven Centuries Later… a New Rabbi for Guildford. By Martin Giles After a wait of nearly 750 years Guildford has a new Rabbi. In a landmark ceremony, The Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, has formally inducted Rabbi Alexander Goldberg as the first Rabbi of Guildford for seven centuries. Leading….
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3 days ago · Updated on: 11 Nov, 2024. Having laid his wreath, a sea cadet salutes Guildford’s War Memorial. By Martin Giles. Eighty years after the Second World War had entered its final 12 months, the traditional Remembrance Sunday Services took place in Guildford and its surrounding villages today (November 10), as they were across the country.
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1 day ago · Surrey County Council’s cabinet have adopted a Vision Zero strategy meaning that they are aiming to achieve zero deaths and zero serious injuries on Surrey’s roads by 2050. Whilst Guildford Bike User Group were extremely disappointed with the councils currently standing decision to block the scheme which seems to go against all professional ...
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3 days ago · Published on: 10 Nov, 2024. Updated on: 10 Nov, 2024. Photographer Danielle West has taken these photos of Guildford’s Castle Grounds in early November as winter approaches, and as the new winter light trail, Illuminate, was being set up. What may look like spring bulbs are part of the light installation., which runs from November 16 to ...
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1 day ago · Updated on: 12 Nov, 2024. A new Digital Skills Centre at Guildford College, funded with £800,000 from the Department for Education’s Local Skills Improvement Fund, opened on Wednesday,November 6. The new centre has a “state-of-the-art open learning space complete with an 86 inch interactive screen and 48 high powered laptops, hi-tech ...
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Nov 5, 2024 · By Martin Giles. There is no prospect of the House of Fraser department store on Guildford High Street being reopened or being redeveloped in the near future, Tom Hunt, GBC’s lead councillor for Regeneration and Economic Development, told the council’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee yesterday evening (November 4). Cllr Hunt, who said the ...
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Fire Breaks Out in Town Centre Flats, Occupant Taken to Hospital for Checks. By Stella Kuchanny Emergency services rushed to a Guildford flat this afternoon after a fierce fire broke out. At around 2:15pm, five fire tenders, as well as police and ambulance…. October 30, 2024 / No Comment / Read More.
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Oct 7, 2024 · We got a rare glimpse at a recent borough council meeting. It revealed the challenges the council faces but also some positive ideas. The Overview and Scrutiny Committee met on September 30 where Cllr James Walsh asked some questions of the lead councillor for Heritage, Catherine Houston. He said: “I know that Guildford is brimming with ...
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Jul 4, 2024 · 05.41 Agents and candidates called in. Told result in five minutes.. 05.24 Puzzled looks continue here. Bundles of votes being carried around and counted. 04.46 Count checking continuing here as news arrives that Jeremy Hunt has survived in Godalming & Ash.. 04.10 Votes being recounted to try and reconcile a discrepancy between the …
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Police Locate and Arrest Missing Man. Surrey police say they have located and arrested 45-year-old Oliver Logdon, who had been missing from Knaphill in Woking since the early hours of Sunday, September 22. In their appeal…. October 16, 2024 / No Comment / Read More.