WTC: ‘Arse’ Mayor Let Off Over Repeated ‘Knob’ Remark – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the outcome of another Standards fiasco. ~~~~~ Readers may recall an incident which took place at Whitby Town Council on [...]
Peter Jaconelli, Councillor Bill Chatt and Councillor Nock I listened with incredulity to the recent remarks of Councillor Bill Chat at the Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) Cabinet Meeting, which can be seen here. It appears to me that Councillor Chatt’s [...]
A Letter to the Editor (in fact, two for the price of one) from Tony GREEN, former SBC Officer, voicing the concerns of his community – Filey, Hunmanby and surrounding villages – as expressed in a letter from an unnamed [...]
Tory NOCK Knocks Opposition an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a blatant electioneering letter in this week’s Whitby Gazette. ~~~~~ With the North Yorkshire County Council elections seven weeks away, the Scarborough & Whitby Conservative Association, [...]
A Letter to the Editor from 80 residents of Filey, protesting bias and incompetence at Scarborough Borough Council Planning Department. ~~~~~ Dear Mr Editor, Would you please consider publishing the issues raised in this letter? There are serious questions of [...]
The Prime Minister and the North Yorkshire Police Unusually for Conservatives, Mrs May was very critical of the Police when she was Home Secretary. She addressed abuses that have been rampant in the police service for many years and have [...]
Greater Yorkshire Devolution – Cui Bono? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining forthcoming changes to local government arrangements. ~~~~~ Despite the fact that the largest reform of local government arrangements since the Local Government Act 1972 has [...]
NYCC: No Second CHANCE an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, updating readers on a recent article in which doubt was cast on the veracity of public statements made by Executive County Councillor David CHANCE [Con.]. ~~~~~ Following publication of [...]
The Rotherham child-abuse scandal. Some questions for North Yorkshire. – a report by TIM HICKS on the emergent similarities (and differences) between the Rotherham child-sex scandal and the North Yorkshire Police/Council cover-up of the Savile/Jaconelli paedophile-ring that operated in Scarborough [...]
County Councillor BLACKBURN “would not do that” – Oh, really? an ‘In My View’ article by Nigel Ward, reporting on another sorry travesty of the Complaints Procedure at NYCC. ~ On 16th December 2012, I published an article entitled “The [...]