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Monthly Archives: February 2024

CC Dave Jones and PCC Julia Mulligan at Newby Wiske Hall

Police HQ Plans Abandoned at Cost of £620,000

Julia Mulligan, North Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, has abandoned plans to build the new headquarters for North Yorkshire Police in the village of South Kilvington, near Thirsk, citing cost as the reason for halting plans. Plans were originally drawn [...]

July 31, 2014 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner

Boosbeck Residents Fight On

A Letter to the Editor from Chris GALLACHER TD, Chairman & PPC UKIP Redcar & Cleveland, alerting the North Yorks Enquirer to a tell-tale carbuncle on the backside of a Council that residents describe as  the most corrupt in the [...]

July 30, 2014 Letters

“We’re In The Money!” – CodHead 062

“We’re In The Money!” CodHead finds plenty of mileage in the remuneration manoeuvres of SBC’s “big five”. Well, alright then. “Big four-and-a-half”. [Satire] [...]

July 30, 2014 Cartoons

A Further £¼-Million in Undisclosed SBC Officers’ Perks

A Letter to the Editor from Allan ROBERTS, of Scarborough, alerting the North Yorks Enquirer to a further quarter of a million pounds worth of Officers’ “perks” hitherto unknown to the wider public. ~~~~~ Dear Mr. Editor,  Following on from [...]

July 29, 2014 Letters

“Duck, Bill! Platitude!” – Photoon 016

“Duck, Bill! Platitude!” In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the sixteenth in a continuing series of so-called  “Photoons” – cartoons developed from digital photographs – highlighting the more amusing aspects of current affairs in North Yorkshire. (Please [...]

July 29, 2014 Photoons

Secret Scarborough Council Officer Pay Rise?

The North Yorks Enquirer has had an anonymous tip off that all five senior officers at Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) have received a large pay rise around the start of the year. The pay rise is reputed to be worth [...]

July 28, 2014 Scarborough Borough Council

Confessions & Promises

Confessions & Promises an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD. It Has Been Alleged . . . It has been alleged, by the Legal & Democratic Services department of Scarborough Borough Council; that I have published defamatory articles. [28/03/2013] [...]

July 27, 2014 Scarborough Borough Council

Council To Breathalyse Revellers

Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) has announced it will be breathalysing town centre revellers between Saturday 26th July and the 9th of August as part of a pilot scheme, ahead of a widescale ‘pre-loading’ campaign planned for late autumn. The project [...]

July 25, 2014 Scarborough Borough Council

“Boris & Bernie” – Photoon 015

“Boris & Bernie” In a satirical spirit, the North Yorkshire Enquirer presents the fifteenth in a continuing series of so-called  “Photoons” – cartoons developed from digital photographs – highlighting the more amusing aspects of current affairs in North Yorkshire. (Please [...]

July 24, 2014 Photoons

Sinclaire Charge Spells Trouble For Robert Goodwill?

Former MEP, Nikki Sinclaire, was yesterday charged with Misconduct In Public Office and Money Laundering following a 29 month investigation into alleged expenses fraud by West Midlands Police. Miss Sinclaire was arrested on the 22nd February 2012. The Daily Mail [...]

July 24, 2014 Misc