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Loughinisland, Press Freedom and the NYE

Loughinisland, Press Freedom and the NYE A Letter to the Editor from TIM HICKS, the Enquirer’s police and crime correspondent, reorting some relief in the persecution of investigative journalists by authorities who are the subject of their investigations. Ring any [...]

October 2, 2019 Letters, Police

“The Budget – a Balancing Act”

A Letter to the Editor from Scarborough Borough Councillor Michelle Donohue-Moncrieff [Ind.] (Hunmanby Ward), contemplating just how the Leader, Councillor Steve Siddons [Lab.], will contrive, with his minority administration, to achieve the necessary majority to pass the 2020/21 Budget, given [...]

September 27, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

A Confession: National Press follows NYE

A Letter to the Editor from police and crime correspondents TIM HICKS and CHRIS CLARK. ~~~~~ Sir, The NYE has for some time been running a series of articles by the authors on the murders committed by Serial Killer Christopher [...]

September 25, 2019 Letters, Police

“Final Fantasy”

A Letter to the Editor from former SBC Councillor and serving Secretary to the Independent Group, NORMAN MURPHY, setting out his opinion that the electoral facts and figures confirm the extent of the Tory collapse at Scarborough Borough Council, and [...]

September 21, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

Privacy of Correspondence

Privacy of Correspondence A Letter to the Editor from regular contributor NIGEL WARD, appealing for a proper respect for a fundamental aspect of law. ~~~~~ Sir, A great deal has been said, and published, about Scarborough Borough Council’s practice and [...]

September 16, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

Cleveland Police: NYE Vindicated

Cleveland Police: NYE Vindicated A Letter to the Editor from the Enquirer’s police and crime correspondent TIM HICKS, reiterating his call for the abolition of a failed Police Force that is far beyond rehabilitation. ~~~~~ Sir, In my article Cleveland [...]

September 10, 2019 Letters, Police

DBID – The Straw that Broke . . .

DBID – The Straw that Broke . . . A Letter to the Editor from Roger PICKSTOCK of Scarborough, commenting on the Council’s borrow/spend philosophy and the furore surrounding the moral bankruptcy of the Yorkshire Coast DBID. ~~~~~ Dear Editor. [...]

August 30, 2019 Letters

DBID: An Open Letter to Big Steve

DBID: An Open Letter to Big Steve by NIGEL WARD ~~~~~ Councillor Steve SIDDONS [Lab.] – Leader – SBC IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST Steve, I am sure you are aware that a great deal of correspondence crosses my desk, much [...]

August 23, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

DBID: “Thus Spake Lisa Dixon”

A Letter to the Editor from Independent SBC Councillor Michelle DONOHUE-MONCRIEFF, reminding us of a fundamentally significant pronunciamento from SBC’s Legal Director, Mrs Lisa Dixon – the DBID decision must go back to Full Council.  ~~~~~ Sir, It is clear [...]

August 21, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

“Pot, Kettle, Black”

An Open Letter to Derek by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Dear Derek, Open Letter re Conduct of Council Officers Hope you don’t mind me addressing you by your first name, but we have been corresponding for so long and I have [...]

August 3, 2019 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council