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Yearly Archives: 2024

Proscribed or Not?

Proscribed or Not? by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction Regular readers of the NYE will be aware that Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire (PFCCNY) Zoë Metcalfe has applied the “Unreasonable Complainants” policy to me to justify ignoring requests for media comment from [...]

August 22, 2022 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner

SENIOR: Open Letter to GOODWILL

SENIOR: Open Letter to GOODWILL – West Pier Funding challenged Scarborough notable and pillar of the South Bay business community, Mr John SENIOR MBE TD, has published an Open Letter to Sir Robert GOODWILL MP [Con.] (Scarborough & Whitby), on [...]

August 15, 2022 Letters

“Waste Not, Want Not?”

“Waste Not, Want Not?” A Letter to the Editor from an elector in Scarborough, performing a valuable public service. ~~~~~ Dear Mr Thorne, The following information may be considered too trivial for your esteemed public service website. Nevertheless, I share [...]

August 14, 2022 Letters

Police 7: Community Policing News July ’22

The NYE’s Police 7 articles are intended to be a one-stop shop for our readers covering crime prevention advice, court reports, police appeals for assistance, local community policing news, information on victim support, updates from the North Yorkshire Police (NYP) and the [...]

August 13, 2022 Police

Levy-Payers’ Chair Lobbies MPs

Levy-Payers’ Chair Lobbies MPs – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reproducing a portentous email (forwarded by original recipients) from Hero SUMNER, Chair of the Yorkshire Coast Levy-Payers’ Association, to three MPs – Sir Robert GOODWILL (Scarborough & [...]

August 12, 2022 Scarborough Borough Council

A Convenient Lapse of Memory

A Convenient Lapse of Memory – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, illustrating exactly why the freedom of an investigatory and campaigning local press is vital to a democratic society. Without it, public servants will never stand accountable [...]

August 10, 2022 East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Scarborough Borough Council

“Free Admission (+20%)”

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

August 10, 2022 Photoons

The Insanity Of Goodwill

The definition of insanity attributed to Albert Einstein is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Lets apply that definition to the current economic and political climate. The current price rises of food, goods and energy [...]

August 8, 2022 Misc

SLAPPs: SRA tightens up on Solicitors

Attention! … SLAPPs: SRA tightens up on Solicitors By TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction Regular readers of the NYE will know that the NYE has been subjected to an onslaught of restrictive measures by Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) and North Yorkshire Police (NYP) [...]

August 6, 2022 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner, Scarborough Borough Council

“The Lie of the Land”

“The LIE of the Land” Guest Author ALDERMAN NORMAN MURPHY examines the existential crisis at Yorkshire Coast BID Ltd and challenges BID Chair Clive Rowe-Evans to justify his propaganda. ~~~~~ As many of you will have seen. elected members of Scarborough [...]

August 2, 2022 Scarborough Borough Council