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Leeming Bar PSPO Folly – £56,800 Wasted

Leeming Bar PSPO Folly – £56,800 Wasted Guest Author ANDY STRANGEWAY exposes another farcical deployment of a useless but very expensive PSPO – this time at Hambleton District Council. Arrogant stupidity, incompetence, waste. ~~~~~ To date, the Hambleton District Council [...]

October 14, 2019 Hambleton District Council

SBC Car Cruising PSPO – Another Fatal Flaw

SBC Car Cruising PSPO – Another Fatal Flaw Guest Author ANDY STRANGEWAY piles on the agony. The SBC Car Cruising PSPO is unenforceable on several grounds (three so far and more to come) – which perhaps explains why no Fixed [...]

October 9, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

More Fatal Flaws in the SBC Car Cruising PSPO

More Fatal Flaws in the SBC Car Cruising PSPO Today’s Guest Author is none other than campaigner ANDY STRANGEWAY, who has kindly allowed the Enquirer to reproduce his article on further fatal flaws in the legalities of the SBC Car [...]

September 12, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

Armed Forces Day & The National Anthem

Armed Forces Day & The National Anthem by Guest Author ALI WILKINS, questioning why SBC Legal Director Mrs Lisa DIXON chose NOT to have the National Anthem played at the Armed Forces Day Flag-raising ceremony. ~~~~~ Armed Forces Day & [...]

August 26, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

“DBID: A Boulder in their Waders”

“A Boulder in their Waders” Guest Author NORMAN MURPHY, the long-serving former Scarborough Borough Councillor, updates readers on the mounting eruption of dissent against the Yorkshire Coast DBID. ~~~~~ Although the previous worse-than-useless, many say, Conservative Council administration has now [...]

August 7, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

Anti-DBID Meeting in Whitby

Anti-DBID Meeting in Whitby A number of Whitby business proprietors, under the banner “Yorkshire Coast Levy Payers Association”, have organised a meeting to discuss opposition to the Yorkshire Coast Business DBID, which seeks to impose a compulsory Levy on businesses [...]

August 4, 2019 East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Scarborough Borough Council

Scarborough PSPO – Lisa Dixon Failure

Scarborough PSPO – Lisa Dixon Failure Introducing, in our Guest Author slot, an article by ANDY STRANGEWAY, with whom the Enquirer has been attempting to draw the attention of a number of local authorities to highlight some glaring errors in [...]

July 31, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

A Frank Response

A Frank Response A Guest Author article by long-serving (but now former) Independent Scarborough Borough Councillor, NORMAN MURPHY, who offers his response to the recent letter “The State of Independence” from FRANK SHEPHERD. ~~~~~ Sir, I am personally very grateful [...]

June 13, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

Hambleton PSPO – A Night Of Observation

Hambleton PSPO – A Night Of Observation ANDY STRANGEWAY follows up on his earlier Guest Author contribution. ~~~~~~ A night of observation at Hambleton Industrial Estate to investigate the new Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) confirmed that the PSPO is unenforceable. [...]

June 5, 2019 Hambleton District Council

The State of Independence

The State of Independence A Guest Author opinion piece from Enquirer regular FRANK SHEPHERD, asking the questions many are asking about the nature and resilience of the Labour/Independent ‘alliance’ currently leading Scarborough Borough Council – not least because, thus far, [...]

June 4, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council