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All posts by Nigel Ward

WTC Records – Missing Links

WTC Records – Missing Links – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the whereabouts of the formal Mayoral Regalia of Whitby Rural District Council (WRDC) – established 1st April 1930, abolished in 1st April 1974 when [...]

June 17, 2023 Whitby Town

More Woes for ARRIVA

More Woes for ARRIVA – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering a (slightly) informed opinion on the woeful state of public transport in and around Whitby – and a worrying portent that things may be worse than [...]

June 15, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council

Eskdale: The War Drags On

Eskdale: The War Drags On – an “In My View”article by NIGEL WARD, updating readers on a significant step in the continuing battle to save Eskdale School. ~~~~~ As on an empty stage, between acts of a play, there would [...]

June 15, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council

POTTO: Judgement Day Looms?

POTTO: Judgement Day Looms? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, describing a significant development in the ICAEW handling of a Formal Complaint against Mr Roger Alan BRISLEY, Potto Council’s Internal Auditor. This brief update follows on from my detailed examination [...]

June 9, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council, Potto

RANDO Romps Home

RANDO Romps Home – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the North Yorkshire Council by-election for the Eastfield Division. ~~~~~ Despite one of the vilest election campaigns in living memory in North Yorkshire, recently-resigned former Labour [...]

May 26, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council

WTC: Keeping Tabs on the Minutes

WTC: Keeping Tabs on the Minutes – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, commenting on an exchange of correspondence on the time-honoured subject of  “openness and transparency” within local authorites. ~~~~~ I was interested to see that Whitby [...]

May 17, 2023 Whitby Town

WTC: Mayoral Mix-Up

WTC: Mayoral Mix-Up – an “In My View” article NIGEL WARD, offering an autodidact’s opinion on the confusion over the election of the new Mayor of Whitby. ~~~~~ As reported elsewhere on the Enquirer, I attended the Annual Meeting of [...]

May 13, 2023 Whitby Town

Democracy? Parish the Thought!

Democracy? Parish the Thought! – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, assessing the prospects of democratic representation in the absence of the second tier of local government in North Yorkshire (i.e. the abolition of Scarborough and Harrogate Borough [...]

May 8, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council, Whitby Town

Potto Pandemonium

Potto Pandemonium – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the public record to establish how Potto Parish Council handles official censure, Police advice, Formal Compaints and, in particular, External Audit Reports from PKF LITTLEJOHN LLP (including the [...]

May 1, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council, Potto

Eastfield By-Election Nominees

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April 27, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council