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Monthly Archives: January 2024

SBC: The Descent into Disrepute

SBC: The Descent into Disrepute Guest Author BOB ROBERTS sets forth a number of salient reminders as the May 2019 local election campaigns crank up. ~~~~~ It’s now less than 100 days to our local elections. In fact, it’s 95 [...]

January 30, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

Appeal re Scarborough Beach Hut Vandalism

Appeal re Scarborough Beach Hut Vandalism North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information about damage that occurred in North Bay, Scarborough. It happened at around 4am on 18 January 2018 when extensive damage was caused to multiple beach-front [...]

January 29, 2019 Appeals

“Trick Nicky’s Magic Show”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the one-hundred-and-sixty-eighth 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 far beyond. Readers [...]

January 28, 2019 Photoons

O.A.T. ~ Opening At Times?

O.A.T. ~ Opening At Times? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the profit-sharing potential for SBC’s Open Air Theatre 2019 season. ~~~~~ While everybody’s attention is turned to the on-going mysteries of the £9M SBC/BLL/Alpamare relationship, mine [...]

January 27, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

“A Recipe for Disaster”

A Letter to the Editor from COLIN RELPH, a prospective candidate for the forthcoming Scarborough Borough Council elections in May, criticising the Council’s intentions regarding Dean Road Depot and the Manor Road Nurseries, in the light of the Futurist fiasco, [...]

January 26, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

Appeal re Scarborough Racial Abuse Incident

Appeal re Scarborough Racial Abuse Incident North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a member of staff was racially abused at a filling station in Scarborough. North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a member of staff was [...]

January 25, 2019 Appeals

Christopher Halliwell: The Secret Murders

Christopher Halliwell: The Secret Murders 5.15. Scotland 2: Caroline Glachan re-assessed by Chris Clark & Tim Hicks ~~~~~ Introduction This fifteenth article in the North Yorks Enquirer’s (NYE) ‘Christopher Halliwell the Secret Murders’ series in which we examine murders that [...]

January 24, 2019 Police

Alpamare: What the D(e)uce is Going on?

Alpamare: What the D(e)uce is Going On? Guest Author ALI WILKINS asks the questions everyone is asking about the precariouss position of the Alpamare Waterpark. ~~~~~ I listened to the interview Yorkshire Coast Radio conducted with Roland Duce (Benchmark): www.yorkshirecoastradio.com/news/local-news/2785371/scarboroughs-alpamare-owes-landlord-28m/ [...]

January 23, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC Climate Change?

SBC Climate Change? Under an ambiguous title, Guest Author FRANK SHEPHERD reports on Scarborough Borough Council gamesmanship. ~~~~~ Who would have thought an innocuous Green Party motion on climate change would signal a change in Scarborough Borough Council’s political climate? [...]

January 22, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

Appeal re Scarborough Attempted Burglary

Appeal re Scarborough Attempted Burglary North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information about an attempted burglary that occurred in Scarborough. It happened on Royal Albert Drive between the hours of 9:00pm on Thursday 17th January 2019 and 7:00am [...]

January 21, 2019 Appeals