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Yearly Archives: 2024

The Futurist Site – What Next?

The Futurist Site – What Next? Guest Author NORMAN MURPHY delivers his two penn’orth on the never-ending story and questions the prudence of the appointment of certain members of the Working Group comprising Cllrs SIDDONS, JEFFERSON, COCKERILL and BASTIMAN. ~~~~~ [...]

February 18, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

Is YCBID in ‘Power Dive’ Mode?

Is YCBID in ‘Power Dive’ Mode? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, updating readers and local businesses on the present prospects of the campaign in opposition to the Yorkshire Coast BID. ~~~~~ East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) [...]

February 17, 2020 East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Scarborough Borough Council

WANTED: Selby man Benjamin Dobson

WANTED: Selby man Benjamin Dobson Police are appealing for information about a wanted Selby man. Benjamin Dobson, 27, is wanted by police in connection with an investigation into malicious communications. It is believed Dobson is in the Selby area, where [...]

February 15, 2020 Appeals

Book Review: “Basically Innocent?” by David Greenwood

Book Review: “Basically Innocent?” by David Greenwood Reviewed by Tim Hicks Tim Hicks reviews an important new book on sexual abuse in the clergy. As well as being an investigative journalist with experience in exposing paedophilism and a chartered accountant, [...]

February 14, 2020 Misc

URGENT APPEAL re Missing York Man

URGENT APPEAL re Missing York Man Officers searching for a missing York man are appealing to the public to get in touch if anyone may have seen him. David McGourlay, 59 from the Strensall area of York, was last seen [...]

February 12, 2020 Appeals

The Ripper’s Lorry Murders 7

The Ripper’s Lorry Murders 7: Leicester & Nottingham by TIM HICKS & CHRIS CLARK ~~~ Until now, the conventional wisdom was that all of Sutcliffe’s attacks were launched from his car. Chris however was convinced that this was not so [...]

February 12, 2020 Police

“Selective Amnesia”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the one-hundred-and-ninety-eighth 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 [...]

February 10, 2020 Photoons

STRANGEWAY 6 v 0 HDC

STRANGEWAY 6 v 0 HDC Guest Author ANDY STRANGEWAY sums up the first half . . . ~~~~~ Over recent months, Conservative-controlled Hambleton District Council (HDC) has been forced, by an uneducated house painter, to make six U-Turns in relation [...]

February 7, 2020 Hambleton District Council

MP GOODWILL Steps Up – Again!

MP GOODWILL Steps Up – Again! Further to our report earlier in the week (in which Scarborough & Whitby MP Robert GOODWILL’s letter to Sec. of State Robert JENRICK was reproduced in full), it now transpires that Mr GOODWILL has [...]

February 6, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

Appeal re Scarborough street Assault

Appeal re Scarborough street Assault Police are appealing for witnesses after a man suffered cuts and bruises during an assault. It happened on Morgan Street, Scarborough, at around 6.45am yesterday. The victim, a man in his 40s, was setting off [...]

February 6, 2020 Appeals