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Monthly Archives: March 2024

The Moors Murders and Police Attitudes to Sexual Offences against Children

The Moors Murders and Police Attitudes to Sexual Offences against Children by Crime & Parliamentary Affairs Correspondent TIM HICKS. ~~~~~ The Death of Ian Brady The NYE readership will be fully aware of the death of Ian Brady. Although unrelated [...]

May 20, 2017 Police

Council Cocks-Up Carriageway Car Cruise Closure

Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) have set a new local record for a U-Turn at 5 hours. At 10am on Friday 19th May SBC announced that the Marine Drive would be closed between 10am and 10pm on the Bank Holiday Sunday [...]

May 19, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

What Do We Know About ROBERT GOODWILL MP? (Part One)

What Do We Know About ROBERT GOODWILL MP? (Part One) With the so-called ‘snap’ general election three weeks away, and with a significant Conservatives lead in the polls, Robert GOODWILL, the incumbent MP for Scarborough & Whitby, is looking assured [...]

May 19, 2017 Misc

“Perpetual Purdah”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the one hundred and first 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 [...]

May 18, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

NYP: Appeal re Suspected Whitby Supermarket Thief on CCTV

NYP: Appeal re Suspected Whitby Supermarket Thief on CCTV Police are appealing for help in identifying a man in connection with a suspected theft incident at Sainsbury’s supermarket in Whitby. Officers are investigating the incident which took place inside the Stainsacre Lane store [...]

May 17, 2017 Appeals

Scarborough Proxy Council

Scarborough Proxy Council A word of thanks to the anonymous Scarborough resident who has forwarded the following document (below), accompanied by this explanatory message: “I applied for a proxy vote for 8th June and received the below confirmation letter from [...]

May 16, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

OfSTED: The ‘Benign’ Inspection Technique?

OfSTED: The ‘Benign’ Inspection Technique? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, previewing the forthcoming OfSTED Inspection of Eskdale School, Whitby. ~~~~~ As a prelude to the imminent (and long-awaited) OfSTED Inspection of Whitby’s Eskdale School, I thought it might [...]

May 15, 2017 North Yorkshire County Council

NYP: Appeal re Filey Burglary

North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information about a burglary that occurred in Filey. It happened at Baker’s Chalets on Coble Landing overnight from 9 – 10 May 2017 where a number of chalets were broken into. We [...]

May 14, 2017 Appeals

NYP: Appeal re Scarborough Assault

North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information about an assault that occurred in Scarborough town centre. It happened on Huntriss Row at 1810 hours Saturday 6 May 2017 where a man and a woman were pursued by an [...]

May 14, 2017 Appeals

NYP: Appeal re Fake Cash – Norton/Malton

NYP: Appeal re Fake Cash – Norton/Malton Officers are appealing for information following the use of counterfeit notes in shops in the Norton and Malton areas. The notes were used on Tuesday, 9th May 2017, and police are asking any [...]

May 12, 2017 Appeals