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Monthly Archives: March 2024

Tried But Not Trusted

Today’s Guest Author is one of the brightest and most articulate young prospects to appear on the Scarborough & Whitby local politics scene in a very long tine – HUGO FEARNLEY, local business owner and Chair of the Whitby Branch [...]

December 18, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

NYP: Appeal re CCTV of Bedding Theft

NYP: Appeal re CCTV of Bedding Theft Police in Scarborough are asking for the public’s help to identify a woman they would like to speak to following the theft of bedding from Dunelm Mill in Scarborough. Theft happened on 25 [...]

December 18, 2017 Appeals

“Eskdale and a Wry Smile”

A Letter to the Editor from Scarborough Borough Councillor Rob BARNETT [Lab.], celebrating the widely-acclaimed OfSTED ‘verdict’ on Eskdale School  – ‘GOOD’. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, Eskdale and a Wry Smile The town knew, the students knew, the parents knew, and [...]

December 17, 2017 Letters

NYP: Hackness Hotel Burglary – CCTV Pics

NYP: Hackness Hotel Burglary – CCTV Pics Police are appealing for information after thieves stole a safe and cash from a country hotel. Two men entered Hackness Grange Hotel, on Broxa Lane, Hackness, near Scarborough. They forced their way into [...]

December 16, 2017 Appeals

“The Good Old Days”

“The Good Old Days” Christmas 1955 – Ironical Aspirations . . . New Year’s Day 2018 – Harsh Reality . . . (not a Blue Flag in sight) . . . Happy Dip! [...]

December 15, 2017 Misc

SBC Email Interceptions – What’s New?

SBC Email Interceptions – What’s New? Guest Author Mike Ward (a former SBC Councillor [Ind.] for six years) writes to share his own experiences of email interception – and breaches of confidentiality – by Senior SBC Officers. Time for all [...]

December 15, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

“Benchmark Butchers Bambi!”

A Letter to the Editor from Scarborough resident (and former SBC Officer) Rita HOLMES, who writes to shed light on another disturbing example of the seemingly ‘special relationship’ between Scarborough Borough Council and Benchmark – otherwise known as the Roland [...]

December 14, 2017 Letters

Caedmon Principal in Sideways Shuffle

Caedmon Principal in Sideways Shuffle It has quietly been announced that ‘retiring’ Principal of Caedmon College Whitby, Mr Keith PRYTHERCH – whose ‘retirement’, following a disappointing OfSTED Report, was reported here on the Enquirer on 21st October 2017 – is [...]

December 13, 2017 North Yorkshire County Council

ERYC: The Indomitable Peter ROBINSON – Back on the Front Foot

ERYC: The Indomitable Peter ROBINSON – Back on the Front Foot an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, up-dating readers on the approaching climax to the process of attempting to bring to an end the questionable political career of [...]

December 11, 2017 East Riding of Yorkshire Council

“Our Broken Council”

A Letter to the Editor from Scarborough Borough Councillor Norman MURPHY [Ind.] responding to Scarborough News editor Ed ASQUITH’s editorial comments in the Scarborough News of Thursday 7th December 2017. ~~~~~ Sir, Re Ed Asquith’s Editors Letter So the editor [...]

December 10, 2017 Letters