Renewed DBID Challenge in Whitby The Enquirer has obtained a copy of an email from a Whitby businessman to Councillor Liz COLLING [Lab.], the Portfolio Holder for Economy, Communities & Commercial, explaining the rationale behind the burgeoning objection to the [...]
Hebo Rides Again! by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ I read with great interest the article “Handbags at Dawn” and the good news that Councillor John “Hebo” Nock is still at large and doing his stuff. I have written to Councillor Derek [...]
“Rank Hypocrisy” A Letter to the Editor by NORMAN MURPHY, the former Independent Councillor who many Scarborians hoped would assume the Leadership of the Council, following the Tory collapse. Norman minces no words, beats about no bushes and calls it [...]
SBC CEO Job Applicants ‘Potential’ Data Leak an Open Letter from NIGEL WARD to Councillor Steve SIDDONS [Lab.], Leader of Scarborough Borough Council, seeking some of his much-vaunted “openness and transparency”. ~~~~~ Cllr. Steve SIDDONS – Leader – Scarborough Borough [...]
“It’s the Taking Part that Counts” an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining just one of the initial actions/omissions of the new administration in Scarborough – one that (like the PSPO fiasco) has Legal & Democratic Services’ fingerprints [...]
SBC ‘Car Cruising’ PSPO Challenged Oops! It would appear that Mrs DIXON’s SBC Legal & Democratic Services department has dropped another costly gaffe. Scarborough Borough Council has received a challenge to the legal status and enforceability of its ‘Car Cruising’ [...]
In today’s Letter to the Editor, Filey resident JOHN MOOK offers a personal opinion on some very strange Planning activities at the by-now infamous HA24 development in Filey which have all the makings of . . . – THE NEXT [...]
A Frank Response A Guest Author article by long-serving (but now former) Independent Scarborough Borough Councillor, NORMAN MURPHY, who offers his response to the recent letter “The State of Independence” from FRANK SHEPHERD. ~~~~~ Sir, I am personally very grateful [...]
Hambleton PSPO Update The following entries from the website of campaigner ANDY STRANGEWAY serve to bring readers up-to-speed on his challenge to the legality of the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) at Leeming Bar, in the District of Hambleton, North [...]
Handbags at Dawn As is commonly known, Scarborough Borough Council can boast more leaks than a Full Welsh breakfast. In the coming weeks, I expect some startling revelations to grace the pages of the North Yorks Enquirer – and other [...]
