£1M Swimming Pool Sale Called In – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining conflicting versions of another puzzling sell-off – the Scarborough North Bay Indoor Swimming Pool. ~~~~~ Readers may have encountered an article published on the [...]
SBC: £3.5M Secret Property Deals Revealed – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, revealing the ante on the next round of SBC ‘investment’. ~~~~~ On Tuesday 19th October 2021, SBC Cabinet met to resolve, inter alia, Item 12 [...]
SBC ARGOS Business Case Not Viable A Letter to the Editor from NICK GREEN, casting a banker’s eye over the business case for the project to ‘regenerate’ the former ARGOS building. ~~~~~ Dear Editor Following on from the Residents meeting [...]
Siddons – The Joke Today’s Guest Author is Alderman Norman Murphy, offering his unique analysis of the Italian anti-terrorism planters presently regaling the town centre. ~~~~~ The current leader of the Council, our Italian-loving Stevonio Siddonso, who laughably claims to run [...]
Travelodge £½-BILLION in the Red – an “In My View”article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the latest Travelodge figures – and what that may mean to SBC and its ratepayers. Plus – other Council news. ~~~~~ Thame & London Ltd [...]
Travelodge ‘California’? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, describing a hotel that SBC can check out of, but cannot leave. ~~~~~ Readers and other followers of the antics of Scarborough Borough Council may remember the following article in [...]
SBC: The Doldrums an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, setting out his opinion on the performance so far of the ailing and failing SIDDONS administration. ~~~~~ On 7th May 2019, following the local elections held on 2nd May, [...]
SIDDONS Goofs Again! an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, commenting on the latest ‘shot’ fired in the ongoing skirmish over the Travelodge deal. A dud. ~~~~~ Astonishingly, Scarborough Borough Council Leader Councillor Steve SIDDONS [Lab.] has fired off, [...]
Commercial Waste? Bin it! Popular Guest Author NORMAN MURPHY reacts to recent shocking disclosures surrounding a certain £14M unqualified disaster. ~~~~~ The revelation that Richard (the Brighton Bin Man) Bradley, who holds the post of Commercial Director at Scarborough Council, [...]
Travelodge Deal – Solicitor’s Challenge an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, disclosing what would appear to be the first salvo in a potential legal challenge to Scarborough Borough Council’s purchase of the St. Nicholas Hotel and its subsequent [...]