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Monthly Archives: March 2024

Knight Errant

Knight Errant an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, sharing some gossip from the East Yorkshire Conservative Association. ~~~~~ The Rt.Hon. Sir Greg ‘Silent’ KNIGHT [Con.] is the present Member of Parliament for East Yorkshire. The seventy-year-old collector of [...]

June 17, 2019 East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Cleveland Police: A Force in Trouble

Cleveland Police: A Force in Trouble by Tim Hicks and Chris Clark ~~~~~ Introduction Cleveland Police area of responsibility borders the Northern edge of the North Yorkshire Police (NYP) boundary. Chris Clark and I have covered three unsolved murders in [...]

June 14, 2019 Police

A Frank Response

A Frank Response A Guest Author article by long-serving (but now former) Independent Scarborough Borough Councillor, NORMAN MURPHY, who offers his response to the recent letter “The State of Independence” from FRANK SHEPHERD. ~~~~~ Sir, I am personally very grateful [...]

June 13, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

Appeal re Theft of 2 Vans from Pickering

Appeal re Theft of 2 Vans from Pickering North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information about the theft of two Transit vans from Pickering. It happened on Thornton Road Industrial Estate, Pickering, between 10pm and 11pm on Tuesday [...]

June 12, 2019 Appeals

“Inside – Looking Out?”

A Letter to the Editor from MICHELLE DONOHUE-MONCRIEFF – a member of the Independent Group at Scarborough Borough Council – who writes to offer an inside view of a becalmed Council. ~~~~~ To the editor – I read with some [...]

June 12, 2019 Letters

Hambleton PSPO Update

Hambleton PSPO Update The following entries from the website of campaigner ANDY STRANGEWAY serve to bring readers up-to-speed on his challenge to the legality of the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) at Leeming Bar, in the District of Hambleton, North [...]

June 11, 2019 Hambleton District Council

Handbags at Dawn

Handbags at Dawn As is commonly known, Scarborough Borough Council can boast more leaks than a Full Welsh breakfast. In the coming weeks, I expect some startling revelations to grace the pages of the North Yorks Enquirer – and other [...]

June 10, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

“False Flags”

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

June 8, 2019 Photoons

Ban Bloodsports – Press Release

WHITBY CAMPAIGNERS URGE YORKSHIRE WATER TO DROP GROUSE SHOOTING Campaigners in Whitby have been urging Yorkshire Water to stop leasing moorland for grouse shooting, with over 400 people signing petition postcards to the utility company over the recent bank holiday [...]

June 6, 2019 Misc

Nude in the Nettles: New Developments

Nude in the Nettles: New Developments by Tim Hicks and Chris Clark ~~~~~ Introduction Some time ago, NYE writers Chris Clark and Tim Hicks started to investigate the “Nude in the Nettles murder”. One of the greatest murder mysteries in [...]

June 6, 2019 North Yorkshire Police