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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

Queen’s Police Medal for Scarborough Detective

Queen’s Police Medal for Scarborough Detective by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction I read with disbelief the articles below concerning the award of the Queen’s Police Medal (QPM) to Detective Sergeant (DS) Angelina (Angie) Carey (Retired): Scarborough News article here Yorkshire [...]

January 17, 2020 North Yorkshire Police, Police

Undercover & InfoWar Ops in Yorkshire (5) Special/Ports Branch

Undercover & InfoWar Ops in Yorkshire (5) Special/Ports Branch by TIM HICKS. Background  This is the fifth article on the subject of undercover and information warfare operations in Yorkshire. The first covered the influence of the military on armed and [...]

November 12, 2017 Police

The Strange Case of DC Lane

The Strange Case of DC Lane Crime & Parliamentary Affairs Correspondent TIM HICKS reports on a litany of policing failures in the protection of vulnerable persons. ~~~~~ In a major step forward towards more open policing, police forces in the [...]

December 10, 2016 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner

The North Yorkshire Police Annual Awards Ceremony

The NYE staff photographer has managed to sneak into Newby Wiske Hall and snap this photograph of the NYP Annual Awards Ceremony for the Peter Jaconelli Prize for the Best Failed Police Cover-ups in the Force. [Former Yorkshire Chief Constables [...]

July 27, 2015 Misc

NYP: Investigating Abuse Allegations At Throxenby Hall

NYP: Investigating Abuse Allegations At Throxenby Hall Crime & Parliamentary Affairs correspondent TIM HICKS reports on another significant development in the Savile/Jaconelli saga that has (once again) escaped the attention of the national newspapers. ~~~~~ In January 2013, the North [...]

July 5, 2015 North Yorkshire Police

The Power of Persistence

A Letter to the Editor from recent UKIP convert, SBC Councillor Mike WARD, offering his steadfast support to the citizen-journalists of the North Yorks Enquirer. From 2007-11, Mike represented West Cliff Ward in Whitby on Scarborough Borough Council, and in [...]

February 10, 2015 Letters

NYP: Jimmy SAVILE, Peter JACONELLI and the “Missed” Opportunities

NYP: Jimmy SAVILE, Peter JACONELLI and the “Missed” Opportunities an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, setting the North Yorkshire Police Operation Hibiscus findings in their true historical context. On a related theme, please see also TIM HICKS’ response [...]

December 19, 2014 North Yorkshire Police, Scarborough Borough Council

Rotherham Child-Abuse Scandal: Questions for North Yorks

The Rotherham child-abuse scandal.  Some questions for North Yorkshire. – a report by TIM HICKS  on the emergent similarities (and differences) between the Rotherham child-sex scandal and the North Yorkshire Police/Council cover-up of the Savile/Jaconelli paedophile-ring that operated in Scarborough [...]

August 28, 2014 North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner

Jaconelli: The Latest Developments Nationally

Jaconelli: The Latest Developments Nationally – Crime and Parliamentary Affairs correspondent TIM HICKS writes on the latest developments in the Peter Jaconelli scandal. ~~~~~ The latest developments nationally A lot has happened since my last article on the Peter Jaconelli [...]

July 14, 2014 North Yorkshire Police, Scarborough Borough Council