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Parking Tickets – Millions Due In Refunds, Nationally

Parking Tickets – Millions Due In Refunds, Nationally Guest Author ANDY STRANGEWAY takes the PCN campaign to the national level. ~~~~~ Patrol is the Joint Committee of England and Wales for the civil enforcement of parking regulations. Patrol is central to the lawful operation [...]

December 15, 2015 Misc

NYP Re-Issue Appeal Re Missing Scarborough Man Kieran Chapman

NYP Re-Issue Appeal Re Missing Scarborough Man Kieran Chapman Following the appeal earlier this week, police are today re-issuing the appeal in the hopes of finding out more information as to the whereabouts of Kieran Chapman.   [...]

December 13, 2015 Appeals
NYP: Missing Rory Johnson-Hatfield – Father’s Appeal

NYP: Missing Rory Johnson-Hatfield – Father’s Appeal

NYP: Missing Rory Johnson-Hatfield – Father’s Appeal The father of missing man Rory Johnson-Hatfield today appealed for further information about his son’s disappearance in York in the early hours of Friday 20 November. [...]

December 11, 2015 Appeals

“Unenforceable” Parking Tickets/Permits Row Escalates

“Unenforceable” Parking Tickets/Permits Row Escalates an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, updating readers on the burgeoning scandal surrounding the huge (and probably illegal) profits made by North Yorkshire Councils – from PCNs (parking tickets) and residents’ parking permits. [...]

December 10, 2015 North Yorkshire County Council

ERYC: Beverley – More CPZ Refunds?

ERYC: Beverley – More CPZ Refunds? Guest Author Andy STRANGEWAY identifies another invalid Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) – this time in Beverley, within the jurisdiction of East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Kerching! ~~~~~ While driving through Beverley on Sunday I [...]

December 9, 2015 East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Parking Refunds On Cards For Harrogate?

A quick look around Harrogate Borough Council’s (HBC) Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) on Google Streetmap yields a clue where Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) copied their CPZ signage  from. Like Scarborough and Whitby, Harrogate’s CPZs do not make a single mention [...]

December 9, 2015 Harrogate Borough Council

“Bombing Syria”

“Bombing Syria” Today’s Guest Author is Dr Richard HAYNES, of Driffield, who kindly shares with readers his emailed plea to his Member of Parliament, Sir Greg KNIGHT [Con.] (East Yorkshire), urging him to oppose the motion to bomb Syria. Richard [...]

December 8, 2015 Misc

The Great Yorkshire Parking Rip-Off

The Great Yorkshire Parking Rip-Off an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining an astonishing case of public corporation greed, backed by the highwayman’s demand – “Your money or your goods and chattels!”. ~~~~~ On Monday 7th December 2015, [...]

December 7, 2015 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

“Risk Management?”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the seventy-sixth in a continuing series of so-called  “Photoons” – cartoons developed from digital photographs – highlighting the more amusing aspects of current affairs in North Yorkshire and beyond. Readers are [...]

December 6, 2015 Photoons

Parking Refunds for Whitby?

A quick look around Whitby’s Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) yields a few clues the local authority that implemented it has taken note of previous implementation problems and has smartened up its act. Last week, I posted an adjudication notice from [...]

December 4, 2015 Scarborough Borough Council