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Yearly Archives: 2024

“NOCK’s Opportunity”

A Letter to the Editor from Ali WILKINS of Scarborough on the ever-contentious subject of Scarborough Borough Council’s approach to Council Tax – and exposing the reversed logic propagated by Councillor John NOCK [Con.] when he had the opportunity to [...]

March 27, 2018 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

Cllr. COCKERILL ‘Out of Order’ (Again)

Cllr. COCKERILL ‘Out of Order’ (Again) – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a deplorable outburst from a Councillor with a lamentable propensity for uttering inappropriate remarks that is, quite literally, nothing to crow about. ~~~~~ [...]

March 26, 2018 Scarborough Borough Council

ERYC: Follow-Up re Bridlington Golf Club Sale ‘Mystery’

ERYC: Follow-Up re Bridlington Golf Club Sale ‘Mystery’ Further to last week’s article “Before The Flood: PARNABY/MENZIES Under Beeb Scrutiny” (16th March 2018), two interesting items of information have emerged. Notwithstanding the extraordinary performance of East Riding of Yorkshire Council [...]

March 25, 2018 East Riding of Yorkshire Council

“Think Again, Mr GOODWILL”

Hugo FEARNLEY [Lab.] (pictured above), whose aim it is to achieve the Nomination (to be decided on Saturday 7th  April 2018) as Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency of Scarborough & Whitby on behalf of the Labour Party, has invited [...]

March 24, 2018 Letters
NYP: Appeal for Witnesses re Scarborough Assault

NYP: Appeal for Witnesses re Scarborough Assault

NYP: Appeal for Witnesses re Scarborough Assault North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information about an assault that occurred in Scarborough. It happened at a Blues Event at The Spa in Scarborough at around 11.30pm on Saturday 17 [...]

March 23, 2018 Appeals

“The Winning Strategy 2”

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

March 23, 2018 Photoons

SBC: Spending Whitby’s s.106 Community Cash In-House?

SBC: Spending Whitby’s s.106 Community Cash In-House? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering an opinion on the competency and efficiency of the Council’s business practices in relation to Planning. ~~~~~ Readers are invited to examine the following [...]

March 21, 2018 Scarborough Borough Council

HMICFRS ‘Inadequate’ Rating – PCC Refuses to Comment

An Open Letter from Enquirer crime correspondent TIM HICKS to Mrs Julia MULLIGAN, Police & Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire. ~~~ HMICFRS ‘Inadequate’ Rating – PCC Refuses to Comment From: Tim Hicks Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2018 1:27 PM To: [...]

March 20, 2018 Letters

“Motion Sickness”

CodHead would appear to have taken on board a wide cross-section of opinion, from within the very bowels of Scarborough Town Hall, and the consensus seems to be that at least one Councillor should urgently seek treatment. Heigh ho! Just [...]

March 19, 2018 Cartoons

EXCLUSIVE: “Inadequate” Inspection – HMICFRS Contradicts MULLIGAN

EXCLUSIVE: “Inadequate” Inspection – HMICFRS Contradicts MULLIGAN by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Background: NYP are rated “Inadequate” for crime recording Regular readers of the NYE will be aware of my recent article: “NYP fails crime recording inspection” Concerning a rating of [...]

March 18, 2018 North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner