Towns Fund: 3 Minutes Past Scrutiny – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining how the shutters have been slammed down on an attempt to scrutinise machinations involving £20.2million of the public purse. ~~~~~ On 24th February 2022, [...]
CORRIGAN Challenges YCBID Legality – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, commenting on the Yorkshire Post coverage of the Yorkshire Coast BID crisis. ~~~~~ On Saturday 12th February 2022, Yorkshire Post news correspondent Alex WOOD ran the following [...]
In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the two-hundred-and-thirty-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 [...]
SIDDONS: No Credible Denial Forthcoming – an Open Letter to the ‘Deputy’ Leader of Scarborough Borough Council by NIGEL WARD, seeking full disclosure of such evidence as may (or may not) exist to support the Leader’s statement to Full Council [...]
SIDDONS: Home to Roost – an “Open Letter” to MIKE GREENE by NIGEL WARD, urging immediate action to salvage the Council’s headlong descent into the gutter. ~~~~~ Mr Mike GREENE – Head of Paid Service & CEO – Scarborough Borough [...]
VoNC: Something Old, Something New? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, commenting on a disturbing twist to the forthcoming Vote of No Confidence (VoNC) in SBC Leader, Councillor Steve SIDDONS [Lab.]. ~~~~~ Something Old . . . [...]
Green Light for SIDDONS No Confidence Vote – an “In My View” article offering some background to this the third Vote of No Confidence in Leader Steve SIDDONS [Lab.]. ~~~~~ On Tuesday 14th December 2021, readers may recall, the Enquirer [...]
SBC Info Wars (a “fishing trip”) – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering an educated opinion on the remarkable incompetence of Scarborough Borough Council’s Data Protection Officers – and an unfortunate member resorting to an apparent abuse [...]
Party Politics 1:0 Safeguarding (HT) an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, in the form of an Open Letter to Mr Mike GREENE, who is the Head of Paid Service (CEO) at Scarborough Borough Council, inviting him to urge [...]
ARGOS Public Meeting: Report – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD reporting on the Public Meeting to discuss the ARGOS proposals, held at the Library in Scarborough on the evening of Tuesday 19th October 2021. ~~~~~ I was [...]
