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Council & Police Demand ID From Under 30s

Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) and North Yorkshire Police (NYP), through their Safer Communities Partnership, have announced the intention to demand ID from revellers to enter certain licensed premises in Scarborough. The six month pilot scheme, which starts today, will make [...]

August 1, 2014 North Yorkshire Police
CC Dave Jones and PCC Julia Mulligan at Newby Wiske Hall

Police HQ Plans Abandoned at Cost of £620,000

Julia Mulligan, North Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, has abandoned plans to build the new headquarters for North Yorkshire Police in the village of South Kilvington, near Thirsk, citing cost as the reason for halting plans. Plans were originally drawn [...]

July 31, 2014 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner

Secret Scarborough Council Officer Pay Rise?

The North Yorks Enquirer has had an anonymous tip off that all five senior officers at Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) have received a large pay rise around the start of the year. The pay rise is reputed to be worth [...]

July 28, 2014 Scarborough Borough Council

Council To Breathalyse Revellers

Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) has announced it will be breathalysing town centre revellers between Saturday 26th July and the 9th of August as part of a pilot scheme, ahead of a widescale ‘pre-loading’ campaign planned for late autumn. The project [...]

July 25, 2014 Scarborough Borough Council

Sinclaire Charge Spells Trouble For Robert Goodwill?

Former MEP, Nikki Sinclaire, was yesterday charged with Misconduct In Public Office and Money Laundering following a 29 month investigation into alleged expenses fraud by West Midlands Police. Miss Sinclaire was arrested on the 22nd February 2012. The Daily Mail [...]

July 24, 2014 Misc

Council Pays Mileage of £19.67 Per Mile!

On Tuesday 22nd July the Resources Scrutiny Committee of Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) meets to discuss the Council’s Officer Car Allowance Scheme. The scheme, which has been in operation for over 20 years, pays £963 per annum to SBC Officers [...]

July 17, 2014 Scarborough Borough Council
County Hall - Northallerton

Police Confirm NYCC Investigation

North Yorkshire Police have confirmed a complaint that relates to alleged criminal misconduct by Officers of North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) has been received and an investigation is underway. A police spokesman said: “We can confirm North Yorkshire Police have [...]

July 15, 2014 North Yorkshire County Council
County Hall - Northallerton

NYCC Officers Under Investigation by North Yorkshire Police?

On the 7th July 2013 I published an article entitled NYCC: Out Of Control? The article reported on matters under discussion by the Executive Committee of North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC). A member of the public, who had won a [...]

June 29, 2014 North Yorkshire County Council

The New Police HQ

Readers of the regional press will know that the North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner (NYPCC), Julia Mulligan, and her new Chief Constable, Dave Jones, have together embarked on a project to build a new HQ, termed the new Northern [...]

June 15, 2014 Hambleton District Council, North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner

SBC Sack Officer Over Leak

In among the documentation for the June 17th Cabinet meeting at Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) is an agenda item about proposed changes to the Council’s Constitution. SBC wants to tighten up access to confidential reports by elected members by way [...]

June 12, 2014 Scarborough Borough Council