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Whitby Assembly demands Town Poll extras

Whitby Assembly demands Town Poll extras – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering a brief report on the re-convened Town Meeting/Assembly held on Monday 18th September 2023 to complete the business halted by the Town Mayor at [...]

September 19, 2023 Whitby Town

“Indecent Assault”

A Letter to the Editor from TIM HICKS, a regular contributor to the North Yorks Enquirer, commenting upon the Crown Prosecution Service disclosure (in response to Nigel Ward’s FOIA request) that former Scarborough Alderman, Mayor and Councillor Peter JACONELLI was [...]

September 25, 2015 Letters

UPDATE: Operation Hocus Pocus – A Resounding Success For NYP

UPDATE:  Operation Hocus Pocus – A Resounding Success For North Yorkshire Police Crime & Parliamentary Affairs Correspondent TIM HICKS up-dates readers on the nation-wide investigations into child sexual abuse (CSA). ~~~~~ Current on-going historical abuse investigations A very good article [...]

April 12, 2015 North Yorkshire Police

Quiet, Please! Democracy Is Sleeping!

A Letter to the Editor from Amanda SMITH, writing as a member of the public in response, perhaps, to recent misinformation in the Whitby Liar. Amanda is one of only four members of Whitby Town (Parish) Council who possesses an [...]

March 7, 2015 Whitby Town

WTC: Backstabbers VI – Black Kettle Impugns White Pot

WTC: Backstabbers VI – Black Kettle Impugns White Pot – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the escalating meltdown (and coming flare-up) at Whitby Town (Parish) Council. ~~~~~ For those who have not followed this extraordinary [...]

December 1, 2014 Whitby Town

WTC: Backstabbers V – Turkeys, Ostriches – and Lemmings

WTC: Backstabbers V – Turkeys, Ostriches – and Lemmings an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the first challenge to the extraordinary and secretive conduct of the Human Resources Committee and the Finance, Policy & General Purposes [...]

November 5, 2014 Whitby Town

WTC: Backstabbers IV – The Turkeys Who Voted For Christmas

WTC: Backstabbers IV – The Turkeys Who Voted For Christmas an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, taking you behind closed doors at probably the worst value-for-money Council in England & Wales. ~~~~~ Please do not imagine that this [...]

November 2, 2014 Whitby Town

WTC: The Mayor’s Nest

WTC: The Mayor’s Nest an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, catching up on the tsunami in a thimble at Whitby Town (Parish) Council. ~~~~~ There are two unrelated meanings of the term “mare’s nest” in circulation, and there [...]

October 20, 2014 Whitby Town

WTC Ruckus: An Up-Date

WTC Ruckus: An Up-Date – an “In My View” up-date by NIGEL WARD, informing readers of the latest developments regarding events covered in his article “WTC: A Council Divided”, published yesterday (Sunday 31st August 2014). ~~~~~ Background Readers of yesterday’s [...]

September 1, 2014 Whitby Town

WTC: A Council Divided

WTC: A Council Divided an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a deep schism that is threatening to tear Whitby Town (Parish) Council apart. ~~~~~ IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST The Schism Throughout much of the past decade, [...]

August 31, 2014 Whitby Town