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Yearly Archives: 2024

NYP Appeal: Missing Whitby Man

NYP Appeal: Missing Whitby Man We’re concerned for the welfare of Gary Smith, aged 58, who is missing from his home in Whitby. He has not been seen for a number of days. He could have travelled to Newcastle and [...]

March 23, 2024 Appeals

WTC: Annual Assembly 25/03/24

WTC: Annual Assembly 25/03/24 – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, promoting the annual opportunity to examine what your Town Council is doing for you. ~~~~~ On Monday 25th March 2024, at 6:30pm, the Annual Town Assembly/Meeting of [...]

March 22, 2024 Whitby Town

Emma Caldwell Scandal: A Follow-Up

Emma Caldwell Scandal: A Follow-Up by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction The NYE recently ran an article on the 2005 murder of Glasgow sex worker Emma Caldwell: http://nyenquirer.uk/emma-caldwell-nyp/ We were astonished at how well read and popular with our readers it [...]

March 18, 2024 Police

The Emma Caldwell Scandal and NYP

The Emma Caldwell Scandal and NYP By TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction: The Murder of Emma Caldwell Emma Caldwell (pictured above, left) was a Glasgow sex worker who disappeared on 5th April 2005. Her naked body was found in woods outside [...]

March 10, 2024 North Yorkshire Police, Police

Dredging the WTC Harbour Committee

Dredging the WTC Harbour Committee – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining another telling example of sheer futility: Whitby Town Council’s utterly superfluous Harbour Committee. ~~~~~ It has taken the local and regional press approaching three years [...]

March 1, 2024 Whitby Town

“The ‘Last Chance’ Saloon”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the two-hundred-and-sixty-sixth 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 26, 2024 Photoons, Whitby Town

Book Reviews: “Inside the Mind of the Yorkshire Ripper”

Book Reviews: “Inside the Mind of the Yorkshire Ripper” TIM HICKS reports . . . Introduction Regular readers will be aware that the NYE has been covering the cold case of an unidentified woman whose body was found at Sutton [...]

February 20, 2024 Misc

WTC: Town Dev. & Imp. Committee 

WTC: Town Dev. & Imp. Committee    – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD – the first in a series highlighting the utter redundancy of much of the Town Council’s internal structure and control. ~~~~~ Amongst its many [...]

February 12, 2024 Whitby Town

Custody Scandal: TVP vs NYP

Custody Scandal: TVP vs NYP by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction: The North Yorkshire Police (NYP) Custody Scandal Regular readers will know that the NYE has doggedlybeen pursuing a gang of NYP Officers who serve in NYP’s Custody Suites, who – [...]

February 10, 2024 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner, Police

In Praise of “Hebo”

In Praise of “Hebo” A Letter to the Editor, in a deeply satirical vein, from NUJ journalist and NYE crime correspondent TIM HICKS, who discerns, at least as well as the next man, where ‘the Michael’ can be justly and [...]

February 4, 2024 Letters, Whitby Town