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“Homophobic Bullying In Schools”

A Letter to the Editor from Val HANSON, a reader in Norfolk, in response to Nigel Ward’s recent article: “Safeguarding Shambles In NYCC Schools”. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, I am writing to tell you about my own experience of bullying in [...]

April 1, 2016 Letters

“Return Of The Hebephile”

A Letter to the Editor from Keith JEFFERY of Whitby, commenting on remarks attributed to Scarborough Borough Councillor John NOCK [Con] (West Cliff) in the Whitby Gazette coverage of the SBC Standards Hearing into a Formal Complaint by Councillors Jonathan [...]

March 25, 2016 Letters

“In Education, Children Get Only One Chance!”

A Letter to the Editor for all Whitby parents of schoolkids, present and future, from Tim and Christine LANDERS. ~~~~~ Dear Whitby Area Parents, In Education, Children Get Only One Chance! If North Yorkshire’s proposals for Secondary Education in Whitby [...]

March 18, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

Eskdale School: Robert GOODWILL MP; An Exchange With Mike WARD

Eskdale School: Robert GOODWILL MP; An Exchange With Mike WARD On 16th February 2016, former Chair of the Eskdale School Board of Governors Mike WARD published a “An Open Letter/Email to Robert Goodwill MP”  here on the North Yorks Enquirer. [...]

March 6, 2016 Letters

“Jeremy, Giles and Henry”

A Letter to the Editor from our Crime & Parliamentary Affairs correspondent, Tim HICKS, who writes to up-date readers on an astonishing development (astonishing, that is, were it not for a number of similarly astonishing developments in similarly high-profile cases) [...]

February 6, 2016 Letters

“The Price Of Everything – The Value of Nothing”

A Letter to the Editor from Scarborough Borough Councillor Rob BARNETT, elected member for the Streonshalh ward, in which Eskdale School and many of its students/parent/teachers reside. Rob taught in East London for four decades. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, Re Proposed [...]

February 3, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council

“Is Scarborough a Democratic Borough?”

A Letter to the Editor from Patricia DAVID of Scarborough, questioning the quality of democratic governance in the Borough of Scarborough. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, Is Scarborough a Democratic Borough? Local Governance throughout the Country is ruled by Local Government Law, [...]

January 18, 2016 Letters

“Morally Reprehensible” (The Karen Skipper Murder Investigation)

A Letter to the Editor by regular contributor  Tim HICKS FCA, in response to the “Reprehensible” article by Satish SEKAR, published here on the Enquirer on 31st December 2015. ~~~~~ Dear Sir, I read the North Yorkshire Enquirer article “Reprehensible” [...]

January 10, 2016 Letters

“Fracking – Be Aware!”

A Letter to the Editor from Rob BARNETT, writing as a member of the public. Rob is an SBC Councillor [Lab.] for the Streonshalh ward, in Whitby. He sits on the SBC Environment and the Economy Scrutiny Committee, in which [...]

January 7, 2016 Letters

“WYP: An Appeal To Lynch”

Today’s Letter to the Editor is from Robert FEATHER of Halifax, who has kindly offered to share with readers the following letter to his local MP, Holly LYNCH [Lab.] (a vocal critic of the Department for Transport, pictured above), expressing [...]

December 26, 2015 Letters