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Monthly Archives: October 2024

Payment Holiday For Me…

With fresh Tier 3 restrictions placed on North Yorkshire, those who are self-employed as well as local tourism and hospitality businesses are screaming for help. Those that haven’t closed down or gone under are in severe financial difficulties and need [...]

December 30, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

The Roseberry Topping Controversy 2

The Roseberry Topping Controversy 2 by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Non-Essential Journeys #19: The Roseberry Topping Controversy 2  Introduction When the COVID-19 pandemic started, the NYE realised that as a responsible media outlet, it had a duty to support the efforts [...]

December 30, 2020 North Yorkshire Police

ARGOS Sinks?

ARGOS Sinks? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the likely demise of the ARGOS project. ~~~~~ If a report in yesterday’s Guardian can be relied upon (which is not necessarily a given), it would appear that [...]

December 27, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

CHRISTMAS QUIZ

CHRISTMAS QUIZ a party game by NIGEL WARD. ~~~~~ I have recently found myself browsing through old files, for no better purpose than to see what might chance to catch the eye. Wind back just over five-and-a-half years to April [...]

December 25, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

NHS Donor Appeal

NHS Donor Appeal by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction The NHS Blood & Transplant Convalescent Plasma Programme Communications Team have contacted the NYE and asked us to run an appeal for donors. The NHS Blood and Transplant is a joint England [...]

December 25, 2020 Appeals

“Optical Delusion”

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

December 24, 2020 Photoons

JEFFERSON: Support Dissolving

JEFFERSON: Support Dissolving an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, marking readers’ cards on further indications of the inexorable disintegration of the madcap ARGOS proposal. ~~~~~ In private conversation, I have been listening to a senior Councillor attempting to [...]

December 21, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

“Snake Oil”

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

December 21, 2020 Photoons

UK Govt Fiddles Covid19 Death Figures Again

Not content with road accident victims being classified as Covid19 deaths because they had a positive Covid19 test in the previous 28 days, the UK Govt appears to have concocted another method of inflating the Covid19 death count in an [...]

December 19, 2020 Misc

The CC’s Expenses: Boston/Hereford/Helsinki

The Boston Connection, Hereford Confirmation & Helsinki Revisitation TIM HICKS continues his series of articles investigating Chief Police Officers’ expenses, which has been very popular with our readers. Tim is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in auditing expenses. ~~~~~ [...]

December 18, 2020 North Yorkshire Police