AN article headed "Drink-drive disabled man jailed" (January 24) included quotes which suggested that the Motability Scheme had behaved irresponsibly by leasing a car to a customer without a valid driving licence, and that the scheme generally was an
A call has gone out today to the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) to put its massive weight behind York business leaders' protests against late postal deliveries. Len Cruddas, chief executive of the York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, wants
IT is interesting to note the growing plague of rubber bands on the pavement of the road where I live and indeed scattered around the pavements of York. Perhaps two of them are "tying the knot" and spawning a "litter" of rubber bands or maybe they are
YOUR coupons deploring the lateness of delivery to businesses in York are still pouring in - and their collective message to Royal Mail is clear: "You may be saving money but it is at our expense. Business practice over years has evolved around the arrival
MAJOR John Hatfield, it was obvious, was a gentleman through and through. He arrived in Scarb-orough in 1792, a tall, well-spoken, well-bred man who apparently had the Duke of Rutland's backing to stand for one of the borough's two Parliamentary seats
MRS Olive Hardy of Rosemary Court wrote concerning the leaflet called Focus (February 2). She refers to the "supposed" involvement of the Liberal Democrats in the installation of double glazed windows on the Navigation Road Estate and the alleygating
Holy Trinity is still providing for the needy, 30 years after redundancy, as LEIGH WETHERALL writes THREE hundred and twenty five years ago, a death in the parish of St Mary Magdalene, Whitechapel, London, was to have a far-reaching, long-lasting effect
I OBJECT most strongly to the RAF's student pilots and navigators being described as "skyhogs" (Letters, January 30). Where else can these young men be trained, other than near their home base? They have to practice their manoeuvres somewhere. Linton
ANY of these boys strike a chord? They were doing just that in York's pubs and clubs back in the city's swinging Sixties. Some of the city's guitar heroes only knew the one chord when they started off, but regular gigs on the circuit soon polished their
A DIP into the postbag is well overdue, and what better time to sit back and enjoy some of your responses to Yesterday Once More than Bank Holiday Monday? Lots of faces to scrutinise in our photographs, but first, we return to the theme of our previous
NO other mass medium comes close to generating the magical memories of the movies. The telly, the wireless, even the theatre do not evoke the same sense of a communal occasion. Back when people went two or three times a week, every trip to those grand
BY Yorkshire standards, Yeoman Williamson is still a relative newcomer to Grosmont. He has, he points out, lived in the North York Moors village for 'only' 50 years. It may seem a little presumptuous of him, then, to have attempted to write a history
THOUSANDS of people flocked to Scarborough over the weekend to make the most of glorious sunny weather. Many of them will have bought a glossy guidebook detailing the history, attractions, hotels and nightlife on offer at the resort. But this week, a
MOTHER Shipton is a legend. Ask anyone about her, and they are likely to scratch together a few facts: witch, prophetess, lived in a cave... Yet despite this fame, no one had undertaken a serious, historical study into her life. Until now. Yorkshire historian
LAST week we journeyed to Bridlington and Scarborough to reminisce about bygone summer holidays. This week we return to the Yorkshire coast for an altogether more swashbuckling tale of pirates on the high seas. These pirates did not brandish cutlasses
THE North Sea coast is again celebrating its maritime history. Last month Whitby welcomed the Grand Turk, the square-rigged fighting frigate made famous by the TV series Hornblower. On Friday she was joined by one of the greatest stars of the sea: HMS
LAST Thursday marked the anniversary of D-Day. Fifty-eight years earlier, the Allied invasion force had landed in Normandy as the long-awaited Operation Overlord got underway; by midnight, 155,000 troops were ashore, for the loss of 9,000 men. Among the
THERE is something marvellous about the way oral history can span the generations, bringing the voices of people long dead back to life. Roland Chilvers gives a beautiful example in the introduction to his new book, A Collection Of Pictures And Memories
THEY don't make 'em like they used to. And this well-worn lament is never more true than when it applies to country crafts. The former army of skilled men and women bodging, weaving and whittling has dwindled to a handful keeping the traditions alive.
