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Five Years Ago…

Five years ago Nigel, Tim and I appeared on BBC1’s regional investigative journalism show Inside Out. It took a closer look at our fledgling attempts at investigative journalism to see if our claims would stand up. The show headlined with [...]

February 10, 2019 North York Moors National Park Authority, North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

Panel Rejects MULLIGAN’s 10% Council Tax Increase

Panel Rejects MULLIGAN’s’s 10% Council Tax Increase The North Yorkshire Police, Fire & Crime Panel has vetoed an increase of over 10 per cent in Council Tax proposed by Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner, Mrs Julia MULLIGAN. Expressing concerns that [...]

February 6, 2019 North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner

Bullygan Scandal: NYE’s concerns vindicated in Parliament

Bullygan Scandal: NYE’s concerns vindicated in Parliament by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction Regular readers of the NYE will recall that a disciplinary investigation by the North Yorkshire Police & Crime Panel found that the then North Yorkshire Police & Crime [...]

January 6, 2019 North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner

EXCLUSIVE: The BULLYGAN Scandal: A Skillful Response?

EXCLUSIVE: The BULLYGAN Scandal: A Skillful Response? by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Background In October, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner Mrs Julia Mulligan was found guilty of bullying former employees of her Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for [...]

November 18, 2018 North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner, Uncategorized

“Victims”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the one-hundred-and-fifty-ninth in a continuing series of so-called “Photoons” – cartoons developed from digital photographs – highlighting the more amusing aspects of current affairs in North Yorkshire and far beyond. Readers [...]

October 25, 2018 Photoons

NYCC Statement on Cllrs 4.5% Pay-Rise

NYCC Statement on Cllrs 4.5% Pay-Rise Following publication of a Letter to the Editor from County and Borough Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.], and the Annual Meeting of North Yorkshire County Council, the Council has published the following statement: Councillors accept [...]

May 17, 2018 North Yorkshire County Council

“TdY: Highways & Byways”

Today’s Letter to the Editor is, in fact, directed to County and Borough Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.], whose recent Letter to the Editor has been widely-acclaimed. Previous correspondent Kevin STAINTON, of Scarborough, now responds to Councillor RANDERSON with some helpful [...]

May 4, 2018 Letters, North Yorkshire County Council

“Detour de Yorkshire”

“Detour de Yorkshire” A Letter to the Editor from Kevin STAINTON of Scarborough, questioning the true benefit to residents of Scarborough’s most ‘international’ vanity project (while residents take detours around the potholes). His verdict? “On yer bike, Carl Les!”. ~~~ [...]

April 19, 2018 Letters

“Welcome to Scarborough”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the one hundred and twenty-third in a continuing series of so-called “Photoons” – cartoons developed from digital photographs – highlighting the more amusing aspects of current affairs in North Yorkshire and [...]

December 1, 2017 Photoons

North Bay Blue Flag: The 61% Deception

North Bay Blue Flag: The 61% Deception an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the strange reticence of our local and regional public institutions to announce Scarborough North Bay’s loss of its Blue Flag for ‘EXCELLENT’ Bathing [...]

November 26, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council