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Another NYE Investigation Vindicated It has been a good week for the NYE crime desk. On the 4th of October 2017 I received a commemorative mouse mat from the North Yorks Moors Railway in thanks for our support after it [...]
WILTSHIRE POLICE: Operation Conifer reports on Sir Ted HEATH CSA Allegations The national investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse against Sir Edward Heath led by Wiltshire Police which is codenamed Operation Conifer has now reported. This has unquestionably been [...]
Salacious Crime Reporting in the National Press by TIM HICKS. ~~~~~ Two recent stories published in the national media make me bemoan irresponsible press coverage. The Domino’s Pizza affair A Bridlington couple who had sex openly in Domino’s Pizzas in [...]
NYP: A Force Facing a Crisis of Morale, Oversight & Leadership? Recently, two articles in the mainstream press have been brought to my attention which cause me to take pen to paper. Internal Criticism of NYP by police officers The [...]
NYP Det.Con. on Under-Age Sex Charges Detective Constable Chris HOGG (49) of the North Yorkshire Police, following allegations leading to his suspension from duty last year, has been charged with an act of gross indecency with a child under the [...]
Ethical Standards Comparison between SBC and the NY Enquirer A Letter to the Editor from NUJ investigative journalist TIM HICKS. ~~~~~ Sir, To give readers further confidence in the quality of NYE journalism, I would like to return to the [...]
Undercover and InfoWar Operations in Yorkshire (3) SCARBOROUGH Background and terminology This is the third article on the subject of undercover and information warfare operations in Yorkshire. The first covered the influence of the military on armed and undercover police [...]
Undercover and InfoWar Operations in Yorkshire (2) This article is the second in a series covering the influence of the military on armed, undercover and information warfare police operations. The first covered armed and undercover operations and can be viewed [...]
Undercover and InfoWar Operations in Yorkshire (1) Crime & Parliamentary Affairs correspondent TIM HICKS reports. ~~~~~ Resignation of Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire I read with great interest of the resignation of the Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner [...]
Peter Jaconelli, Councillor Bill Chatt and Councillor Nock I listened with incredulity to the recent remarks of Councillor Bill Chat at the Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) Cabinet Meeting, which can be seen here. It appears to me that Councillor Chatt’s [...]
