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Yearly Archives: 2024

County Councillors’ Allowances – Up Again!

A Letter to the Editor from NYCC and SBC Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.] condemning another unjustifiable rise in County Councillors’ Allowances. Conservatives deftly circumnavigate their own ‘austerity’ policy when it comes to granting themselves a pay rise. ~~~~~ Sir, North [...]

May 15, 2018 Letters, North Yorkshire County Council

“Good Luck in the New Job, David!”

“Good Luck in the New Job, David!” At last, a little good news! The North Yorks Enquirer invites readers to join us in offering hearty congratulations to Scarborough Borough Council’s Deputy Monitoring Officer and Senior Solicitor, David P. Kitson, who [...]

May 13, 2018 Photoons, Scarborough Borough Council

Appeal re Attempted Burglary at Scarborough Motorcycle Shop

Appeal re Attempted Burglary at Scarborough Motorcycle Shop North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information following an attempted burglary at a motorcycle shop in Scarborough. The incident occurred on Albemarle Back Road at around 1.30am on Tuesday, 8 [...]

May 11, 2018 Appeals

Open Letter (SBC and RIPA)

Open Letter (SBC and RIPA:) Introduction Regular readers will be aware of the ongoing controversies over: Allegations of misuse of Scarborough Borough Council’s (SBC) misuse of its surveillance powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). SBC’s policy of [...]

May 10, 2018 Letters

The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, pointing up a profligate breach of Tory ‘austerity’. ~~~~~ East Riding of Yorkshire Councillor Andy STRANGEWAY [Ind.] – a sometime contributor to the Enquirer – has taken [...]

May 9, 2018 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC and RIPA

SBC and RIPA by TIM HICKS Introduction I read with great interest the press release by Mr Hugo Fearnley, the Labour Prospective Party Parliamentary Candidate for Scarborough & Whitby in the next General Election, concerning the “Whexit” controversy, which was [...]

May 8, 2018 Scarborough Borough Council

“Careful What You Wish For”

Codhead casts his gaze on the renewed efforts to extricate Whitby from the clutches of Scarborough Borough Council – and wonders whether the consequences of a ‘WHEXIT’ have been exhaustively considered. [Satire] [...]

May 6, 2018 Cartoons

Appeal re Knifepoint Attempted Robbery of Disabled Man

Appeal re Knifepoint Attempted Robbery of Disabled Man Police are appealing for information after a would-be robber ordered a 47-year-old disabled man to give him money. It happened at the bus stop outside Scarborough railway station at 9.05am on Tuesday, [...]

May 5, 2018 Appeals

“TdY: Highways & Byways”

Today’s Letter to the Editor is, in fact, directed to County and Borough Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.], whose recent Letter to the Editor has been widely-acclaimed. Previous correspondent Kevin STAINTON, of Scarborough, now responds to Councillor RANDERSON with some helpful [...]

May 4, 2018 Letters, North Yorkshire County Council

NYP Policy on “Paedophile Hunters”

NYP Policy on “Paedophile Hunters” by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Background I write with a follow up to an ethical dilemma in British Policing which was covered in an article published in the NYE on the 19th September 2017: An ethical [...]

May 3, 2018 North Yorkshire Police