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Monthly Archives: June 2024

“Public Questions: It’s a Knock-Out!”

Today’s Letter to the Editor, in a rare exception to Enquirer policy in respect of the mandatory attribution of sources, is published anonymously at the special request of the author, a prominent Scarborough businessman of over half a century’s tenure, [...]

November 21, 2020 Letters

“Double Vision”

“Double Vision” Today’s Guest Author is NYE harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS, who has identified the commonsensical fact that if you want to know what’s good for fishermen, it’s best to ask fishermen. Wayne Hemingway of Hemingway Design, on the other [...]

November 21, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

Peter Sutcliffe: Obituary & Assessment

“Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe died on the 13th of November 2020. He is unquestionably the UK’s most famous serial killer. He terrorised the North of England and ran rings around the police for years. The Yorkshire Ripper investigation is undoubtedly [...]

November 20, 2020 Police

“No Expense Spared”

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

November 18, 2020 Photoons

SIV: That’s Another Fine Mess!

SIV: That’s Another Fine Mess! an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering a running commentary on one local businessman’s object lesson in running rings round the Council. ~~~~~ I was unable to watch the SBC Cabinet Meeting of [...]

November 18, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

“SIDDONS’ FOLLY”

“SIDDONS’ FOLLY” Guest Author and former SBC Councillor, Stormin’ NORMAN MURPHY, administers his customary dose of derision to the ludicrous plan to ‘regenerate’ Castle Ward by filling it with bed-hopping youngsters studying at the Immuniversity of Life.  ~~~~~  As mentioned [...]

November 16, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

CLARK/HICKS Ripper Theory Goes National

CLARK/HICKS Ripper Theory Goes National Enquirer contributor makes the national press Readers will be aware that “Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe died on Friday. A serial killer who imposed a reign of terror on Yorkshire for years, he was convicted of [...]

November 16, 2020 Police

Objecting to the ARGOS Planning Application

Objecting to the ARGOS Planning Application an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering a few hints on how to make your objection count. ~~~~~ The North Yorks Enquirer has published a number of very informative articles concerning the [...]

November 15, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

ARGOS: Heavyweight Planning Objection

ARGOS: Heavyweight Planning Objection  – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering the opinion that the following formal Planning Objection signed off by six of the Borough’s best qualified and most experienced Planning gurus (collectively, over 150 years [...]

November 14, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

EXPENSES: The Buckingham Palace Connection

EXPENSES: The Buckingham Palace Connection by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction Following on from my series of articles on Chief Police Officers taxpayer funded trips to exciting tourist destinations all over Europe. This article examines former Deputy Chief Constable Tim Madgwick’s [...]

November 13, 2020 North Yorkshire Police