• BUS DRIVER SERIOUSLY INJURED AS STORMS HIT GODALMING

  By brainfuel

  In passing by yesterday, I couldn't resist taking a closer look at the tree stump.... the recent...

            

   

  By PatHill at 17:01 on 03/01/12

  

  A bus driver was seriously injured after a tree fell on his vehicle near Godalming this morning as winds up to 50 mph battered the area. The driver was freed after a large tree trapped him in his vehicle on the Petworth Road in Witley earlier this at about 8.25 am. The incident happened when a large oak tree, measuring 6ft across, fell on the single decker Stagecoach bus near the White Hart pub and the junction with Church Lane....

• GAME ON ! AS GODALMING'S LATEST SHOP GETS MAYORAL APPROVAL

  By jeupham

  I am looking forward to visiting at my earliest convenience. John Upham, co-editor of The British...

            

   

  By PatHill at 13:32 on 24/11/11

  

  The Mayor of Godalming Cllr. Steve Cosser was on hand to open the town's latest shop...which should have local game enthusiasts reeling. The new venture The Classical Game Shop which opened in Church Street, Godalming turns back the clock for all game fans by selling everything to do with chess, bridge, backgammon, board games and a host of traditional fun games. Cllr. Cosser and wife Sheila officially opened the store, alongside...

• London 2012: The Olympic torch route through Croydon and Surrey

  By Ivor_Shed

  Jubilee year - what an ideal opportunity for a party on the new Addo Village Green - perhaps the...

            

   

  By JoannaTill at 10:25 on 08/11/11

  

  THE Olympic torch will spend just one day in Surrey next year on its route across the country to London's Olympic Stadium. The flame, which will travel the country via horseback, bicycle, tram and steam-train as well as by road and rail, will take in nine towns in Surrey on July 20. It will take in towns and villages from Dorking and Redhill in the east of the county to Shere, Guildford and Godalming in the south. The flame will then...

• PREPARING FOR WINTER ON GODALMING'S ROADS

  By eye2eye

  Yeah, yea! Haven't we heard all this before? I thought we were supposed to have been prepared for...

            

   

  By PatHill at 15:43 on 02/11/11

  

  Winter is coming, and already council services are preparing to tackle severe conditions in the Godalming area. A record amount of salt is being stockpiled by Surrey County Council to tackle severe winter weather. A fleet of trucks has been making deliveries to take salt stocks up to nearly 17,000 tonnes from last winter's 13,000 tonnes. And more than 40 gritters, including those at the Witley depot near Godalming are standing...

• DRIVE TO IMPROVE BROADBAND IN GODALMING AREA

  By eye2eye

  Local MP Jeremy Hunt is pleased to support the campaign, and backs the stance of councillors. He...

            

   

  By PatHill at 16:11 on 06/10/11

  

  Are you satisfied with the quality of broadband service in the Godalming area? If you would like to se it improved, then local officials throughout the Godalming region would like to hear from residents and busineses alike on how services could be improved. The call comes after councillors from Waverley have given Surrey County Council their full backing in its bid to ensure a 100% high-quality broadband service across the county...

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