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Monthly Archives: March 2024

“Nude in the Nettles”- Was it Sutcliffe?

“Nude in the Nettles”- Was it Sutcliffe? By Tim Hicks and Chris Clark Chris Clark is a retired Police Intelligence Officer with twenty eight years service, mainly working in police intelligence. For more information on Chris, please see his website [...]

April 20, 2018 Appeals, North Yorkshire Police

“Detour de Yorkshire”

“Detour de Yorkshire” A Letter to the Editor from Kevin STAINTON of Scarborough, questioning the true benefit to residents of Scarborough’s most ‘international’ vanity project (while residents take detours around the potholes). His verdict? “On yer bike, Carl Les!”. ~~~ [...]

April 19, 2018 Letters

“From the Horse’s Mouth”

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

April 18, 2018 Photoons

An Open Letter to the ‘Opposition’ Leaders of SBC

An Open Letter to the ‘Opposition’ Leaders of SBC by NIGEL WARD Councillor Steve SIDDONS [Labour] Councillor Sam CROSS [Independent] Councillor Mark VESEY [Green] Councillors, I address you in your respective rôles as Group Leaders of the Labour Group, the [...]

April 18, 2018 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

NYP: Appeal re Eastfield Highways Depot Burglary

NYP: Appeal re Eastfield Highways Depot Burglary North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information about a burglary that occurred at the highways depot at Eastfield, Scarborough. The incident took place on Sunday 4 March at approximately 2pm in [...]

April 17, 2018 Appeals

NYP: Appeal re Serious Sexual Assault in Whitby

NYP: Appeal re Serious Sexual Assault in Whitby Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information about a serious sexual assault on a woman in Whitby. The victim, a local woman aged in her 20s, reported that she had been attacked [...]

April 16, 2018 Appeals

SBC: A Morally Repugnant Intervention

SBC: A Morally Repugnant Intervention an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, commenting on a most unusual and particularly offensive breach of the Data Protection Act 1998. ~~~~~ Perhaps relatively few readers of the North Yorks Enquirer will be [...]

April 16, 2018 Scarborough Borough Council

Exclusive: Another NYP Crime Recording Scandal

Exclusive: Another NYP Crime Recording Scandal by TIM HICKS Background: The HMICFRS PEEL Assessment HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services has issued its “PEEL Assessment” for Effectiveness on North Yorkshire Police (NYP) for 2017. What is a PEEL [...]

April 16, 2018 North Yorkshire Police

“Wake Up, Bob!”

Scarborough & Whitby MP Robert ‘Farmer Bob’ GOODWILL has ‘sort of’ appealed to his constituents to share with him their opinions on the contentious issue of electric-shock dog collars. It is noteworthy that Mr GOODWILL does not appeal to all [...]

April 15, 2018 Cartoons

Fearnley to fight Scarborough & Whitby for Labour

Fearnley to fight Scarbough & Whitby for Labour PRESS RELEASE Two hundred local Labour Party members met in Scarborough on 7th April to select a candidate for election to Parliament. Hugo Fearnley, 36, a local man who runs a business [...]

April 14, 2018 Misc