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Monthly Archives: March 2024

No Holiday From RIPA

There is much disquiet among Scarborough Borough Councillors regarding the delay in appointments to council committees and outside bodies. The appointments, which will put a few extra quid in the pockets of experienced councillors, are normally tied up quickly after [...]

May 15, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

“D.I.Y. Demolitions”

A Letter to the Editor from Scarborough resident ALI WILKINS, who has picked up on a cool half-million (or two) that will come as a surprise to many. ~~~ Nobody could fail to have noticed the changes at SBC over [...]

May 12, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

JANNER: NYE Vindicated Again

JANNER: NYE Vindicated Again by TIM HICKS  ~~~~~ Introduction Long-term NYE readers will know that as well as covering local news, we occasionally foray out into national stories. Our coverage of the Greville Janner scandal (more properly Greville Ewan Janner, [...]

May 11, 2019 Police

Appeal: To Locate Peter Brown – MISSING from Scarborough

Appeal: To Locate Peter Brown – MISSING from Scarborough Police are appealing for the public’s help to locate a missing man. Peter Brown, 46, from the Whitby area – pictured above – went missing from Scarborough on the afternoon of [...]

May 9, 2019 Appeals

A Coalition Against Democracy?

A Coalition Against Democracy? Guest Author article by FRANK SHEPHERD, commenting on the Labour/Conservative back-room coalition. ~~~~~ With voters reducing the Labour and Conservative Groups, both by number and by share of vote on Thursday, neither of the main parties [...]

May 9, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

“Flush Those Blues Away””

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

May 7, 2019 Photoons

SBC: What Next?

SBC: What Next? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, sharing some opinions on the results of the 2019 Scarborough Borough Council elections. ~~~~~ If power, as is claimed, corrupts, then it must surely be the case that it [...]

May 6, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

World Press Freedom Day Friday 3 May

Regretfully, because of the overwhelming imperative to provide detailed coverage the SBC elections, this article, which should have gone out on the 3rd of May, has been delayed. World Press Freedom Day Friday 3 May by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Remember [...]

May 5, 2019 Misc

ERYC: ROBINSON Hits The Road to Brace PARNABY

ERYC: ROBINSON Hits The Road to Brace PARNABY With commendable determination, retired Cottingham developer Mr Peter ROBINSON has published a series of photographs highlighting his very own ‘Tour de Yorkshire’ (Day 1) – his latest action against suspect East Riding [...]

May 3, 2019 East Riding of Yorkshire Council

SBC Election Results 2019

Scarborough Borough Council Election Results 2019 The Enquirer hopes to be able to up-date this page ‘on the fly’ as results are declared. (We are given to understand from approximately 11:30am, 3rd May 2019). This page does not auto-update so [...]

May 3, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council