NYCC: No Second CHANCE an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, updating readers on a recent article in which doubt was cast on the veracity of public statements made by Executive County Councillor David CHANCE [Con.]. ~~~~~ Following publication of [...]
Self-Indictment – The Game of CHANCE an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a curious game of ‘Find The Liar’. ~~~~~ I have thus far resisted requests and temptations to comment in detail on the character and [...]
Another nail was hammered into the coffin of small business owners in Scarborough as the Conservative dominated Planning Committee voted to allow the construction of a 5 storey hotel on Burniston Road Car Park. On top of the hotels and [...]
On Monday 4th September 2017, a Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) meeting was held at the Town Hall, St Nicholas St, Scarborough. SBC agreed to take £150,000 from the Special Parking Account (SPA) and give it to the Amaury Sports Organisation [...]
SBC: Mulgrave By-Election Hustings a brief “In My View” report by NIGEL WARD. ~~~~~ This evening, Wednesday 23rd August 2017, I attended a hustings for the by-election to be held on Tuesday 29th August 2017 for the Mulgrave ward of [...]
An Open Letter to the SBC Leader & Cabinet by NIGEL WARD ~~~~~ Councillors of the Cabinet, Permit me to offer my personal opinion, under the protection of Article 10 of the ECHR. In the days following the Extraordinary Meeting [...]
Tory-dominated Scarborough Borough Council’s preferred bidder for the Foreshore Road Futurist Theatre site, Flamingo Land Limited and its director Gordon Gibb, have again made sizable donations to the Tory party. The donations, which were recorded on the Electoral Commission web [...]
NYCC Election Results – Borough of Scarborough Up-dating throughout the count. Those elected are displayed in bold red type. Castle Division Janet JEFFERSON [Ind.] – 717 Tom SESTON [Con.] – 164 Tim THORNE [Ukip] – 151 Mark VESEY [Green] – [...]
NYCC Elections: Whitby/Streonshalh Division Preview an “In My View” report by NIGEL WARD, reviewing the candidates for the Whitby/Streonshalh Division of the North Yorkshire County Council Elections on 4th May 2017. ~~~~~ [Opinion] The incumbent County Councillor for Whitby/Streonshalh is [...]
Following the decision by Scarborough Borough Council to demolish the Futurist, here are the voting details. Councillor Alf Abbott Conservative Absent Councillor Godfrey W Allanson Conservative FOR Councillor G Andrew Backhouse Conservative Against Councillor Luke Backhouse Conservative ABSTAIN Councillor Derek [...]
