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Hidden debt scandal – how profit-making firms and unsuitable ‘solutions’ leave people in deeper financial trouble.
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By royal appointment to a small Farnham business!
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The Impact of Renewable Energy on Job Creation: How the Green Energy Industry is Creating New Opportunities
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How can business owners use lawyers for regulatory compliance?
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Why You Should Make The Switch And Go With An Electric Car
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National Trust unveils joyous Elmer’s Art Parade sculpture trail at Petworth House
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Can you really lose weight just by exercising?
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‘Heads Up’ Sculpture Project at Billingshurst Primary School
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The spring cuckoo
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Tips for preventing loss of keys in business
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Navigating the Car Buying Process: Essential Tips for First-Time Buyers
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Step up for a Paw-Some Cause – Support Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS)
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Surrey Wildlife Trust and RHS call on gardeners to give the mower a rest and bring their lawns to life for nature
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Afternoon Tea at Squire’s – review
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Probation staff call on locals to join the Probation Service
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halow receives ‘Charity of the Year’ at The Family Network Business Awards
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Time spent spotting nature is time well spent
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How to create a private and beautiful outdoor space
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Debating Expanding Your Surrey Home? 4 Questions To Ask Yourself To Help You Decide
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The best place to live in Surrey 2023
Acclaimed luxury lifestyle site Muddy Stilettos asked its readers to vote...
Godalming’s Town Mayor thanks volunteers
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National Trust, residents and farmer Steve Conisbee, plant a new heritage orchard at Chapel Farm, Surrey
On Monday 27th February, Westhumble residents, local volunteer groups and...
Learning to drive: should you use a new or used car?
Learning to drive is practically an essential skill in today’s world....
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How small businesses can increase employee morale and job satisfaction
Employee morale and job satisfaction should be important to every...
South Western Railway to install lifesaving defibrillators at all of its staffed stations
154 South Western Railway stations across its extensive network will have...
RHS Wisley unveils major new plans for ‘iconic’ Piet Oudolf landscape
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Surrey Wildlife Trust launches fundraising drive to save the adorable Dormouse
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Are you interested in volunteering as a magistrate?
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The Benefits of Learning to Drive In Your Own Car
Learning to drive can be an exciting but nerve-wracking venture. If...
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Access4Lofts – Creating space the easy way
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Keep your dog on a lead to help wildlife, says Surrey Wildlife Trust
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Later Living on Your Own Terms, In The Idyllic Area of Cranleigh, Surrey
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Latest news from Citizen’s Advice Waverley: The Cost of Living Crisis continues…
The cost of living crisis continues to bite: everywhere, it seems, people...
How to protect your company’s data
According to a recent report by CyberEdge in 2021, 86% of organisations...
Finally, a life-changing musical resource for Seniors
For a generation too often forgotten, the opportunity to learn an...
Optimising small spaces in your home
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The most lucrative areas to invest in property in the UK
Despite the turbulent state of the UK housing market and rocketing rates...
Diet not genes is driving dementia says British Medical Journal
A hugely significant study in the British Medical Journal into...
New service to speed up MRI scans for heart patients
People with implanted pacemakers and defibrillators will now be able to...
How to Pick the Right Car for You
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How to keep your business eco-friendly
Eco-friendliness is something that businesses of every shape and size can...
How to start a Musical Instrument Store Business
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What Can Families Do to Support Their Relatives in Difficult Economic Times?
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Make it a Mid-Night to Remember!
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Phyllis shops and new retail venture offer exciting volunteering roles
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Three Essential Tips for Planning Your Finances as a New Couple
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Renouncing Your UK Citizenship – An Overview
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The best places to catch live music within 30 minutes drive of Guildford
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Limiting Dementia Risks
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Extinct bat making a come-back in Sussex?
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How to promote your beauty salon
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Seven ways you can help your garden birds this winter
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Can spread betting help you to make money in 2023?
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Show your love for halow project this February
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Dorking Golf Club membership – under £20 a week!
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Is Now a Good Time to Open a Cash ISA?
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COVID-19: Are we out of the woods yet?
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UK businesses are struggling with energy bills: what can be done?
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Inheritance, Property and the Cost of Living – How are People Being Impacted?
The UK is not the easiest place to live at the present moment. A...
Don’t join the u3a…
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An update from the Surrey Hills SuperHeroes
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Reindeer and Elves Raise Money for Hospice Care
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How to deal with and prevent damp in a commercial property
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Local drama club makes a positive difference to children’s wellbeing
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Guildford in Bloom announces Teacher Twilight Session
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New Year’s Resolutions, New Year’s Recycling!
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Top places for winter walks with the National Trust in Sussex
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Local charity gets shortlisted in national awards
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How to best prepare for a hairdressing competition
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£3.11 million donated by the National Garden Scheme to some of UK’s best-loved nursing and health charities
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The perfect gift for a car enthusiast
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Winter poverty is the catastrophe about to happen
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RHS Garden Wisley reveals plans for new Orchid House
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Oakleaf and Mandira win Surrey Business Award
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Did you know that 1 in 7 under 18s live with domestic abuse at some point...
A quick guide to affordable housing
Everyone needs a place to call home. A roof over our heads is one of the...
What Can I Grow in My Greenhouse in Autumn and Winter?
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Local man puts together EP as a reaction to the lockdowns
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Achieving the best outcomes from Higher Education in Surrey
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Frensham Pond Sailability celebrates its anniversary
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We Care – a Ewhurst-based twice monthly group for carers and people with dementia
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Prologue Youth Theatre Company
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Surrey charity celebrates 125 years of life-changing work
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Local hairdresser scoops award and goes for gold for the UK!
Jacob Scully from ScullyScully in Godalming, has scooped the CREATIVE...
How can Osteopathy help my child?
