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'Disgust' at 'shocking' decision by SCC to ban councillors from funding LGBT+ Pride

'Shocking', 'insulting', 'disgusting'. These are some of the words being used in reaction to a last-minute decision by county council bosses to ban councillors from providing funding to Surrey's annual LGBT+ Pride celebration, which is taking place today.

Dame Ethel Smyth with her Old English sheepdog, Pan III, in 1928.

Ten books, six operas, two months in prison, and multiple sheepdogs named Pan: The remarkable life of Woking's Ethel Smyth

Surrey resident Dame Ethel Smyth was one of history's truly extraordinary characters. She was a great composer, a prolific writer, a suffragette, and a sportswoman, as well as having multiple romantic relationships with other women.