WHEN the sun came up over York 60 years ago today, it exposed scenes of devastation. Houses were destroyed, the Guildhall burnt out. The Bar Convent had collapsed, killing five nuns. Pavements were littered with rubble and shattered glass. Huge craters
SOME dates are shorthand for infamy. April 15, 1912, is one: the night when the Titanic sank. It was last century's September 11. Like September 11, disaster came from nowhere; it involved huge loss of life - more than 1,500 people died; and it was a
EVERYONE loves a good mystery, and this one can only be solved by you. Take a look at our main picture this week. Ring a distant bell? Recognise any of the faces? The photograph is from the collection of Walter Hawksby, of Acomb, York. It is a royal occasion
IN the early years of the last century, York's heritage was imperilled by progress. Landmarks across the city were under threat from roads, trams and an over-zealous council. Then along came a doughty and persistent conservationist who fought to save
TRAFFIC on the River Ouse consists almost entirely of pleasure craft these days. From the yachtsmen and women who cruise from Naburn Marina into town to the tourists taking a trip on the White Rose Line, we all adore the river life of leisure. But this
NEW Earswick is not so new any more. This year is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the "garden village", and the centenary celebrations began in appropriate fashion last week with the planting of a commemorative oak tree. More events are planned
GEORGE Hudson was a Victorian fat cat who swindled people out of their cash and heaped shame on the good name of York. George Hudson was the far-sighted entrepreneur who single-handedly transformed York into a thriving, modern city. Two views of the Railway
ELVINGTON Airfield could soon be flying into a new future. The owners have applied for an aerodrome licence, allowing it to take fare-paying passengers for the first time. It is the latest chapter in the history of an airfield which once played a key
THE world was a very different place when the Queen acceded to the throne. Georgian Britain became Elizabethan Britain 50 years ago this week, and although it was the dawning of a new age, it was too soon for the nation to come to terms with the fact.
STEPHEN LEWIS discovers the hangmen of York were less than model citizens ANY delving into the murkier aspects of York's past is bound to yield copious details - some true, some mere legend - about the lives and deaths of the city's two most notorious
RAILTRACK chairman John Robinson has delivered a vicious assault on the Government, launching a salvo of criticism over its handling of the company's demise. Speaking among the proudest remnants of Britain's railway history at the National Railway Museum
THE dream of faster and more comfortable trains to London will be put on hold until 2006. GNER chief executive Christopher Garnett has revealed no new trains will be introduced on the East Coast Main Line until 2006 because the company was only granted
LAST month, to mark its 400th anniversary, the Charity Commission revealed details of some the country's oldest charities. Among them was St Peter's School in York, an institution that can look back over a remarkable 1,300 year history. Although the exact
TRAIN travellers who prefer the sound of silence to the shrill symphony of mobile phone ring tones can now go in peace thanks to the latest move by York-based rail firm GNER. From today, the firm is introducing new quiet coaches on all its East Coast
A RAIL watchdog today savaged the Government's decision to "play the two-year Joker card" over the East Coast line franchise. Jim Beale, chairman of the Rail Passengers Committee for North Eastern England, said there was "widespread disappointment" at
ANGRY MPs and passengers today condemned a "scandalous" Government decision to extend GNER's franchise by only two years. Transport Secretary Stephen Byers went against the Strategic Rail Authority's recommendations for either GNER or Virgin or GNER to
MINISTERS have pledged to announce the winner of the drawn-out battle for the East Coast Mainline franchise within two weeks. Last week, Transport Secretary Stephen Byers insisted he was still weighing up the submissions from GNER and Virgin. Parliament
GNER is poised to clinch the East Coast Main Line franchise, it emerged today. The York-based train operator, supported with more than 2,000 signatures by the Evening Press Back The Bid campaign, is now widely expected to be announced as the Strategic
A GULF War veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome is urging people to rally behind our troops by sending them messages of support through the Evening Press. Marianna Finch, 32, of Cumbrian Avenue, Strensall, York, was a member of the
