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All posts by Tim Hicks

Hebo Rides Again! 

Hebo Rides Again! by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ I read with great interest the article “Handbags at Dawn” and the good news that Councillor John “Hebo” Nock is still at large and doing his stuff. I have written to Councillor Derek [...]

July 3, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

PFCC Mulligan: The Royal Navy Comparison

PFCC Mulligan: The Royal Navy Comparison by TIM HICKS ~~~~~  Introduction: Commodore Cooke-Priest: A tale of two services. The NYE readership is both thinking and articulate, and well versed in current affairs. They will all be aware of the case [...]

June 23, 2019 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner

Avon & Somerset Constabulary: Appeal for Assistance 

Avon & Somerset Constabulary: Appeal for Assistance  by TIM HICKS & CHRIS CLARK ~~~~~ Regular readers of the NYE will remember that in our article “Christopher Halliwell: How Many Victims?”, Chris Clark and I covered the murder in 1984 of [...]

June 21, 2019 Appeals, Police

Cleveland Police: A Force in Trouble

Cleveland Police: A Force in Trouble by Tim Hicks and Chris Clark ~~~~~ Introduction Cleveland Police area of responsibility borders the Northern edge of the North Yorkshire Police (NYP) boundary. Chris Clark and I have covered three unsolved murders in [...]

June 14, 2019 Police

Nude in the Nettles: New Developments

Nude in the Nettles: New Developments by Tim Hicks and Chris Clark ~~~~~ Introduction Some time ago, NYE writers Chris Clark and Tim Hicks started to investigate the “Nude in the Nettles murder”. One of the greatest murder mysteries in [...]

June 6, 2019 North Yorkshire Police

NYMR Wins Lottery Grant

NYMR Wins Lottery Grant As well as covering Crime and Parliamentary Affairs, Tim Hicks is also the NYE correspondent covering the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR). Tim maintains that his is by far the most enjoyable part of his duties [...]

May 25, 2019 Misc

Did Halliwell Murder Claudia Lawrence?

5.11: York: Did Halliwell Murder Claudia Lawrence? 3. Post Mortem on the Failure of Operation Essence 1 Initial success by Chris Clark & Tim Hicks ~~~~~ Introduction This article is Part 3 of the NYE’s series of six articles investigating [...]

May 23, 2019 North Yorkshire Police

“Alas, Poor Hebo! I Knew Him Well”

“Alas, Poor Hebo! I Knew Him Well” Open Letters to the present and (recent) past Leaders of Scarborough Borough Council by TIM HICKS – one in earnest, one in jest. ~~~~~ Open letter re: Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) policy towards [...]

May 20, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

The Bristol & Hereford Connections (and Conundrums)

The Bristol & Hereford Connections (and Conundrums) by TIM HICKS ~~~~~  Introduction: Chief Constable Winward’s membership of the FBINAA The Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police (NYP), Lisa Winward, is a graduate of the FBI National Academy (FBINA) in Quantico, [...]

May 16, 2019 Police

JANNER: NYE Vindicated Again

JANNER: NYE Vindicated Again by TIM HICKS  ~~~~~ Introduction Long-term NYE readers will know that as well as covering local news, we occasionally foray out into national stories. Our coverage of the Greville Janner scandal (more properly Greville Ewan Janner, [...]

May 11, 2019 Police