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  • Home free

    IAN Stillman today hugged the family he has been separated from for two years - and thanked Evening Press readers for demanding his freedom. The seriously ill and profoundly deaf charity worker flew home to Britain after his dramatic release from an Indian

  • Remember Irene?

    I AM researching my grandmother's history. She was born in Easingwold in 1912. Her name was Irene Caffrey. I believe she was given away at birth, because her mother was unmarried. I understand she was placed in a home/workhouse. She later went on to live

  • Support orchestra

    ON Saturday, December 7, I had a pleasurable evening listening to the York Symphony Orchestra in the Central Hall at the University of York. The programme, including works by Weber, Janacek, Prokofiev and Dvorak, was more than competently played by the

  • Selfish drivers

    AND there you have it. A taxi driver, CP Hird, wants York's traffic problems sorted by sweeping traffic cuts and whatever else (December 10). This is the attitude of every driver on York's roads. It is always someone else's journey that has to be chopped

  • Fettis handling with Kid gloves

    OCTOBER 23, 2001, will hardly go down as the most memorable of dates in the impressive career of York City goalkeeper Alan Fettis. Despite a man-of-the-match display between the sticks, the efforts of the 31-year-old net-minder that night were all in

  • Tykes closer to buying Headingley

    LEEDS Cricket Football and Athletic Club, who own Headingley, are now prepared to sell the cricket ground to Yorkshire - and the county club are eager to buy it just as soon as it is financially possible to do so. This coming together by two parties so

  • Ebdon's double target

    PETER Ebdon is aiming to give himself a Christmas bonus by becoming only the sixth player to complete snooker's big double - world and UK champion in the same year. "It would be a fantastic Christmas if I can do it," he said after beating outsider Robert

  • Rooster right for Champion Hurdle boost - 13/12/02

    Rooster Booster, who has developed his talents through the handicap ranks, can enhance his claims as a genuine Champion Hurdle contender at Cheltenham tomorrow. The eight-year-old, trained by Philip Hobbs, lines-up for the £75,000 Victor Chandler Bula

  • Brand new day

    As British farming faces a massive new upheaval, reporter Anastasia Weiner analyses what the changes will mean and meets the man behind it in our region BRITISH farming is on the brink of evolution. Over the next few years it will be repackaged, rebranded

  • New suite created for grieving parents

    NORTH Yorkshire parents coming to terms with the death of their baby will soon be able to grieve in a peaceful, purpose-built hospital suite. The Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS) Suite in Harrogate District Hospital's maternity unit is to

  • Skipper Curtis out of York's Yarnbury test

    YORK know they will have to stop the rot and quick if they are going to revive their promotion hopes. Back-to-back defeats against Selby and Pontefract have severely dented the club's ambitions but a victory over Leeds-based Yarnbury would give them a

  • Your chance to shape York's future

    SESSIONS to let city residents help create a vision for York's future are to be held early next week. The Without Walls team is holding drop-in sessions to hear local people's views on how they want the city to develop. The project aims to devise a plan

  • Minister uses magic in services

    A CLERGYMAN has conjured up a magical way of getting the Christian message across. The Rev Roger Dunlop, Methodist minister for Heworth, Stamford Bridge and Dunnington, performs magic tricks at parties, church services and school assemblies across the

  • Brand new day

    As British farming faces a massive new upheaval, reporter Anastasia Weiner analyses what the changes will mean and meets the man behind it in our region BRITISH farming is on the brink of evolution. Over the next few years it will be repackaged, rebranded

  • Bum notes in dash to Christmas No 1

    A football pundit, twins in hotpants and two Popstars groups are battling for the Christmas number one. Has the festive chart battle always been so dire? Probably, sighs CHRIS TITLEY. "You say yes, I say no You say stop, and I say go, go, go Oh no You

  • Death crash family victims named

    A MOTHER and her two young sons, who were killed in a head-on crash on an East Yorkshire road, have been named by police. Yvonne Finney, 26, of Burton Fleming, East Yorkshire, was killed along with one-year-old Christopher and four-year-old Clayton in

  • Woodward seven-up sinks Magnet

    SEVERUS SC booked their place in the quarter-finals of the John Smiths Bitter Cup with a resounding 9-0 win over second division FC Magnet. John Woodward was the star of the show with clinical finishing that saw him rack up seven of the goals with Moss

  • It's just simply Brazilliant

    HISTORY-MAKING Harrogate Town are plotting another 2002 first as they introduce a Latin beat to their UniBond League campaign. Town have plumped for York City's towering 6ft. 4in. tall Brazilian striker Rogerio to beef up their attack. If the paperwork

  • Knockout ewe and cry stokes Rail's emotions

    THE dust from their headline-spinning FA Cup run may just be settling, but the party continues for Harrogate Railway and their 'Baaaaa-my Army' as they go for glory in the FA Vase. The Railwaymen - and their vocal band of followers - head to Newcastle