HUMAN shield Antoinette McCormick, speaking from war-torn Baghdad today, said the message to her from ordinary Iraqis had been: "We hate Bush, but we love Americans." She believes they will resist when the Allies try to take Baghdad. "There is a strong
TWO British soldiers are missing in southern Iraq, and several US marines have been killed in fighting around the city of Nasiriyah, in what has been described as the toughest day so far in the war in the Gulf. The Ministry of Defence would give no details
SALES of bottled water have rocketed in York, as people stockpile emergency supplies - and cope with the warm spring weather. Supermarkets across the city have reported increased sales of bottled water over the past few days, with some stores forced to
FIVE coachloads of York protesters against the war in Iraq joined a major peace march in London. More than 200 people from the city joined over 100,000 who gathered in the capital on Saturday to voice their dismay over the ongoing coalition attacks. Columns
YORK'S traffic nightmare eased today when Cemetery Road reopened to vehicles. The road had been closed for more than four weeks while engineers carried out major repairs to a collapsed sewer. Rush-hour traffic in the Fishergate area has been extremely
ROAD bosses are to adopt traffic chaos solutions put forward by Evening Press readers to help solve the A64 roadworks chaos. Highways Agency chiefs revealed today that they will create an extra lane approaching works on the westbound carriageway of the
THE Evening Press today issues an urgent plea to highways bosses: Get York Moving. The A64 roadworks at Copmanthorpe have led to rush-hour chaos on the dual carriageway and across the city in recent weeks, trapping commuters, shoppers and tourists in
ANTI-war protesters daubed red paint on York's Mansion House and other council buildings to symbolise the blood of those being bombed in Iraq. Members of the York Painters for Peace squirted the removable paint on the steps of the Lord Mayor's official
AN IRAQI living in North Yorkshire was desperately trying to contact his family in Baghdad after Friday night's intense bombardment of the capital. Hadi Chiad, who has three sisters living in Baghdad, said he watched the allied onslaught on TV with growing
YORK-BORN actress Dame Judi Dench is taking centre stage on Sunday night at a Concert For Peace. Dame Judi, who was made an Honorary Freeman of her home city last year, will join stars of opera, theatre, ballet, comedy, music and literature on stage at
BRITISH and American troops may enter Baghdad by Monday, a British military official revealed today. Group Captain Al Lockwood said he hoped Allied Forces would be in the Iraqi capital within the next three or four days. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
TRAFFIC was brought to a standstill in the centre of York last night as peace protesters occupied Ouse Bridge and Museum Street. About 300 people took to the streets following a rally at St Sampson's Square to express their outrage at the war with Iraq
Student protesters today claimed police officers were heavy-handed with them as they were arrested during anti-war demonstrations in York city centre. Three University of York students were taken into custody for obstruction offences as they rallied with
CIVIC heads in Selby and Tadcaster today urged local people to get behind the British troops - even if they were against the war with Iraq. Selby District Council chairman John Bedworth said he was against military action without a second UN resolution
GEORGE WILKINSON takes a walk in the Wolds where frost and sunshine create a winter wonderland NORTH Grimston was blessed with snow on the fields, frost on the hedges and, through the mist, a soft sunlight that glowed on the golden dial of St Nicholas
Police were called to a York school after hundreds of students protesting against war with Iraq spilled out onto a city street. Four pupils aged between 14 and 16 have been excluded from Joseph Rowntree School for two days for "inappropriate behaviour
WOULD-BE human shield Antoinette McCormick has reached Baghdad - just hours before the conflict began. The 38-year-old arrived safe and well at the Palestine Hotel in the Iraqi capital after a long and difficult overland journey from Jordan, her York
SECURITY has been tightened at Westminster amid fears of a terrorist attack linked to the war in Iraq. MPs have been informed of "detailed plans for increased security measures" inside and outside the Houses of Parliament. Updated: 08:33 Thursday, March
