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 – 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]