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Cllr BACKHOUSE Resigns from the SBC Cabinet In the wake of last week’s “WHEXIT” – and last night’s “FLEXIT” – it was perhaps to be expected that Councillor Andy BACKHOUSE [Con.] would be the first to seek to distance himself [...]
After ‘WHEXIT’ – ‘FLEXIT’ – Filey Town Council Flexes Its Muscles! On Monday 13th February 2017, Filey Town Council flexed its muscles and resoundingly trumped the NO CONFIDENCE motion carried at Whitby Town Council last Tuesday 7th February 2017, both [...]
A Letter to the Editor from Bob ROBERTS, of Scarborough, giving voice to the concerns of many residents throughout the Borough of Scarborough. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, Politics globally, nationally and now, it would seem, even at a local level, are [...]
WHEXIT! WTC Cllrs Condemn SBC Leadership Three years to the day since the BBC ‘Inside Out’ Documentary vindicated the citizen-journalists of Real Whitby (now heading-up the North Yorks Enquirer), the Whitby Gazette has front-paged the Whitby Town Council move to [...]
Filey Next For NO CONFIDENCE Vote Filey Town Council has published the Agenda for its Special Meeting on Monday 13th February 2017. Item 7 on the Agenda will be of special interest to the growing number of people who have [...]
SN Covers BASTIMAN Drubbing Having travelled to Whitby to attend the Whitby Town Council meeting of Tuesday 7th February 2017, Scarborough resident Ron WILKEY succeeded, by a combination of reasoned argument and passionate persuasion, in swaying enough Whitby Councillors to [...]
Whitby ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ Vote – Details Readers have been requesting voting details on last night’s Resolution to the effect that Whitby Town Council has NO CONFIDENCE in Scarborough Borough Council Leader Councillor Derek BASTIMAN [Con.] and his seven colleagues who [...]
The Scarborough & Whitby Labour Party have suspended the whip from Newby Ward Councillor, Vanda Inman. The suspension was a result of Borough Councillor Inman’s vote to demolish the Futurist Theatre. Labour leaders, Siddons and Randerson, were furious that Inman [...]
WTC Cllr. & Former Mayor Bring NO CONFIDENCE VOTE re SBC Cabinet Following the unanticipated level of support for a Scarborough resident’s on-line Petition calling for a VOTE of NO CONFIDENCE in SBC Leader Derek BASTIMAN and his seven colleagues [...]
The leaders of the Scarborough & Whitby Labour Party turned up outside the Brunswick Centre in Scarborough town centre for an hour long protest against newly inaugurated United States President, Donald Trump. Attending for Scarborough & Whitby Labour was Dear [...]
