The 2019 General Election campaign is well underway and our doormats are being peppered with leaflets from professional liars political parties. These are the same parties who reneged on their promise to respect the result of the 2016 EU Referendum [...]
Bonfire of the Vanities an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD up-dating readers on a number of salient developments in the top story. ~~~~~ Following SBC’s decision to commission a fully independent and impartial investigation into its own role [...]
What is the 1972 European Communities Act? The 1972 European Communities Act is the piece of legislation that brought the United Kingdom (UK) into the European Union (EU): it gave EU law supremacy over UK national law. A large amount [...]
Against the DBID In the light of mounting opposition to the Yorkshire Coast DBID, the Yorkshire Coast Levy Payers’ Association (YCLPA) has announced further meetings to provide information to businesses throughout the region: Whitby – Monday 7th October – 6.30 [...]
Heads Up! Warm Home Discount Scheme With September upon us (and a long winter ahead), readers are reminded of the opportunity to receive £140 credit on their utility bills for the investment of perhaps a 10-minute telephone call to their [...]
£1M S.I.V. Council Bail-Out According to a report on p.6 of yesterday’s Yorkshire Post, Sheffield International Ventures (S.I.V.) – whose involvement with Scarborough Borough Council includes operation of the Scarborough Spa and the Whitby Pavilion complexes – has been bailed [...]
Fighting the Yorkshire Coast DBID The YORKSHIRE COAST LEVY PAYERS ASSOCIATION are holding an open meeting at the Scarborough Indoor Bowls Centre, Peasholm Road, Scarborough, YO12 7TT, on Wednesday10th July at 6:00pm, to discuss the next steps in fighting the [...]
WHITBY CAMPAIGNERS URGE YORKSHIRE WATER TO DROP GROUSE SHOOTING Campaigners in Whitby have been urging Yorkshire Water to stop leasing moorland for grouse shooting, with over 400 people signing petition postcards to the utility company over the recent bank holiday [...]
NYMR Wins Lottery Grant As well as covering Crime and Parliamentary Affairs, Tim Hicks is also the NYE correspondent covering the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR). Tim maintains that his is by far the most enjoyable part of his duties [...]
Regretfully, because of the overwhelming imperative to provide detailed coverage the SBC elections, this article, which should have gone out on the 3rd of May, has been delayed. World Press Freedom Day Friday 3 May by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Remember [...]