  • Garage accident company in court

    YORK magistrates have ordered a specialist garage company to pay £2,394 for an accident that injured two engineers at a city car dealership. The court heard that Dean Chant fractured his leg and Ricky Bailey tore his knee ligaments as they worked in a

  • Road accident soldier is finally laid to rest

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a North Yorkshire serviceman who died in a tragic road accident. Lance Corporal Nick Woodward was awarded full military honours at his funeral, which took place at Pickering Methodist Church yesterday. Colleagues from the Royal

  • Bo seeks return

    KIDDERMINSTER Harriers will welcome joint-top scorer Bo Henriksen back into their squad for the visit of York tomorrow. Henriksen, who along with on-loan JJ Melligan has scored seven times this season, missed Tuesday's LDV Vans defeat by Brentford through

  • Tykes closer to buying Headingley

    LEEDS Cricket Football and Athletic Club, who own Headingley, are now prepared to sell the cricket ground to Yorkshire - and the county club are eager to buy it just as soon as it is financially possible to do so. This coming together by two parties so

  • Crews rescue broken leg boy

    A TEENAGE boy was rescued by fire and ambulance crews after he fell from a 12ft high wall in Pocklington and suffered a possible broken leg. The 14-year-old boy had fallen into a high-walled compound in Deans Lane, Pocklington, just after 9pm last night

  • Father in hit-and-run appeal

    THE father of York schoolgirl Katie Scales, who was knocked down in a hit-and-run incident, was today appealing for the driver to hand themselves in to police. Jeff Scales was also set to tell a press conference at York police station how the shocking

  • Twelfth Knight Jackson

    YORK City Knights have pulled off perhaps the biggest signing of all National League clubs with the capture of former Great Britain international Lee Jackson. Chief executive Steve Ferres reckons more quality players will be encouraged to follow Jackson's

  • Own up to hit and run now

    SOMEONE somewhere will be very nervous today. The driver of the black Fiat Punto which hit York schoolgirl Katie Scales must know the net is closing in. That person is either utterly heartless or very afraid. It is inconceivable that they are unaware

  • Your chance to shape York's future

    SESSIONS to let city residents help create a vision for York's future are to be held early next week. The Without Walls team is holding drop-in sessions to hear local people's views on how they want the city to develop. The project aims to devise a plan

  • Babbies In The Wood, York Theatre Royal, until February 1

    He's bad and he's back in black. The leonine David Leonard, the prince of dark villains, is celebrating his 15th year in the York Theatre Royal pantomime, fresh from a tour of playing the outrageously nice Richard in Alan Ayckbourn's Joking Apart. After

  • Aladdin, Grand Opera House, York, until January 5

    Jon Clegg is among friends in his third Aladdin in a row with Hunter and Frank Williams, as he tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON. HE may be playing a character called Wishee Washee, but Jon Clegg is looking to make a strong impression in Aladdin in his York debut

  • Gap closure moves closer

    A £4.5 MILLION flyover scheme which will close a lethal gap on the A64 moved closer today after the Highways Agency put the project out to tender. The Government roads body is asking for civil engineering firms to come forward and bid for the ambitious

  • Changes to police funding must come

    WHAT are we to make of the proposals to increase the police element of the council tax by at best 34.5 per cent, or at worst 74 per cent (December 11)? Many of your readers must live in rural areas where the sight of a policeman is something of a rarity

  • Ian makes my day

    FOLLOWING David Bell's letter about people who can always spare a smile (December 11), I nominate Ian Shields, who drives for First. Meeting Ian driving the bus as I go to work is always a good start to my day. Richard Greaves, Morehall Close, Rawcliffe

  • Twelfth Knight Jackson

    YORK City Knights have pulled off perhaps the biggest signing of all National League clubs with the capture of former Great Britain international Lee Jackson. Chief executive Steve Ferres reckons more quality players will be encouraged to follow Jackson's

  • Free spirit

    WHEN Land Rover decides to design a car it enters the soul of the driver. It addresses all the functional and engineering conundrums to produce a vehicle that drives as well on the rough as it does on the smooth. But more importantly it is able to tap

  • Skipper Curtis out of York's Yarnbury test

    YORK know they will have to stop the rot and quick if they are going to revive their promotion hopes. Back-to-back defeats against Selby and Pontefract have severely dented the club's ambitions but a victory over Leeds-based Yarnbury would give them a

  • Great Star Wars yawn

    LABOUR backbenchers, their blood close to boiling point, had been waiting almost two years for the Government to show its hand on "Son of Star Wars". When the moment finally arrived on Monday, the fireworks failed to go off. But they had not been cowed

  • Great Star Wars yawn

    LABOUR backbenchers, their blood close to boiling point, had been waiting almost two years for the Government to show its hand on "Son of Star Wars". When the moment finally arrived on Monday, the fireworks failed to go off. But they had not been cowed

