A Letter to the Editor from DAVID HANCOCK of Scarborough, questioning the promised advantages of moving to a unitary authority. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, Those of us who, when details of the forthcoming abolition of SBC was announced positively rejoiced at [...]
North Yorkshire Council media summary w/c November 6, 2023 Martin Feekins, Senior Press and Publications Officer at North Yorkshire Council, has provided Councillors and Officers with a comprehensive summary of press articles during the week commencing Monday 6th November 2023 [...]
Financial Control the OPFCC way by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction Police, Fire & Crime Commissioners, Chief Police Officers and senior members of their support staff are required to publish their expenses. This is to meet the requirement for openness and [...]
WTC Totally Dysfunctional – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering an assessment of the pusillanimous way in which Whitby Town Council, at its meeting of Full Council on 7th November 2023, addressed the outcome of the Whitby [...]
SLAPP Happy WTC? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on bizarre actions by certain members of Whitby Town Council who seem to have abused the public purse by instigating an unlawful attempt to silence valid and [...]
Vexatious Potto – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, investigating the wild tactics of self-denial and point-blank refusal to acknowledge the difficult truths that continue to blight the hopelessly deficient and unlawful Potto Parish Council, arguably the worst [...]
RIPPER: NYE’s “Hope” goes national by TIM HICKS and CHRIS CLARK ~~~~~ Introduction Regular readers of the NYE will be aware that it has run a series of articles on serial killer Peter Sutcliffe (also known as “The Yorkshire Ripper”) [...]
In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the two-hundred-and-sixty-fourth 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 [...]
A Letter to the Editor from a retired County Councillor who has been conducting his own research into the voluntary work, in the public interest, of Enquirer Local Authorities correspondent, NIGEL WARD. ~~~~~ Dear Editor of North Yorks Enquirer Thank [...]
Transparency & Accountability in NYP: Follow-Up by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction Police, Fire & Crime Commissioners, Chief Police Officers and senior members of their support staff are required to publish their expenses. This is to meet the requirement for openness [...]
