Friday 29th March 2024,
North Yorks Enquirer

Browsing the "Jimmy Savile" Tag

Custody Scandal: TVP vs NYP

Custody Scandal: TVP vs NYP by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction: The North Yorkshire Police (NYP) Custody Scandal Regular readers will know that the NYE has doggedlybeen pursuing a gang of NYP Officers who serve in NYP’s Custody Suites, who – [...]

February 10, 2024 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner, Police

WTC: NOCK Blunders Again

WTC: NOCK Blunders Again – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, noting that Whitby Town Council’s resident embarrassment has blundered yet again – this time making the BBC News. ~~~~~ Whitby Town Councillor John NOCK – self-proclaimed ‘wordsmith’ [...]

January 27, 2024 Whitby Town

Ret’d County Cllr asks “Who is Nigel Ward?”

A Letter to the Editor from a retired County Councillor who has been conducting his own research into the voluntary work, in the public interest, of Enquirer Local Authorities correspondent, NIGEL WARD. ~~~~~ Dear Editor of North Yorks Enquirer Thank [...]

November 1, 2023 Letters

Savile, Jaconelli and the NYP Custody Scandal

Savile, Jaconelli and the NYP Custody Scandal A Letter to the Editor from NYE Police & Crime correspondent, TIM HICKS. ~~~~~ Sir, I write to comment on Nigel Ward’s article “The Reckoning” here which commented on a Radio Times article [...]

October 15, 2023 Letters, Police

“The Reckoning”

“The Reckoning” – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, thanking readers for their supportive messages following the broadcast of the BBC mini-series “The Reckoning”. This article in the Radio Times (see below) provides interesting background reading: ~~~~~ In [...]

October 13, 2023 North Yorkshire Police, Police, Scarborough Borough Council

NYP Custody Scandal: The “Booty Patrol”

NYP Custody Scandal: The “Booty Patrol” by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has recently published a joint report on the inspection of North Yorkshire Police’s (NYP) custody services undertaken jointly with [...]

November 28, 2022 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner, Police

HMICFRS Inspection triggers NYP misinformation offensive

HMICFRS Inspection triggers NYP misinformation offensive by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction  The North Yorkshire Police (NYP) website exists for NYP to keep the public fully and openly informed of developments in policing in North Yorkshire. My attention was drawn to [...]

October 20, 2022 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner, Police

The ‘PRIVATE EYE’ Collection

The ‘PRIVATE EYE’ Collection In recent years, the investigative-journalism of the CORRUPTION BUSTERS – supported by a growing number of researchers, analysts and informants – has drawn the attention of the country’s pre-eminent political exposé magazine PRIVATE EYE. In the [...]

April 23, 2020 Private Eye

Lord David Steel and Cyril Smith

Tim Hicks covers the recent revelations from the Independent Investigation into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) and the possible links of Cyril Smith to paedophilism in Scarborough. Some of the video links contain the accounts of victims of Child Sexual Abuse, [...]

March 23, 2020 Police, Scarborough Borough Council

“Fixed It!”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the one-hundred-and-ninety-seventh 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 [...]

January 29, 2020 Photoons