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FUTURIST: Demolition Debate OFF the November Agenda

FUTURIST: Demolition Debate OFF the November Agenda The North Yorks Enquirer has been reliably informed that any debate on the planned demolition of The Futurist Theatre is OFF the Agenda for the Full Council Meeting scheduled for 7th November 2016. [...]

October 27, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

“The MARRIOTT Whitewash”

A Letter to the Editor from former Scarborough Borough Councillor MIKE WARD [Ind.] (who is not related to Enquirer regular NIGEL WARD), offering something of an “insider” view on the forthcoming investigation into the fraud and corruption allegations made by [...]

October 23, 2016 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

SBC Officers’ Private Interests

SBC Officers’ Private Interests an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the disclosable interests of Scarborough Borough Council Directors/Senior Officers. ~~~~~ When the Scarborough News (normally the Council’s off-site PR division) splashes “Council leader orders external inquiry into [...]

October 23, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

Open Letter to Lisa Dixon

Dear Mrs Dixon, In the wake of the Marriott scandal, which highlighted Scarborough Borough Council’s unwillingness to investigate alleged corruption within the council, which Judge Humphrey Forrest called a “Whitewash” and the reluctance of Derek Bastiman, Leader of Scarborough Borough [...]

October 19, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

MARRIOTT: SBC Ignored Reporting Of Crime Questions

MARRIOTT: SBC Ignored Reporting Of Crime Questions an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD: Is SBC attempting to protect corrupt staff from criminal prosecution? ~~~~~ Now that the Ben MARRIOTT corruption allegations are out in the open, a steady [...]

October 10, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

Scarborough News Covers MARRIOTT Case

Scarborough News Covers MARRIOTT Case Local newspaper The Scarborough News (SN) has given prominent front-page and inside coverage to the Ben MARRIOTT Whistleblower case that the North Yorks Enquirer has been championing in a series of articles since August 2013. [...]

October 6, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

MARRIOTT: SBC Labour Group Demands Action

MARRIOTT: SBC Labour Group Demands Action After over three years of investigation/publication by the North Yorks Enquirer and the public statement published by SBC whistleblower Ben MARRIOTT, and after Scarborough Borough Council’s disgraceful non-investigation of Ben MARRIOTT’s allegations and the [...]

October 6, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: Where The Truth Stops

SBC: Where The Truth Stops an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, getting to the roots of what is wrong at Scarborough Borough Council (SBC). ~~~~~ I recently concluded an article with an indication that I intended to address [...]

October 1, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

MARRIOTT Scandal – SBC Portfolio Holder Quizzed

MARRIOTT Scandal – SBC Portfolio Holder Quizzed an Open Letter from NIGEL WARD to Scarborough Borough Council’s Portfolio Holder for Human Resources & Performance. Detailed answers, please, Andrew. In the public interest. ~~~~~ Councillor Andrew JENKINSON [Con.] (Newby) – Portfolio [...]

September 28, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

Whistleblower Ben MARRIOTT Goes Public Against SBC Officers

An Open Letter from Ben MARRIOTT, of Scarborough – the man who successfully “blew the whistle” on the Scarborough Borough Council Officers who “whitewashed” (according to HHJ Humphrey FORREST) his attempts to expose fraud and corruption in his own Council [...]

September 26, 2016 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council