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Councils Refuse Parking Refunds

As seen in the Scarborough News yesterday, YCR earlier in the week and confirmed on the SBC and NYCC websites, the councils are refusing to refund PCNs after Scarborough’s Disc Zone was ruled “unenforceable” and “an inelegant mess” by the [...]

December 30, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

UKIP’s Disc Zone Parking Statement

UKIP’s Scarborough & Whitby Borough Councillors have made the following statement regarding the Traffic Penalty Tribunal’s judgement that Scarborough & Whitby’s Disc Zone are legally unenforceable. UKIP Scarborough and Whitby are very disappointed to learn that despite our enquiries just [...]

December 22, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: “Let Us Fine Homeless People”

Less than a week to go until Scarborough Borough Council’s latest consultation closes. The consultation concerns a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) in the wider Scarborough town centre area. A PSPO is an order which allows local authorities to ban [...]

December 21, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

Councils Lose Parking War

It began in May 2014 when a member of the public contacted the North Yorks Enquirer about a Scarborough shop owner who had accumulated over a thousand parking PCNs (Penalty Charge Notice). At £75 per PCN and adding in court [...]

December 12, 2016 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

Open Letter to SBC Senior Officers

Dear Messers Dillon, Edwards, Watson and Mrs Dixon, In the wake of the Marriott scandal, which highlighted Scarborough Borough Council’s unwillingness to investigate alleged corruption within the council, which Judge Humphrey Forrest called a “Whitewash“, a number of you were [...]

November 14, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: Futurist Press Release Puzzle

SBC have released information regarding the Futurist: “Following Scarborough Borough councillors’ decision in September 2014 to take responsibility for demolishing buildings on the site of the Futurist theatre in Scarborough, a further report on the final cost implications of the [...]

November 5, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

Open Letter to Lisa Dixon

Dear Mrs Dixon, In the wake of the Marriott scandal, which highlighted Scarborough Borough Council’s unwillingness to investigate alleged corruption within the council, which Judge Humphrey Forrest called a “Whitewash” and the reluctance of Derek Bastiman, Leader of Scarborough Borough [...]

October 19, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

Tuesday 18th October: Futurist D-Day?

The fate of the Futurist Theatre will be decided on Tuesday 18th October. That is the latest information from Scarborough Borough Council’s Forward Plan. It appears the decision will be made at the Cabinet meeting. 42 of 50 councillors will [...]

September 12, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

Flamingo Land Tory Donations III

Tory-dominated Scarborough Borough Council’s preferred bidder for the Foreshore Road Futurist Theatre site, Flamingo Land Limited and its director Gordon Gibb, have again made sizable donations to the Tory party. The donations, which were recorded on the Electoral Commission web [...]

July 6, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

1975: Peter Shore MP

In 1975 Peter Shore MP (Labour) made a speech to the Oxford Union about the 1975 EEC Referendum debate. Even though his speech is 41 years old, his words show that 41 years have not altered the debate about the [...]

June 21, 2016 Misc