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Nationally, Citizens Advice helped two people every minute with crisis support!
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halow project gets active thanks to Sport England funding
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Vantage Publishing Limited acquires Winchester Resident Magazine
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Free Morris Dancing taster sessions in Farnham
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RHS student’s winning design creates new community wellbeing space in Guildford
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From Heart Attack to Acclaimed New Book
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Rushmoor Male Voice Choir offering men the chance to try singing in a group
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Showcasing a rare private car collection for charity
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Well & Good – a modern day community hub
When people ask what we do, I tell them that we run a hybrid co-working...
Surrey Wildlife Trust launches urgent wildfire appeal
Surrey Wildlife Trust is urgently asking for donations to help one of...
Initiatives in Surrey Inspire More Bee-Friendly Gardens
There are at least 275 species of wild bee in the UK and of these,...
Godalming’s other maritime hero
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4Sight Vision Support Offer Free ‘Make a Will’ Fundraiser
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Do you care? – the latest news from Citizens Advice Waverley
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British Isles Music Festival runs from 5th to 14th August at Charterhouse School
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Puttenham Barn Bunkhouse
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National Trust reveals new plans for fire ravaged Clandon Park, offering a unique ‘X-ray’ view of how a country house is made
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Heatherwick Studio has unveiled a kinetic Glasshouse at the National Trust’s Woolbeding Gardens
Kinetic Glasshouse unveiled by Heatherwick Studio and the National Trust...
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If you are looking for a new place to shop for groceries, then try the...
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Wey & Arun Canal Trust begins major restoration project in Surrey
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The Dream Fund’s £1.25m award invites 1,500 volunteers to help use space and AI technology to restore Surrey’s wildlife habitats
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Sight for Surrey receives The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service!
Sight for Surrey has been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary...
Artists create fitting legacy tribute to Guildford’s 400-year-old almshouse
Four magnificent colourful legacy murals created by art educators and...
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Teddy’s Knives – localy made, hand-crafted knives
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From rose festivals to Jubilee celebrations. National Trust gardens...
The RSPB calls for everyone to join the wildlife-planting revolution
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Visit Local Gardens to Support Hospice Care
Enjoy some beautiful local gardens this spring and summer with Phyllis...
Struggling with cost of living increases? You are not alone!
At the end of March Citizens Advice research revealed that around 5...
Bro-ga – A new class for men arrives in Surrey
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Petworth Cottage Nursing Home (PCNH) needs your help
The first patient was admitted to Petworth Cottage Hospital on 20th...
No Fault Divorce
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No relationship is perfect all of the time but there are signs you can...
Guildford ancient woodland to be preserved by land trust
Land management charity The Land Trust recently exchanged on a...
Things you should know about equity release
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Surrey Wildlife Trust trains young people in hedge laying and planting
Surrey Wildlife Trust has trained more than 100 volunteers to invigorate...
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One of the most important appliances in your home is your boiler. It...
Countryside Companions
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National Trust acquires new stretch of the Surrey Hills, at Ranmore Common, near Dorking
The National Trust has added 134 acres of woodland at Ranmore Common,...
Live the independent lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of in Surrey
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Glut no more! Plan for less wastage and optimise your harvest
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Water tower restoration brings new habitat for swift population at Polesden Lacey
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You’ve heard about the energy price cap increase – but does it affect you, asks Citizens Advice Waverley
Your bills will only be affected by the price cap increase if you’re on a...
Step into Mole Valley this spring with 24 of the best walks in and around the Surrey Hills
Emerge into springtime and Step into Mole Valley with 24 of the best...
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Private Lives is a comedy written by Sir Noel Coward (‘the master’) in...
Love the Surrey Hills – guided nature walks in the Surrey Hills
The Surrey Hills has some of the most beautiful countryside in England....
Watch Your Step to help the RSPB protect ground nesting birds this spring
Over half of England’s most threatened breeding species nest on or near...
Spring colour at National Trust gardens around Hampshire
In spring, National Trust gardens across Hampshire reveal bright pockets...
Phyllis Tuckwell Welcomes Patients to New Living Well Programmes
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The Ivy Asia arrives in Guildford
The Ivy Asia, Guildford will be opening its doors in Tunsgate Quarter on...
Guildford Crematorium wins a Civic Trust Award
Guildford Crematorium has won a Civic Trust Award. The scheme recognises...
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Review: Slim Chickens in Guildford
Popular US chicken restaurant, Slim Chickens, has arrived in Guildford...
Seeing differently at West Horsley Place
This month, West Horsley Place Trust – the charity created by Bamber and...
A Home of One’s Own? Latest news from Citizen’s Advice Waverley
For many the word ‘homeless’ conjures images of sleeping bags in shop...
How to Keep Your Pipes from Freezing and Bursting
We’ve all had our fair share of plumbing disasters, from blocked toilets...
Could your home temperature be harmful?
The thermostat is a highly debated topic both in the summer and the...
Guildford Town Centre awarded a Purple Flag for seventh year
The town centre has been recognised by the Purple Flag assessors for...
Sight For Surrey announces Dame Judi Dench as Patron for Centenary Year!
Sight for Surrey has today announced that acting legend, star of the...
Get Men Talking – a new Surrey Initiative for Male Suicide Prevention
Men can be more reluctant to talk about their mental health, which could...




























































































































































