THE Labour Party is today at least three members lighter after three York stalwarts burned their membership cards in response to war in Iraq. Gordon Campbell-Thomas and Mick and Sue Hoban said they could not support UK military action without UN backing
The Lord Mayor of York today offered his full support to the servicemen and women from the city who are out in the Gulf. Coun David Horton said "I and the whole of the Civic Party would offer our support to the men and women who are out there, particularly
THE Home Office has set out "simple preventative steps" - like stocking up on bottled water and tinned food - that people should take to guard themselves against possible terror attacks in this country. Though officials say there is currently "no information
GEORGE WILKINSON leads us on a Boxing Day walk where the animals take the scenery - and the walkers - in their stride Friday the 13th we walked a route selected for Boxing Day, but superstition ran like rain off waterproofed backs, and we had a super
GEORGE WILKINSON makes the most of some winter sunshine and enjoys the breathtaking views from the Cleveland Hills The Cleveland Hills sharpened up in watery sunshine and we were delighted to abandon plan B - low level from Guisborough Priory. Crossing
George Wilkinson heads out across Hamer Moor ROSEDALE Abbey deep in the North York Moors is ever so popular. Nearby, tucked away a mile or so to the east, hidden in a roll of moor, is a quite secret and nameless valley. Well, one we had never explored
Grewelthorpe is a nice village near Ripon, and near the quite gruelling but enchanting Hack Fall Woods, which were a popular and picturesque tourist attraction in the 18th and 19th centuries and apparently featured in all the best guides. We left Grewelthorpe
GEORGE WILKINSON witnesses the potato harvest near the village of Scackleton. THE village of Scackleton is long and linear, with two pumps, shaggy sheep, a pond and a hint of an ancient moat. It lies bang in the middle of the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding
George Wilkinson enjoys an Indian Summer walk in Arkengarthdale. This is the last of my three walks in Arkengarthdale, a place I can recommend. The dale is a distance from York, that's why I did it in a midweek-break/saver fashion. Three days of glorious
GEORGE WILKINSON experiences stoat encounters of the furred kind in Arkengarthdale. Arkengarthdale was peaceful, we were at Whaw in the sunshine morning, nothing made a sound and nothing moved except a pair of stoats that scampered on the verge. A mile
GEORGE WILKINSON explores the most northern of the Yorkshire Dales Many thanks to Mark Reid for covering for me and doing the walk the last two weeks. I have been on my travels, to London (not for the march) and then to Arkengarthdale the most northern
Ilkley is one of the most elegant towns in England, a former spa town that has retained the dignified air that would have once attracted the wealthiest people to this "heather spa" in search of a cure during the Victorian and Edwardian era. However, there
While George Wilkinson is away, Mark Reid leads the first of two walks, here setting off in search of John O'Gaunt's Castle THE Washburn Valley is true Dales country, with stoutly-built stone barns and sinuous walls dividing up the fields of deep velvety
FOR perhaps a final fix of the purple heather this season we took ourselves off to Hawnby Moor. North we walked, three abreast, a mile and a half along a dusty track that penetrates and bisects the moor. Part of the territory looks fortified by turret-like
THE landscape backdrop to today's walk is purple heather. The political backdrop is a huge and hugely successful public access arrangement. The land at Bolton Abbey is owned by the Duke of Devonshire who this year publicly apologised for the treatment
GEORGE WILKINSON meets the black-painted Darlington Mummers on his way to a waterfall that inspired Turner We pulled up outside the Green Man just as the black-painted Darlington Mummers boarded their coach. Folk festivals, for this was one - the inaugural
J B Priestley wrote in his English Journey: 'We reached Buckden, towards the head of the Dale, and a notable goal for Bradfordians, who have emptied the barrels at the inn there many a time...'. Seventy years later there were 30 cars in the Upper Wharfedale
ROYAL Ascot at York is a one-off, a first, unprecedented. One of the biggest meetings of the racing year is to be shifted North. Up to 60,000 racegoers from around the country are expected at Knavesmire each day during the 2005 festival. The city will
George Wilkinson heads for the coast at Goldsborough and finds a lovely quiet spot just up the coast from busy Whitby GOLDSBOROUGH is a little village - a farm, a pub, a few old sandstone houses and an expansive sea view wide enough to show the curve