  • Remembering a loved one

    GOLDEN candle-shaped cards have been sent to everyone who made a donation to the St Leonard's Hospice Light Up A Life appeal. Bereaved relatives and friends were invited to honour a loved one with a light on special Christmas trees at York Railway Station

  • Winter warmer on Ouse

    THE fourth round of the Yorkshire Winter League is the feature event on Sunday. All waters on the Ouse below York will play host to around 80 anglers with Anglers World York looking to extend their lead at the top of the table on their local waters. The

  • Air ambulance aid

    MEMBERS of York Vikings Rotary Club have presented £1,750 to help keep the life-saving Yorkshire Air Ambulance flying high. The money was raised during a charity golf day held at York Golf Club, Strensall, which netted a total of £6,000. A cheque was

  • Horse owners back bid to control weed

    NORTH YORKSHIRE horse owners have thrown their support behind moves to control the spread of poisonous ragwort. Ryedale MP John Greenway has introduced a Private Members' Bill which he hopes will protect horses against the danger of ragwort poisoning.

  • Volunteer steal a march on Open League rivals

    VOLUNTEER took advantage of teams above them without fixtures to go top of York Open League division one. Paul Dixon hit the tons and was well backed by Darren Gray. Bishopthorpe's only point came from the irrepressible Tony Raymond, who slotted a fantastic

  • It's tight at the top

    FOUR teams are locked together in the race for the second division title race in the York John Smith's Men's Darts League. It promises to be an exciting second half of the season after Saddle lost 6-3 to Swan, whose star players were Ged McMahon and Pete

  • Gilbert returns in style

    JEANETTE Gilbert made a successful return to York Badminton League action, partnering Sean Ogley to head the returns 92-25 as Shepherds blanked St John's in Mixed Three. Drax 'C' put in a good team display to beat old rivals Selby Jubilee 'A' 8-1. Rex

  • Archbishop chats with 'the enemy'

    THIS is the moment when one of Britain's most senior clergymen came face-to-face with the devil incarnate - and at a York village school. But the Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, did not appear too upset by this potentially fiery encounter between "

  • Ebdon's double target

    PETER Ebdon is aiming to give himself a Christmas bonus by becoming only the sixth player to complete snooker's big double - world and UK champion in the same year. "It would be a fantastic Christmas if I can do it," he said after beating outsider Robert

  • Rare tea caddy in raffle

    A RARE, limited edition Queen's Jubilee tea caddy is the star item in Malton's St Catherine's Hospice charity shop Christmas raffle, being drawn at 11am tomorrow. Jane Broadbridge, manager of the shop, in Wheelgate, said: "As always we have had a terrific

  • 'Unsafe' food found in shop

    CONSUMER watchdogs found fromage frais and other milk products for sale after their sell-by date in a York area village store, magistrates heard. Trading standards officers were following up a complaint from the public about the Yorkshire Co-operative

  • Dogs 'terrorised' passers-by - court

    A DOG owner whose animals terrorised a quiet country lane has been banned from keeping pets for ten years. Michael Cipriano also faces a £1,200 court bill for his second breach of an order to keep his dog Rocky, a Rottweiler or a Dobermann, under proper

  • Piercer calls for law to govern body art

    A YORK body piercer who holds a Europe-wide recognised professional qualification has called for new legislation to control the body art business. Jon Archibald, who runs York Body Piercing Clinic, in Micklegate, says the fact that piercers can start

  • Rail users praise GNER

    PERFORMANCE figures from York and North Yorkshire train operators were among the few bright spots in a gloomy national rail review. York-based GNER received a major boost after passengers rated it Britain's best long-distance train operator. New Strategic

  • Bingo hall developers are given ultimatum

    THE firm behind a major development on a landmark site in York, which has been built higher than planners allowed, has a month to agree changes to the scheme or face legal action. City of York Council's north-east area planning sub-committee again put

  • Scots promote young Law

    YOUNG York City defender Graeme Law is on the verge of leaping into the Scottish Under-21s squad. Copmanthorpe-based Law, who played four times for Scotland U19s in their failed European Championship qualifying campaign this season, has been included

  • Fettis handling with Kid gloves

    OCTOBER 23, 2001, will hardly go down as the most memorable of dates in the impressive career of York City goalkeeper Alan Fettis. Despite a man-of-the-match display between the sticks, the efforts of the 31-year-old net-minder that night were all in

  • Home free

    IAN Stillman today hugged the family he has been separated from for two years - and thanked Evening Press readers for demanding his freedom. The seriously ill and profoundly deaf charity worker flew home to Britain after his dramatic release from an Indian

  • Devilishly polite

    WHAT did the archbishop say when he came face-to-face with the devil? "Pleased to meet you." That is the Church of England way: good manners at all times. Fortunately, this encounter was not Armageddon, but the Archbishop of York's visit to the Christmas