Lendal Bridge ‘Rip-Off’ Reversed By New CYC Leader – an “In My View” update by NIGEL WARD, reporting on new City of York Council Leader Councillor Daffyd WILLIAMS’ decision to pay back the Council’s ill-gotten gains. ~~~~~ Readers may remember [...]
Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) has had it’s application to take over the running of the University of Hull’s (UoH) Filey Road campus refused by the University of Hull. The University of Hull decided to pull out of Scarborough and move [...]
City of York Council Leader Cllr James Alexander Quits – a short bulletin by NIGEL WARD. ~~~~~ City of York Council (CYC) Leader Councillor James ALEXANDER has tonight (Wednesday 19th November 2014) stepped down from both the Leadership of the [...]
Councillors at Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) will meet on the 12th January 2015 to decide the fate of the Futurist Theatre. It is anticipated that councillors will be voting to bulldoze the theatre regardless of the outcome of Flamingo Land’s [...]
HDC: That Magical 25% ‘Duty of Care’ an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining a nice little earner at Hambleton District Council. ~~~~~ Regular readers will know that I always take an interest in the way Councils seek [...]
The name of the developer for the Futurist site, preferred by the Conservative majority on Scarborough Borough Council, has today been revealed by the council. The council’s preferred bidder, known only as Bidder B thus far, is Kirby Misperton based [...]
York City Council have been responding strangely to a number of Freedom Of Information requests in recent days. Some perfectly reasonable FOI requests are being turned down for the strangest of reasons. In light of the allegations of bullying by [...]
The HDC ‘Top Five’ Melt-Down an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on one of the County’s best-kept secrets. ~~~~~ Background On the morning of Friday 17th February 2012, Mr Peter SIMPSON – who, until that moment, had [...]
A Premises License Application by Alpamare UK Ltd has been granted by the Licensing Sub-Committee of Scarborough Borough Council (SBC), despite 316 objections against opening until 2am. There will be a night club operating at the proposed North Bay Water [...]
A public hearing for the Premises License Application by Alpamare UK Ltd for the planned North Bay water park attraction is scheduled for 10.00am on Wednesday 8th October 2014 at the Town Hall. Roland Duce, managing director of Benchmark Leisure [...]
