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Yearly Archives: 2024

“A BID Too Far”

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 [...]

July 19, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

ARGOS: The Fatal Omissions

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 [...]

July 17, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC 5-yrs Overdue Accounts: MAZARS Update

SBC 5-yrs Overdue Accounts: MAZARS Update Regular readers will be aware that Scarborough Borough Council’s accounts have not been signed off since the 2014/15 Council financial year. The prime cause of this five-year delay rests with the legal action brought [...]

July 16, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

Appeal re Violent Fight in Scarborough

Appeal re Violent Fight in Scarborough Scarborough Police is appealing for witnesses to a violent fight in Albemarle Crescent which took place at around 7:25pm on Tuesday 14th July 2020. The location was apparently quite busy at that time. Anyone [...]

July 15, 2020 Appeals

Public Filming: York Incident

Public Filming: York Incident by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction In my article “Public filming: Minneapolis and North Yorkshire #3”, I made reference to a video clip of officers from North Yorkshire Police making an arrest as follows: “Last week, the [...]

July 15, 2020 North Yorkshire Police

Public Filming: Minneapolis and North Yorkshire #3

Public Filming: Minneapolis and North Yorkshire #3 by TIM HICKS  ~~~~~ Introduction In my article “Minneapolis and North Yorkshire” I covered the impact of the death of Mr George Floyd in Minneapolis on policing in North Yorkshire. I stated There [...]

July 14, 2020 North Yorkshire Police, Police

“Overqualified?”

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

July 12, 2020 Photoons

Scarborough Council To Be Abolished

Scarborough Borough Council is to be abolished in a nationwide local government reorganisation. The news comes as no surprise to viewers of independent news sites such as UK Column who’ve been reporting of major changes and a repurposing of UK [...]

July 10, 2020 City of York Council, Craven District Council, Hambleton District Council, Harrogate Borough Council, North Yorkshire County Council, Richmondshire District Council, Ryedale District Council, Scarborough Borough Council, Selby District Council

Minneapolis and North Yorkshire [REDUX]

Minneapolis and North Yorkshire [REDUX] by TIM HICKS ~~~~~  Introduction In my article “Minneapolis and North Yorkshire“, I covered the impact of the death of Mr George Floyd on policing in North Yorkshire. Following the death of Mr Floyd as [...]

July 9, 2020 North Yorkshire Police, Police

“A £3M Deficit”

A Letter to the Editor from the increasingly popular BRIAN MATHEWS (who can be relied upon to pose the penetrating questions) in search of a cool £3million. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, There seems to me to be a massive discrepancy between [...]

July 7, 2020 Letters