My busman's holiday, this time from Anglesey, with a view from the tent of Snowdonia tapering down to the Lleyn Peninsula, tepid showers and a deafening dawn chorus of Welsh jackdaws. We had come for the Newborough Warren Nature Reserve, one of our favourite
AT THE Lion Inn at Blakey, roadies were setting up sound equipment for outdoor midsummer music on the moors. Just down the road a few yards after Ralph Cross we drove into Westerdale and then to the lovely sheltered car park and picnic spot called Hob
GEORGE WILKINSON works up an appetite with a stroll along the river at Linton WE did this toddle in a fine evening after a longer walk nearby in the southern Dales. Supper was our main objective, and as the pub at Linton is on the Inn Way we felt there
ENVIRONMENT Minister Elliot Morley is to visit Ryedale next week to view work on the Malton and Norton flood defences. Work started this week after the Yorkshire Flood Liaison Committee and DEFRA agreed funding for the project. The minister, who last
FUNDING for flood defences across Yorkshire looks set to be plunged into further crisis next month. The York and North Yorkshire representative on the Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee predicted today that - for the second year running - members
George Wilkinson goes in and out of cloud as he walks on Thimbleby Moor above Osmotherley WE sat in the car on Thimbleby Moor above Osmotherley as the rain lashed the windscreen. Cloud at one thousand foot smeared out the top of Black Hambleton, the nearest
SERIAL seekers of wild floral shows, if you have done the daffs and the bluebells and have a taste for pink then head out now from York, for just one mile, and see the docks in bloom on Fulford Ings. A better bet than the 'retro-hippy' dandelions at this
Today's walk could have been made for the Moorsbus Service. A short ride from Helmsley takes you to the top of Newgate Bank in Bilsdale and then you can walk back to the town over moors and through the bluebell valley of Riccal Dale using newly designated
ONE year on from the flooding which devastated North Yorkshire, an MP revealed today he is pressing for a major change in the way flood defences are funded. York MP Hugh Bayley said he wanted regional flood committees to have the powers to set precepts
MPs Hugh Bayley and Anne McIntosh have secured a Ministerial meeting to discuss the need for millions of pounds of flood defence work in North Yorkshire. Floods Minister Elliot Morley agreed to face-to-face talks after being pressed by the MPs in a Commons
Many thanks to Evening Press reader Shamuna Aslam for the gist of this gourmet's gambol to Helmsley via Harome. Rather than gamble on the buses I have started you at Oswaldkirk, which is served by Moorsbuses from York, Helmsley and elsewhere. We began
Bolton Abbey is one of my favourite starts, a sentiment shared by the populace; there were more walkers than I have seen all year. This, my fourth visit for the Evening Press, was for a newish route up the Valley of Desolation and a little-publicised
DEFENDING York against future flooding could cost as much as £11 million - and the Environment Agency admits such funding may be difficult to secure. The agency's calculations emerged as Yorkshire householders were warned today they may need to stump
Yorkshire hopes of a white rose triumph in this year's UK Snooker Championship vanished as Leeds star Paul Hunter's sudden loss of form continued yesterday and he went out 9-4 to former world champion Ken Doherty, last year's UK beaten finalist. Trailing
EXPERTS are to be quizzed tonight by councillors looking into the issues surrounding flooding in York. Representatives of the Environment Agency and Yorkshire Water Services have agreed to attend the third meeting of City of York Council's floods scrutiny
DEFENDING champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is biting mad as he starts his second match in this year's PowerHouse UK Snooker Championship in York tonight. Despite beating rank outsider Adrian Gunnell 9-2 in his first match at the Barbican Centre, O'Sullivan
VICTORIA Ellis recently did an Evening Press walk on the North York Moors near the Hole of Horcum. There has been a fuss about it. A walker has phoned the paper complaining that her party was turned off the route; farmers have phoned the paper complaining
THE best disabled snooker players in Britain duel for UK glory at the Barbican Centre on Wednesday morning. The four who featured in the finals of the Disability Sport England (DSE) Snooker Championship will give a repeat performance of those finals.
