In a letter bristling with brazen hypocrisy, Labour’s North Yorkshire Leader, Councillor Eric Broadbent, has called out the North Yorkshire Tories for increasing their councillor allowance by 2.5% per annum. I can hear many of you saying you agree with [...]
On Monday 12th May 2014 Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) voted to remove the titles of Alderman and Mayor from Conservative Peter Jaconelli. The removal was due to a large number of allegations of child sex abuse, some of them in [...]
NYCC: Adult Social Care £10M Flim-Flam an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, disclosing the extent of the misleading information about the Adult Social Care increment of this year’s Council Tax bills – £10 MILLION. ~~~~~~ For detailed background [...]
OfSTED: The ‘Benign’ Inspection Technique? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, previewing the forthcoming OfSTED Inspection of Eskdale School, Whitby. ~~~~~ As a prelude to the imminent (and long-awaited) OfSTED Inspection of Whitby’s Eskdale School, I thought it might [...]
The Hidden Agenda – a Closing Chapter? by Guest Author MIKE WARD. ~~~~~ Are we are entering the closing chapter in Whitby’s secondary schools’ long-running saga? Do County Officials really care about the future of education in our Town? We [...]
NYCC Election Results – Borough of Scarborough Up-dating throughout the count. Those elected are displayed in bold red type. Castle Division Janet JEFFERSON [Ind.] – 717 Tom SESTON [Con.] – 164 Tim THORNE [Ukip] – 151 Mark VESEY [Green] – [...]
Polling Station Infraction Alleged A report has reached the Enquirer that a Polling Station infraction has been reported to both the Returning Officer for North Yorkshire County Council, Mr Richard FLINTON, and to the Deputy Returning Officer for Scarborough Borough, [...]
NYCC Elections: Castle Division Preview an “In My View” report by NIGEL WARD, reviewing the candidates for the Castle Division of the North Yorkshire County Council Elections on 4th May 2017. ~~~~~ [OPINION] Generally considered one of the toughest Divisions [...]
NYCC Elections: Whitby/Streonshalh Division Preview an “In My View” report by NIGEL WARD, reviewing the candidates for the Whitby/Streonshalh Division of the North Yorkshire County Council Elections on 4th May 2017. ~~~~~ [Opinion] The incumbent County Councillor for Whitby/Streonshalh is [...]
CCW: OfSTED Gamesmanship? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting an a ‘leaked’ report concerning allegations of Inspection Fraud at Caedmon College Whitby. ~~~ This correspondent has now had sight of a complaint document that is purportedly receiving [...]
