“N-word” Councillor Bangs Election Drum – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, informing readers of a rehabilitation attempt by “N-word” Scarborough Borough Councillor Mike COCKERILL – just in time for the elections. ~~~~~ Local readers will be aware [...]
Robert GOODWILL – Officially Secretive – an “In My View” report by NIGEL WARD on Maggie TUTTLE’s revelations regarding a failed attempt to relax the terms of the Official Secrets Act (OSA). ~~~~~ Robert GOODWILL & The MPs Who Voted [...]
NYP Launches New Service For Victims Of Crime The North Yorks Enquirer welcomes the news that North Yorkshire Police has launched a new service – the “Supporting Victims North Yorkshire” service – to provide practical help and emotional support to [...]
SBC: Parking-Ticket Crazy! an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, providing rock-solid confirmation that the predatory parking policy of Scarborough Borough Council is completely OUT OF CONTROL. ~~~~~ Background Regular readers of the North Yorks Enquirer will already be [...]
SYP: Funding Of Legal Costs A reader has kindly brought our attention to an article on the front page of today’s Yorkshire Post. Regrettably, this front-page article does not appear on the YP web-site. In the public interest, a scan [...]
Northallerton Town Clerk Suspended an “In My View” pre-article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on today’s Darlington & Stockton Times exclusive “Mystery over suspension of Northallerton town clerk”. ~~~~~ The North Yorkshire rumour mill is grinding hard this morning over the [...]
March 30, 2015
Town & Parish
Andrew JONES MP: Post Office ‘Horizon’ Scandal The long-running national scandal surrounding the Post Office ‘Horizon’ accounting software has taken a new turn. The faulty software incorrectly implicated dozens of postmasters/mistresses around the country in allegations of fraudulent activity which [...]
Councils: The Law Is An Ass an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, who, with one eye on the elections, now highlights (again) the all-too-common local authority practice of implementing Bye-Laws for the prime purpose of extorting revenue from [...]
CVT: Private Eye’s “Battle Of Botton” Once again, the North Yorks Enquirer takes the liberty of reproducing Private Eye’s detailed coverage of developments surrounding the stand-off between Action for Botton and Camphill Village Trust (CVT). [...]
Electioneering Up-date – WHITBY PIERS SAVED! an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the forthcoming and very timely production of a rabbit-out-of-a-hat, enabling the saving of Whitby Piers to be trotted out as much-needed election boost for [...]