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Monthly Archives: January 2024

“Arrivederci, Scarbados!”

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

September 30, 2019 Photoons

DBID: Money With Menaces?

An Open Letter from regular contributor NIGEL WARD to Councillor Liz COLLING [Lab.], Scarborough Borough Council’s Portfolio Holder for Economy, Communities & Commercial, reporting evidence of possible coercive practice in the implementation of the Yorkshire Coast DBID. ~~~~~ Councillor Liz [...]

September 29, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

“The Budget – a Balancing Act”

A Letter to the Editor from Scarborough Borough Councillor Michelle Donohue-Moncrieff [Ind.] (Hunmanby Ward), contemplating just how the Leader, Councillor Steve Siddons [Lab.], will contrive, with his minority administration, to achieve the necessary majority to pass the 2020/21 Budget, given [...]

September 27, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

‘NO INCOME PSPO’ – an Anagram of ‘NINCOMPOOPS’?

‘NO INCOME PSPO’ – an Anagram of ‘NINCOMPOOPS’? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, highlighting another futile PSPO – another useless waste of money, this time by a different local authority nincompoop. ~~~~~ Back in June 2019, my [...]

September 26, 2019 East Riding of Yorkshire Council

A Confession: National Press follows NYE

A Letter to the Editor from police and crime correspondents TIM HICKS and CHRIS CLARK. ~~~~~ Sir, The NYE has for some time been running a series of articles by the authors on the murders committed by Serial Killer Christopher [...]

September 25, 2019 Letters, Police

DBID: SBC Claims Civil Unrest on the Cards

DBID: SBC Claims Civil Unrest on the Cards an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, exposing the latest farcical attempt at secrecy at the Puzzle Palace. ~~~~~ Regular readers will recall that the Enquirer has published a number of [...]

September 24, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

CCTV Appeal re Scarborough Shop Theft

CCTV Appeal re Scarborough Shop Theft Police have issued a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to following a theft in Scarborough. It happened at Boyes, Queen Street, Scarborough at 10.55am on Wednesday 4 September 2019. [...]

September 23, 2019 Appeals

Broken Promises #3 – Cllr Jim Grieve

“Broken Promises” is a series of articles looking at the election promises of councillors who were elected to Scarborough Borough Council in May 2019 and their actions as your Borough Council representatives since. Third on the list is Cllr Jim [...]

September 22, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

“Final Fantasy”

A Letter to the Editor from former SBC Councillor and serving Secretary to the Independent Group, NORMAN MURPHY, setting out his opinion that the electoral facts and figures confirm the extent of the Tory collapse at Scarborough Borough Council, and [...]

September 21, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

Moorlands Monitors: Appeal for Volunteers

Moorlands Monitors: Appeal for Volunteers North Yorks Moors Moorland Monitors (NYMMM) are appealing for volunteers to assist in monitoring wildlife crime within and beyond the North York Moors National Park. If you have a heart for wildlife and feel you [...]

September 20, 2019 Appeals