Spotlight
NYC & the Usual Suspects Guest Author NORMAN MURPHY joins the dots on the matter of the democratic representation presently available to the people of the former Borough of Scarborough in the wake of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in North [...]
Guest Author ANDY STRANGEWAY (pictured above) has published his views on the ongoing litany of procrastination and apparent incompetence behind a stalled Planning Application which commenced with Hambleton District Council (HDC) and has now transferred to North Yorkshire Council (NYC). [...]
Aunt Sally & Dear John Guest Author NORMAN MURPHY offers his views on the unpromising activities of certain former Scarborough Borough Councillors in their new roles at North Yorkshire Council. ~~~~~ As many of you are now aware, North Yorkshire [...]
What Next for Education in Whitby & District? by MIKE WARD, former Chair of Eskdale School Board of Governors. ~~~~~ After almost 20 years, County Officials may have achieved what they said they would do. Their aim was always to [...]
“Roberta the Docile” STORMIN’ NORMAN MURPHY, Alderman, sage and regular contributor to the Enquirer believes he has identified the anticipated “Tail Wagging the Dog” beginnings of Officer-led ‘projects’, including the regeneration of the North Yorkshire coast as a tourist-driven ‘cash [...]
“Good Riddance, Dud Siddons!” Please welcome the return of Alderman “Stormin’” Norman Murphy, summing up the disastrous tenure of Scarborough Borough Council’s last Leader. ~~~~~ As those of you who have been following the shambolic progress of Scarborough Council over [...]
SBC: Before the Flood North Yorks Enquirer Harbours correspondent has been examining fresh discrepancies emerging in Scarborough Borough Council’s application of Flood Risk Zone regulations in regard to the universally disliked West Pier ‘regeneration’ project. ~~~~~ How strange that there [...]
NY Police Precept Doesn’t Add Up! The North Yorks Enquirer is grateful for the following information provided by a regular reader. Clearly, simple arithmetic is not the forté of Zoë METCALFE [Con.], Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire [...]
WSP: Amalgamation Consultations Guest Author MIKE WARD, former Chair of the Eskdale School Board of Governors, writes to share his observations following the Consultation events held at the Whitby Pavilion on Wednesday 8th March 2023. ~~~ Now the first Consultation meetings have [...]
West Pier: Boat-Hoist Missing Link? Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS has identified another “slip ‘twixt cup and lip” in the preparation of the 2022 West Pier Regeneration Plan. ~~~~~ Following up on the article in this journal, dated April 2022, which [...]
