WTC: More on Bob – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, presenting a lightly satirical spin on the unwholesome symbiotic relationship between the Chair/Mayor of Whitby Town Council, Councillor Bob ‘The Nob’ DALRYMPLE, and former Town Clerk/RFO, Mr [...]
December 2, 2024
Whitby Town
WTC: NO CONFIDENCE Time Again? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering an opinion on attempts to hold Whitby Town Mayor, Councillor Bob DALRYMPLE to account. This time around, we have every appearance of a full-on ‘Pants [...]
November 29, 2024
Whitby Town
Potto: Another Due Process Failure? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, investigating the apparent failure to uphold due process at CHIPCHASE MANNERS, a firm of chartered accountants based in Middlesbrough and currently employed by Potto Parish Council as its Internal Auditor [...]
A Letter to the Editor from a Mr BROWN – a Whitby resident – who is clearly concerned about the prevailing “seige mentality” at Whitby Town Council, where members are seemingly afraid to cross the Swingbridge without fear of being [...]
November 20, 2024
Whitby Town
NYE Review of NYP ’24 expenses (Pt 3) by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Senior NYP Officers under investigation Regular readers of the NYE will know that the NYE has been covering two major stories concerning allegations of misconduct by NYP Senior Officers. The [...]
NYC: Snakes & Ladders – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a discernible improvement in communications between Whitby residents and North Yorkshire Council’s Corporate Director of Environment (inc. Harbours), Mr Karl BATTERSBY. Top marks! (Well . [...]
NYE Review of Chief Officers ’24 Expenses (Pt.2) by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ In this article, Tim Hicks updates two on-going investigations into Senior Officers by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) and the NYE’s own investigation into North Yorkshire [...]
NYP Chief Officers’ Expenses 2024 (Pt.1) by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction All UK Police Forces now publish the expenses of their Chief Officers. This is to allow public scrutiny of how their money is spent, engender confidence that the conduct [...]
NYP: Throxenby – The Death of Martin Mennell by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction: The Throxenby Hall Paedophile Ring Throxenby Hall was a residential care home for boys. It housed about 60 boys aged 9 and over. It was not an [...]
Todays’ Letter to the Editor introduces an organisation dedicated to untangling the web of rogue Town/Parish Clerks and scurrilous self-serving Councillors who have been hi-jacking lowest-tier local government throughout England & Wales – with apparent impunity – for many, many [...]