Scarborough Town Council Elections – May 2025 Today’s highly-informative article heralds the return of “Stormin’ Norman” – Alderman (and former SBC Councillor) Norman Murphy (a present incumbent of the beleaugered Newby & Scalby Town Council), shedding much-needed light in the [...]
Guido Fawkes on Whitby (?) Candidate Oh, dear. Oh, dear. The Guido Fawkes website (https://order-order.com/2022/05/03/labour-also-run-out-of-local-voter-endorsements/) has unearthed a spot of Labour/ex-Labour hilarity in various forthcoming elections. Former Labour stalwart Asa JONES – the recently-resigned member of Whitby Town Council, who [...]
A Spectacular Tory Own Goal – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a spectacular Tory ‘own goal’ played out in Scarborough last week, much to the embarrassment of the Scarborough Town Deal Board (STDB). ~~~~~ Privy [...]
RANDO Romps Home – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the North Yorkshire Council by-election for the Eastfield Division. ~~~~~ Despite one of the vilest election campaigns in living memory in North Yorkshire, recently-resigned former Labour [...]
In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the two-hundred-and-fifty-ninth 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 [...]
Mayor May Not? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, commenting on a suggestion so bizarre as to surely be nothing more than an April Fool spoof gone wildly out of control. ~~~~~ Earlier in the week, implausible [...]
RANDO RESIGNS! by NIGEL WARD ~~~~~ Long-standing (Labour) Scarborough Borough Council and North Yorkshire (County) Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.] – the self-styled “Man in the White Hat” – has announced his resignation on social media: One can only wonder why [...]
The Cupboard Was Bare! – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, commenting on Council Staff Christmas Bonuses in the run-up to Unitary. ~~~~~ Some readers may, like me, have endured the experience of moving into a new home [...]
£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 [...]
