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Appeal re WANTED Scarborough man Officers have issued an appeal to try and find wanted Scarborough man Robert Chinchen. Chinchen, 31, is wanted in relation to a robbbery back in May this year. It is believed Chinchen is still in [...]
NYP Response to OPFCC Review re FPN/Ethnicity Data Today, (27/7) the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) has issued a report assessing the disproportionality across ethnic groups associated with the issuing of a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN). FPNs are issued to [...]
Double U-Turn on the YCBID In response to a bizarre report in the Scarborough News, Guest Author NORMAN MURPHY delivers a retrospective on the rise and fall in favour of the Yorkshire Coast BID in the eyes of the SBC [...]
On the 14th May 2018 elected members of Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) voted to hand a whopping £30million to Senior Officers at the Council to spend as part of the Commercial Property Investment Strategy. The Commercial Property Investment Strategy proposal [...]
Good Buy, Scarbados! an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering congratulations on a deal well done. ~~~~~ On 17th September 2018, the decision was made by Scarborough Borough Council, following a ‘robust’ recommendation by Commercial Director Mr Richard [...]
A Letter to the Editor from NYE police and crime correspondent TIM HICKS, lamenting (as must we all) the passing of resident political cartoonist CodHead. ~~~~~ Sir, CodHead: An Appreciation I read of the passing of the NYE’s cartoonist CodHead [...]
Eurovision: ‘Live’ from Scarborough an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, commenting on a ‘dress rehearsal’ Zoom meeting (ahead of next Monday’s virtual meeting of Full Council). ~~~~~ Entirely predictably, today’s ‘dress rehearsal for next Monday’s virtual meeting of [...]
Over the years, the North Yorks Enquirer has published nearly one hundred satirical cartoons by one of Whitby’s shrewdest political observers – CodHead. Sadly, the years catch up with us all; CodHead is no longer with us. His wit, candour [...]
A Letter to the Editor from regular correspondent BRIAN MATHEWS, expressing some credible opinions on the calamitous Yorkshire Coast BID initiative. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, I have read the wording for next week’s Scarborough Council meeting re the ‘cock up’ created [...]
ARGOS: The Fatal Omissions an “In My View” report by NIGEL WARD, explaining why the ARGOS project may be ripe for Judicial Review. ~~~~~ Last Wednesday 8th July 2020, two-and-a-half hours into the farcical Zoom charade which masqueraded as a [...]
