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Monthly Archives: March 2024

Letter: That Siddons Interview

Letter to the Editor: That Councillor Siddons Interview Sir, I am writing to chip in my two-penn’orth on the recent spate of articles in the NYE on the controversy over the Council’s management of Whitby and Scarborough Harbours. I think [...]

July 28, 2021 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: ‘Secret’ Property Purchase Revealed

SBC: ‘Secret’ Property Purchase Revealed – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, shedding light on another ‘blown’ secret at Scarborough Borough Council. ~~~~~ On Friday 16th July 2021, SBC Leader Councillor Steve “Major, Major, Major’ SIDDONS [Lab.] passed [...]

July 27, 2021 Scarborough Borough Council

SIDDONS – Judicial Review or Public Apology

SIDDONS – Judicial Review or Public Apology While the rest of the Borough tittered at the expense of SBC Leader Councillor Steve SIDDONS [Lab.], who made a complete ass of himself in his interview with BBC Look North last Thursday 22nd [...]

July 26, 2021 Scarborough Borough Council

Whitby Harbour: Payback Time?

Whitby Harbour: Payback Time – an “In My View”article by NIGEL WARD, setting forth his views on recent meetings: Audit Committee (Thurs. 22nd July 2021) and Extraordinary Meeting of Full Council (Fri. 23rd July 2021). ~~~~~ Background Readers may be aware that, [...]

July 25, 2021 Scarborough Borough Council

“Game Over!”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the two-hundred-and-thirtieth 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 21, 2021 Photoons

Media Suppression: The Winward Prototype

In 2017, the NYE ran a series of articles by our crime correspondent TIM HICKS on how military Information Warfare (IW or InfoWar) techniques have been systematically adopted by public bodies in North Yorkshire. This proved to be one of our most popular [...]

July 21, 2021 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner

Harbour Masterplan: ‘Before the Flood’

Harbour Masterplan: ‘Before the Flood’ Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS questions the left hand’s acquaintance with the right handover the Scarborough Harbour Masterplan. ~~~~~ On Tuesday 20 July 2021 the SBC Cabinet will meet to discuss a Report outlining the threat [...]

July 19, 2021 Scarborough Borough Council

“Train Crash!”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the two-hundred-and-twenty-ninth 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 18, 2021 Photoons

The Great SBC Land Grab [Pt.2]

The Great SBC Land Grab [Pt.2] by NORMAN MURPHY ~~~~~ As referenced in my previous article “The Great SBC Land Grab [Pt.1]”, there are growing concerns throughout the Borough that what our current Labour leader, Steve (The Champagne Socialist) Siddons, has [...]

July 16, 2021 Scarborough Borough Council

The Leeds, Harrogate & Belfast Connections

The Leeds, Harrogate & Belfast Connections by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction In accordance with its duty as journalists to hold public bodies to account, the NYE team has for some time been investigating the profligate misuse of public funds by North [...]

July 13, 2021 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner