You wouldn’t think the likes of Phil Trumper (Whitby West) of the Conservative Party (Net Zero, Mass Immigration, High Taxes, Large State) and Tony Randerson (Eastfield) of the Social Justice Party (Net Zero, Mass Immigration, High Taxes, Large State) have [...]
A Letter to the Editor from Councillor Rob BARNETT, expressing views shared by a majority of Whitby residents, but not – alas! – by the ‘powers that be’. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, Further Thoughts Many thanks for publishing my letter concerning [...]
High & Dry in Scarborough Harbour North Yorks Enquirer’s Harbour correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS writes to report the grounding in Scarborough Harbour, at high water, of the replica Spanish galéon “ANDALUCIA” – a humiliation that (as chance would have it) happened [...]
Dredging the Depths of Fiasco North Yorks Enquirer Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS, using the Councils’ own data, demonstrates the scarcely-credible scale of incompetence of the Scarborough Harbour Management Team’s mindless squandering of the public purse in pursuit of an extremely [...]
Citizen-Driven Harbours Survey – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, drawing readers attention to a new Citizen-Driven Harbours Survey on North Yorkshire Council’s management of Scarborough & Whitby Harbours. ~~~ Residents of Whitby and Scarborough, quite rightly, take [...]
A Letter to the Editor from Bridlington businessman, Phill Hardacre, commenting on the long-awaited demise of Yorkshire Coast BID Ltd following a humilating 86% defeat in the renewal ballot (see below). ~~~~~ Dear Mr Editor I see that Mr Clive [...]
In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the two-hundred-and-sixty-seventh in a continuing series of so-called “Photoons” – cartoons developed from digital photographs – highlighting the more amusing aspects of current affairs in North Yorkshire and far beyond. Readers [...]
“Northallerton-by-the-Sea” A Letter to the Editor from BOB ROBERTS, one of Scarborough’s leading maritime and harbours afficionados, decrying North Yorkshire Council’s abandonment of our coastal communities. ~~~~~ Sir, Only this week in Prime Minister’s Question Time, the PM responded to [...]
Mayoral Elections: NYE Electoral Analysis by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ The Result The election for the first York & North Yorkshire Mayor took place on Thursday 2nd May 2024. The results are shown below: About 29% of the total electorate voted. [...]
The North Yorks Enquirer feels bound, in the public interest, to reproduce the following Open Letter to NYC Councillor Neil Swannick, from a Whitby elector – the recently co-opted Whitby Town Councillor, Jacqui Layman. The Enquirer will always welcome correspondence [...]
