Spotlight
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 [...]
ERYC: PARNABY Formal Complaint an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, up-dating readers on the allegations against East Riding of Yorkshire Council Leader Councillor Stephen PARNABY [Con.]. ~~~~~ Regular readers will be aware of the allegations made by Cottingham [...]
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 [...]
ERYC: ROBINSON Ratchets Up On PARNABY an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the continuing efforts of developer Peter ROBINSON to raise an investigation into alleged misconduct on the part of East Riding of Yorkshire Council Leader [...]
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 [...]
