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Yearly Archives: 2024

Renewed DBID Challenge in Whitby

Renewed DBID Challenge in Whitby The Enquirer has obtained a copy of an email from a Whitby businessman to Councillor Liz COLLING [Lab.], the Portfolio Holder for Economy, Communities & Commercial, explaining the rationale behind the burgeoning objection to the [...]

July 4, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

Hebo Rides Again! 

Hebo Rides Again! by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ I read with great interest the article “Handbags at Dawn” and the good news that Councillor John “Hebo” Nock is still at large and doing his stuff. I have written to Councillor Derek [...]

July 3, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

“Rank Hypocrisy”

“Rank Hypocrisy” A Letter to the Editor by NORMAN MURPHY, the former Independent Councillor who many Scarborians hoped would assume the Leadership of the Council, following the Tory collapse. Norman minces no words, beats about no bushes and calls it [...]

July 2, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

SBC CEO Job Applicants ‘Potential’ Data Leak

SBC CEO Job Applicants ‘Potential’ Data Leak an Open Letter from NIGEL WARD to Councillor Steve SIDDONS [Lab.], Leader of Scarborough Borough Council, seeking some of his much-vaunted “openness and transparency”. ~~~~~ Cllr. Steve SIDDONS – Leader – Scarborough Borough [...]

June 30, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

“It’s the Taking Part that Counts”

“It’s the Taking Part that Counts” an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining just one of the initial actions/omissions of the new administration in Scarborough – one that (like the PSPO fiasco) has Legal & Democratic Services’ fingerprints [...]

June 28, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

“Senior Service -v- Self Service”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the one-hundred-and-eightieth 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 27, 2019 North Yorkshire Police, Photoons

“Hope”: New Evidence

“Hope”: New Evidence by Chris Clark and Tim Hicks ~~~~~ 1. Introduction: “Hope” For some time, the NYE has been covering “Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe and his potential involvement in many more murders than those for which he was convicted. [...]

June 26, 2019 North Yorkshire Police

SBC ‘Car Cruising’ PSPO Challenged 

SBC ‘Car Cruising’ PSPO Challenged  Oops! It would appear that Mrs DIXON’s SBC Legal & Democratic Services department has dropped another costly gaffe. Scarborough Borough Council has received a challenge to the legal status and enforceability of its ‘Car Cruising’ [...]

June 25, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

Skullduggery in Higher Places?

In today’s Letter to the Editor, Filey resident JOHN MOOK offers a personal opinion on some very strange Planning activities at the by-now infamous HA24 development in Filey which have all the makings of . . . – THE NEXT [...]

June 24, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

PFCC Mulligan: The Royal Navy Comparison

PFCC Mulligan: The Royal Navy Comparison by TIM HICKS ~~~~~  Introduction: Commodore Cooke-Priest: A tale of two services. The NYE readership is both thinking and articulate, and well versed in current affairs. They will all be aware of the case [...]

June 23, 2019 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner