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Yearly Archives: 2024

Another Toxic Town Council in Meltdown

Another Toxic Town Council in Meltdown – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a bid to oust the present membership of Newby & Scalby Town Council. ~~~~~ Readers may have seen coverage in the local, regional [...]

July 21, 2024 Newby & Scalby

High & Dry in Scarborough Harbour

High & Dry in Scarborough Harbour North Yorks Enquirer’s Harbour correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS writes to report the grounding in Scarborough Harbour, at high water, of the replica Spanish galéon “ANDALUCIA” – a humiliation that (as chance would have it) happened [...]

July 18, 2024 North Yorkshire County Council

Another Vacancy at WTC

Another Vacancy at WTC – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a fifth resignation from Whitby Town Council in as many months. This follows last October’s Town/Parish Poll at which 75.5% of voting electors called upon [...]

July 16, 2024 Whitby Town

NYP Officers investigated for child abuse Pt. 4

NYP Officers investigated for child abuse Pt. 4 by TIM HICKS ~~~~ Introduction In 2015, the NYE started investigating child abuse at Throxenby Hall, Scarborough, which was a residential school for troubled youngsters situated on Lady Edith’s Drive on the [...]

July 11, 2024 North Yorkshire Police, Police

‘Potless’ Potto

‘Potless’ Potto – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, investigating the ever-increasing (and entirely accurately calculated) additional Audit Investigation Fees incurred by Potto Parish Council (as per FOIA), due to its ongoing refusal to address its many ‘weaknesses’ (Audit-speak for failures). [...]

July 7, 2024 Potto

“Brand Yourself a Fool . . .”

Brand Yourself a Fool . . . – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, exposing ignorance, stupidity and lies. ~~~~~ My maternal grandfather taught me many things. Not calculus, trigonometry or comparative anatomy, nor die Harmonielehre or amo, [...]

July 5, 2024 Whitby Town

The Dishonest Alison Hume

Once upon a time there was a proud Essex girl called Alison Hume. Alison dreamed of becoming a writer and studied hard at The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College. Alison’s dreams came true. But Alison found the [...]

July 2, 2024 Misc

WTC: All Fools’ Day

WTC: All Fools’ Day – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, unearthing another inexcusable failure at Whitby Town Council. A highly-detailed Special Report – not intended for the casual reader. ~~~~~ In the aftermath of the resignation of [...]

July 1, 2024 Whitby Town

WTC: Yet Another Resignation

WTC: Yet Another Resignation – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a curious omission from the Whitby Town Council website. ~~~~~ Keen followers of the antics of Whitby Town Council – few though they are – [...]

June 28, 2024 Whitby Town

Dredging the Depths of Fiasco

Dredging the Depths of Fiasco North Yorks Enquirer Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS, using the Councils’ own data, demonstrates the scarcely-credible scale of incompetence of the Scarborough Harbour Management Team’s mindless squandering of the public purse in pursuit of an extremely [...]

June 27, 2024 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council