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North Yorks Enquirer

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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

“The Last Chance Saloon”

Today’s Guest Author is long-serving Scarborough Borough Councillor NORMAN MURPHY, who points out – presumably for the benefit of some of his fellow Councillors – what the wider public knows all too well; without a change of leadership next May, [...]

August 2, 2018 Scarborough Borough Council

Fish Landings – a Booming ‘Decline’

A Guest Author article by our Harbours Correspondent, ALLAN ROBERTS, illustrating the blind ignorance of our harbour decision-makers. ~~~~~ An article in the Scarborough News dated 7th September 2017 is headlined, “Major new plans for Scarborough harbour” In that article [...]

September 15, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

The Rôle of Party Whips in Local Government

The Rôle of Party Whips in Local Government an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the party “Whip” system, as applied at local government level. ~~~~~ My opposition to party political representation at the County, Borough/District and Town/Parish [...]

August 25, 2017 East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: The Leader, The Cabinet & The Futurist

SBC: The Leader, The Cabinet & The Futurist an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering an overview of the SBC Cabinet – a tale with a sting in it’s tail. ~~~~~ Throughout the year of 2016, there have [...]

November 13, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: T.I.C. Tactics

SBC: T.I.C. Tactics an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on an incipient crack in the Tory SBC stranglehold. ~~~~~ Readers of the Whitby Gazette and the Scarborough News may have struggled recently to discern any useful information [...]

March 11, 2016 Scarborough Borough Council

“Blabber, Blabber . . . BLURT!”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the sixty-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 beyond. Readers are [...]

October 20, 2015 Photoons

“The Chain Gang”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the 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 beyond. Readers are [...]

August 20, 2015 Photoons

SBC: Election Results

SBC: Election Results Turn-out 63.44% Castle Ward (2 Seats) Paul David Cross – The Labour Party Janet Helen Jefferson – Independent Cayton Ward (2 Seats) Simon Braithwaite Green – The Conservative Party Roberta Florence Swiers – The Conservative Party Central [...]

May 8, 2015 Scarborough Borough Council

The North Yorks 3

The North Yorks 3 Crime & Parliamentary Affairs correspondent TIM HICKS reports on the latest developments – following on from the shameful admission from North Yorkshire Police that the allegations that the North Yorkshire Enquirer has been making since October [...]

January 5, 2015 North Yorkshire Police, Scarborough Borough Council