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“Two Years On The Council”

A Letter to the Editor from Mark VESEY, who is a serving Scarborough Borough Councillor [Green] for the Ramshill ward in Scarborough, who offers his comments on two years service: far less than a ringing endorsement of the Council’s modus [...]

May 22, 2017 Letters

Council Cocks-Up Carriageway Car Cruise Closure

Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) have set a new local record for a U-Turn at 5 hours. At 10am on Friday 19th May SBC announced that the Marine Drive would be closed between 10am and 10pm on the Bank Holiday Sunday [...]

May 19, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

Appeal: A Penpal for Jimbo the (Tory) Partyman!

Appeal: A Penpal for Jimbo the (Tory) Partyman! For many years now – and in recent times, all the more so – members of the public have been communicating their common concern that Mr Jim DILLON, Chief Executive and Head [...]

May 8, 2017 Appeals

Lost: £210k Website Belonging to SBC

The £2.8million renovation of the Scarborough Market Hall on St Helens Square was finally opened to the public last week. Mystery surrounds why a major piece of project, a £210k website for the Market Hall, appears not to have been [...]

April 30, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC Pilfers Parking Zone

My dispute with Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) and North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) with regard to Scarborough’s Residents’ Priority Parking Zone has resulted in a decision which has clarified the situation. PCNs issued AFTER 18th March 2013 are probably enforceable. [...]

March 28, 2017 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

Scarborough Council Tax Bills Misleading

A quick look at the Council Tax bills recently delivered through your door, which were prepared by the Finance Department at Scarborough Borough Council, show a very misleading figure relating to Adult Social Care. In 2016/17, the Adult Social Care [...]

March 20, 2017 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

Scarborough & Whitby Labour March on Parliament

On the back of mounting a laughable and ultimately futile anti-Trump protest in Scarborough town centre, the Scarborough & Whitby Labour Party are now taking part in a march on Parliament. What’s the cause? The Scarborough & Whitby Labour Party [...]

March 19, 2017 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: The Empire Strikes Back – with Disdain

SBC: The Empire Strikes Back – with Disdain an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the first signs of a reaction from SBC to either the Whitby or the Filey  No Confidence motions. ~~~~~ I am now [...]

February 27, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

Labour Councillor Suspended Over Futurist

The Scarborough & Whitby Labour Party have suspended the whip from Newby Ward Councillor, Vanda Inman. The suspension was a result of Borough Councillor Inman’s vote to demolish the Futurist Theatre. Labour leaders, Siddons and Randerson, were furious that Inman [...]

February 8, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

Scarborough Labour Protest Trump

The leaders of the Scarborough & Whitby Labour Party turned up outside the Brunswick Centre in Scarborough town centre for an hour long protest against newly inaugurated United States President, Donald Trump. Attending for Scarborough & Whitby Labour was Dear [...]

February 4, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council