In 2017, Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) and North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) went to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal to overturn a decision which branded the Scarborough Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) an “inelegant mess” and consequently “unenforceable”. The councils managed to [...]
In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the two-hundred-and-forty-sixth in a continuing series of so-called “Photoons” – cartoons developed from digital photographs – highlighting the more amusing aspects of current affairs in North Yorkshire and far beyond. Readers [...]
SBC Deploys Security ‘Heavies’ Against NYE by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ For many years, NYE community journalist Nigel Ward has been peacefully attending Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) meetings to report to the NYE’s readership on Council affairs in Scarborough. This is [...]
“YCBID: Dead (and about to lie down?)” An Open Letter from the Yorkshire Coast Levy Payers’ Association (accompanied by a range of explanatory documents) to members revealing potentially ‘fatal’ flaws in the Levy collection process amounting to alleged misrepresentations, rendering [...]
Scarborough NYCC Election Results 2022 RESULTS will be published here, updating on a running basis from 11:30am. If your Division has not yet been called, please re-visit the site in due course. Divisions (and Candidates) appear in alphabetical order. Those [...]
‘Verdict’ Delayed on Newby Candidate [Lab.] – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, revealing more election dirty tricks – this time impacting the Newby Division. Part 3 of the election preview series. See Part 1 here, and Part [...]
Donkey Man to Storm Castle? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, correcting an earlier opinion regarding the Castle Division of the NYCC elections on 5th May 2022. ~~~~~ To my eternal embarrassment, I learn that I have [...]
How Should We VOTE? (Pt.2) DIRTY TRICKS and DIRTY DEEDS – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD – following on from “How Should We VOTE on 5th May? (Pt.1)”, in which seven ‘hot favourites’ were identified. Some of [...]
How Should We VOTE on 5th May? – Pt.1 [...]
Scarborough Town Council Cock-Up – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, commenting on a gaping hole in the changeover to the new Unitary Authority. ~~~~~ On Thursday 14th April 2022, local news outlet This is the Coast reported [...]
