It was announced last week that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport may be closed down, after the 2012 Olympic Games are over.
The department’s current responsibilities include the Olympics, the government’s role in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations as well as the switch to digital television.Read more...
Backline Live, a popular nightclub in Guildford, may have been saved from closure after a potential investor made a last-minute approach.
The club had been due to open for the final time on Saturday 21 April as the current tenants are facing a 350 per cent increase in rent, raising the monthly bill from £1,000 to £3,500 for the premises.Read more...
According to the latest Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey, the University of Surrey has rocketed up the tables.
The University leapt from 43 amongst UK universities to 15.Read more...
Surrey Police have obtained a closure order on a property in Guildford after a warrant to search the property found evidence of drug use and supply at the address.
The closure notice comes due to concerns raised by local residents, who at a local panel meeting on April 11, voted that tackling drug related problems was to be a neighbourhood policing priority.Read more...
The ban has been issued in an effort to curb water usage and maintain current reservoir levels.
Seven major water companies in the south east, including Veolia Water, Thames Water, and South East Water have all declared temporary use bans to help conserve supplies.Read more...
BT Art of Sport has chosen University of Surrey’s Lewis Elton Gallery and Surrey Sport’s Park to host the London 2012 exhibition of Olympic-inspired art as part of the Cultural Olympiad programme.
June 2012 will open the doors to the exhibition displaying the art work of the BT Art of Sport project featuring painting, sculpture and photography produced by twelve prominent artists.Read more...
Last Week the National Union of Students and UNISON came together to launch a new campaign – to ‘name and shame’ universities that fail to award all staff the living wage.
The union duo said that all staff employed by universities or by private sub-contractors on campuses should be paid at least the minimum national living wage of £7.Read more...
It has been found that a high intake of selenium could have negative effects on health and can lead to an increased risk of the development of Type 2 Diabetes.
A recent review of a paper published Online First in the Lancet discusses the potentially harmful effects excess dietary selenium could have on health.Read more...
A new video has been launched by the University of Surrey to help men suffering from prostate cancer.
The film, titled ‘Getting Down to Coping’, is intended to accompany a self management program for cancer sufferers.Read more...
Surrey police have arrested two people for the theft of a man’s laptop, which was snatched from him, whilst he was sitting at the Guildford Bus Station, adjoined to the Friary shopping centre.
The incident occurred last month between the hours 8 to 9:30pm.Read more...