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Keeping An ‘Eye’ On Botton

Keeping An ‘Eye’ On Botton The North Yorks Enquirer continues to keep a watchful eye on the row between management and staff at Botton Village. Fortunately, so does Private Eye – much to the chagrin of Coamphill Village Trust (CVT). [...]

November 28, 2014 Misc

Wayward and Infamous: Keighley Town Council

Wayward and Infamous: Keighley Town Council an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, introducing the sterling work of GRAHAM FORSYTH, of Keighley, West Yorkshire, who has conducted an in-depth study of the extraordinary antics of Keighley Town (Parish) Council [...]

November 8, 2014 Misc

Party On Yorkshire Coast Homes!

Staff at Yorkshire Coast Homes attended the 24 Housing Awards ceremony in Birmingham, last night. The result of Yorkshire Coast Homes’ endeavours is that they came Runner-Up in the ‘Social Media Pioneers‘ category, for their services to Tweeting and Facebooking [...]

November 7, 2014 Misc

Halloween: The Redaction Game [02] – Riddles & Rhymes

Halloween: The Redaction Game [02] – Riddles & Rhymes an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, following up on his recent “Fun With Words” article. ~~~~~ Without wishing to reiterate the explanation provided in my recent “Fun With Words” [...]

November 1, 2014 Misc

Botton ‘Boss’ Blusters

Botton ‘Boss’ Blusters Following the Private Eye coverage (two weeks ago) of the on-going Botton Village  rumpus (reproduced here on the North Yorks Enquirer, for the particular benefit of local people who do not follow the Eye), the latest edition [...]

October 30, 2014 Misc

Botton Village Rumpus Makes The ‘Eye’

Botton Village Rumpus Makes The ‘Eye’ This week’s edition of Private Eye (No.1367) features a very informative article about the rumpus brewing at Botton Village, 15 miles up the Esk Valley from Whitby. Readers may find it interesting to read a [...]

October 18, 2014 Misc

Fun With Words

Fun With Words an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, presenting a new version of a very old trick. ~~~~~ “Sentences I’d Like To Hear The End Of” The July 1962 edition of society magazine Queen featured, in its [...]

October 16, 2014 Misc

Whitby Welcomes The Bram Stoker International Film Festival

Whitby Welcomes The Bram Stoker International Film Festival The Bram Stoker International Film Festival is now in its 6th year and has quickly expanded into one of the biggest and most unique genre festivals in the country. Originally devised as [...]

October 15, 2014 Misc

A Poisoned Challen?

The Scarborough & Whitby Labour Party are currently holding hustings to select their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for the May 2015 General Election. Top of the list appears to be local Labour Party leader, Colin Challen. Challen was formerly Labour [...]

September 23, 2014 Misc

Handbags At High Noon?

Bitchy Scarborough and Whitby MP, Robert Goodwill, has taken a swipe at fellow Tory MP Anne McIntosh. McIntosh was recently deselected as Conservative MP for the Thirsk and Malton constituency. The deselection was a result of a long campaign by [...]

August 25, 2014 Misc