SBC: MARRIOTT “Whitewash” Costs Council £¼M Today’s Scarborough News reports the outcome of the final hearing (in Hull – not Bradford, as the SN states) in the Ben MARRIOTT constructive dismissal claim. Mr MARRIOTT is reported as estimating that by [...]
In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the ninety-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 far beyond. Readers [...]
December 3, 2016
Photoons
MARRIOTT: SN Names Top Officers For Questioning The front page of today’s Scarborough News revisits the BEN MARRIOTT fraud and corruption allegations at Scarborough Borough Council – naming Chief Executive Jim DILLON, Director of Legal Services Lisa DIXON, Head of [...]
A Letter to the Editor from TIM HICKS FCA, responding to J.M.WRIGHT’s letter as published in the Scarborough News. Mr HICKS is a Chartered Accountant and Certified Fraud Investigator – just the man to scrutinise the scrutineers. ~~~~~ Dear Sir, [...]
November 10, 2016
Letters
A Letter to the Editor from long-standing Enquirer contributor TIM HICKS, commenting on the performance of Scarborough Borough Council in relation to whistleblowing and whitewash. ~~~~~ Dear Sir, I have followed the articles published in the Scarborough News and North [...]
In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the ninetieth 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 24, 2016
Photoons
A Letter to the Editor from former Scarborough Borough Councillor MIKE WARD [Ind.] (who is not related to Enquirer regular NIGEL WARD), offering something of an “insider” view on the forthcoming investigation into the fraud and corruption allegations made by [...]
SBC Officers’ Private Interests an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the disclosable interests of Scarborough Borough Council Directors/Senior Officers. ~~~~~ When the Scarborough News (normally the Council’s off-site PR division) splashes “Council leader orders external inquiry into [...]
Dear Mrs Dixon, In the wake of the Marriott scandal, which highlighted Scarborough Borough Council’s unwillingness to investigate alleged corruption within the council, which Judge Humphrey Forrest called a “Whitewash” and the reluctance of Derek Bastiman, Leader of Scarborough Borough [...]
MARRIOTT: SBC Ignored Reporting Of Crime Questions an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD: Is SBC attempting to protect corrupt staff from criminal prosecution? ~~~~~ Now that the Ben MARRIOTT corruption allegations are out in the open, a steady [...]