Spotlight
West Pier Conflict Unravelled North Yorks Enquirer Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS attempts to clear up a great deal of misinformation concerning the incompatibility between the already-approved Boat-Hoist project for Scarborough’s West Pier and the Scarborough Town Deal Board’s desire to turn [...]
Renewables? Birds’ Nest Soup! The Enquirer’s very own Harbours correspondent, ALLAN ROBERTS, brings readers an update on the Renewables-Industry/Boat-Hoist Proposal for West Pier, Scarborough. Well done, Alan. The following reality-check appears to have escaped the attention of the local news media. [...]
Scarborough Town Council Elections – May 2025 Today’s highly-informative article heralds the return of “Stormin’ Norman” – Alderman (and former SBC Councillor) Norman Murphy (a present incumbent of the beleaugered Newby & Scalby Town Council), shedding much-needed light in the [...]
N&S Parish Poll Update PRESS RELEASE “In 2020, the Council carried out a survey to get the views of parishioners as to the need for a community wellbeing hub. The local community was overwhelmingly in support of the Council’s proposals [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Stakesby By-Election RESULTS A total of 252 electors of Whitby’s Stakesby Ward (10.48%) may congratulate themselves this evening on having actually elected a Councillor to Whitby Town Council – the first Councillor to be elected by ballot for more years [...]
Guido Fawkes on Whitby (?) Candidate Oh, dear. Oh, dear. The Guido Fawkes website (https://order-order.com/2022/05/03/labour-also-run-out-of-local-voter-endorsements/) has unearthed a spot of Labour/ex-Labour hilarity in various forthcoming elections. Former Labour stalwart Asa JONES – the recently-resigned member of Whitby Town Council, who [...]
YCBID – Is It Right 4 U? Guest Author Alderman NORMAN MURPHY explains the “whys and wherefores” of the Business Improvement District. ~~~~~ Is a Business Improvement District the right option for your area? Before a BID proposal is presented to [...]
“Cowards – One And All” Our Guest Author, Alderman NORMAN MURPHY shares his views on the Prime Minister’s ‘ghost’ visit to Scarborough (as reported in the Enquirer, here). ~~~~~ On 25th January 2024, my birthday as it happens, a very unusual event [...]
