WTC: Return of the Backstabbers – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, noting the persistence of personal rancour and the blatant disregard of primary Council duties by members of Whitby Town Council (WTC), none of whom, in the [...]
August 18, 2023
Whitby Town
WTC Records – Missing Links – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the whereabouts of the formal Mayoral Regalia of Whitby Rural District Council (WRDC) – established 1st April 1930, abolished in 1st April 1974 when [...]
June 17, 2023
Whitby Town
WHEXIT! WTC Cllrs Condemn SBC Leadership Three years to the day since the BBC ‘Inside Out’ Documentary vindicated the citizen-journalists of Real Whitby (now heading-up the North Yorks Enquirer), the Whitby Gazette has front-paged the Whitby Town Council move to [...]
Whitby ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ Vote – Details Readers have been requesting voting details on last night’s Resolution to the effect that Whitby Town Council has NO CONFIDENCE in Scarborough Borough Council Leader Councillor Derek BASTIMAN [Con.] and his seven colleagues who [...]
WTC: The Witches of Whitby an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, exposing the petty machinations of the selfish few – the Witches of Whitby Town (Parish) Council. ~~~~~ Readers may examine a host of well-documented reasons to conclude [...]
WTC: A U-Turn Goes Around The U-Bend an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on electoral chaos and pandemonium at Whitby Town (Parish) Council. Business as usual. ~~~~~ The 2015 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Whitby Town (Parish) [...]
June 24, 2015
Whitby Town
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: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to D-I-Y Hole-Digging an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the latest trickery from Whitby Town (Parish) Council. Pantomime season starts here. ~~~~~ I recently published an article entitled “WTC: Yet Another [...]
December 26, 2014
Whitby Town
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 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