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NYCC Statement on Cllrs 4.5% Pay-Rise

NYCC Statement on Cllrs 4.5% Pay-Rise Following publication of a Letter to the Editor from County and Borough Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.], and the Annual Meeting of North Yorkshire County Council, the Council has published the following statement: Councillors accept [...]

May 17, 2018 North Yorkshire County Council

County Councillors’ Allowances – Up Again!

A Letter to the Editor from NYCC and SBC Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.] condemning another unjustifiable rise in County Councillors’ Allowances. Conservatives deftly circumnavigate their own ‘austerity’ policy when it comes to granting themselves a pay rise. ~~~~~ Sir, North [...]

May 15, 2018 Letters, North Yorkshire County Council

“TdY: Highways & Byways”

Today’s Letter to the Editor is, in fact, directed to County and Borough Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.], whose recent Letter to the Editor has been widely-acclaimed. Previous correspondent Kevin STAINTON, of Scarborough, now responds to Councillor RANDERSON with some helpful [...]

May 4, 2018 Letters, North Yorkshire County Council

“Half Piste?”

A Letter to the Editor form Borough and County Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.] (Eastfield/Osgodby) from the other side of the ‘people/administration’ divide, following Kevin STAINTON’s “Detour de Yorkshire” Letter of 19th April 2018, regarding the inferior state of ‘off piste’ [...]

April 28, 2018 Letters, North Yorkshire County Council

Open Letter to NYCC

An Open Letter on the subject of Adult Social Care (ASC) to County Councillor Helen SWIERS [Con.], in her capacity as Chair of North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC), from County Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.]. Councillor RANDERSON is also a Scarborough [...]

February 23, 2018 Letters, North Yorkshire County Council

“The Closure of 101”

A Letter to the Editor from Johanna MacMAHON of Scarborough, lamenting the decision to close 101 Prospect Mount Road – NYCC’s much-loved Scarborough Residential Home. ~~~~~ Dear Sir, SHAME on NYCC – and SHAME on Dale Owens, Assistant Head of [...]

February 6, 2018 Letters, North Yorkshire County Council

The Whitby Secondary School Saga

The Whitby Secondary School Saga The Enquirer’s education and governance contributor MIKE WARD comments on the crossroads reached in Whitby education with the departure of the town’s two secondary school Headteachers – Keith PRYTHERCH and Sue WHELAN – concurrent with [...]

January 17, 2018 North Yorkshire County Council

Catastrophic Council Standards Blunder

Catastrophic Council Standards Blunder an “In My View” opinion piece by NIGEL WARD, commenting on stunning incompetence in the Legal & Democratic Services departments of Councils in our area. ~~~~~ Historically, the process under which the ethical conduct of elected [...]

January 8, 2018 East Riding of Yorkshire Council, North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

Caedmon Principal in Sideways Shuffle

Caedmon Principal in Sideways Shuffle It has quietly been announced that ‘retiring’ Principal of Caedmon College Whitby, Mr Keith PRYTHERCH – whose ‘retirement’, following a disappointing OfSTED Report, was reported here on the Enquirer on 21st October 2017 – is [...]

December 13, 2017 North Yorkshire County Council

Eskdale: “The Safest Secondary School in Whitby”

Eskdale: “The Safest Secondary School in Whitby” The OfSTED Report on the 8th/9th November 2017 Inspection (by two HMIs and two supporting OfSTED Inspectors) of Whitby’s Eskdale School has been published – in every category ‘GOOD‘. An analysis will published [...]

December 8, 2017 North Yorkshire County Council