A VOTE for an Independent councillor is a free vote and a free voice, says long-serving Selby councillor Maurice Patrick. Farmer Mr Patrick, spokesman for the district council's Independent group, was speaking ahead of the local elections on May 1. He
HUNDREDS of North Yorkshire residents turned up to an event aimed at helping them shore up their defences against flooding. Led by North Yorkshire County Council, the "flood fair" saw more than 40 exhibitors displaying products aimed at protecting homes
THE gloves came off today in Selby's local election campaign as the Labour and Conservative Parties launched their manifestos. The district council's Labour group vowed to tackle anti-social behaviour, while the Tories pledged to crack down on council
GEORGE WILKINSON is back on his feet and makes the most of a late-winter snowfall Snow, a rare treat, and to make the most of it, to avoid any chance of slush, we changed our plan, from the gentle hills around Coxwold to the high ground of Bransdale.
A GROUP of independently-minded York election candidates today urged voters to "dump the dinosaurs" - and vote Independent. Les Marsh, spokesman for the Clifton-based Independent group, says that two decades of Labour council rule have left York ready
Victoria Ellis enjoys a smashing walk on a newly discovered track If you have driven the Pickering to Whitby road you might have noticed enticing countryside in the northeast quarter about a mile before you reach the Hole of Horcum. The latest edition
With the local elections looming, the scramble for your votes is hotting up. The three main City of York party leaders explain why you should choose them... Dave Merrett, Labour Running a successful council requires a broad vision, local focus and determination
Fantastic views are your reward when you brave the contours out of Clay Bank, says VICTORIA ELLIS There is a choice of car parks today. The big one on the top of Clay Bank offers, as a backdrop to boot lacing, the majesty of the Cleveland Plain. But for
Today's eight-mile route is a splendid way to stride into the New Year. We started at Pateley Bridge, crossed the River Nidd and took the quiet back road through the village of Bewerley. The next half-hour is a slog uphill and part of a popular little
VICTORIA ELLIS suggests the perfect walk for Boxing Day to help clear away the post-Christmas cobwebs This is a walk for Boxing Day, and has the following characteristics - easy strolling, pubs at the start/finish and halfway round, simple navigation
York's Place Research Centre published a booklet last month called A Guide To The Wetland Heritage Of the Vale Of Pickering. I just had to go out and have a look and chose the carrs and ings (one-time marshlands, reedswamps or whatever) south of West
FIVE years ago Infocom at the York Science Park was a start-up funded by £100,000 of private investment and four staff. Now it is a highly successful, profitable enterprise technology services provider to worldwide clients with 150 clients and a turnover
VICTORIA ELLIS takes in the medieval ruins along the Magna Via from Helmsley We drive north out of the centre of Helmsley, not as usual on the busy Bilsdale road, but on a more ancient parallel highway. It is the Magna Via, first recorded in 1145. We
YOU'VE got to tip your hard hat to the founder of the booming York company, Guildford Construction Ltd. As a builder to his toecaps, John Guildford, knows that the forecast of £7 million turnover was achieved on good foundations made rock solid through
Hold Caldron is one of my sweetest childhood haunts. Arriving here has a magic, as the quiet back road twists round a corner and suddenly dips steep into another world, and then stops at the bottom, deep in a lovely valley, at a stone bridge over a river
YORK Gift Hampers, that wonderful marriage of tradition and technology, was a finalist in last year's awards. Can it succeed again in the Innovative Use of New Technology category? And can its new venture win the New Business of the Year? The fine foods
IF YOU travel out of Helmsley on the Scarborough road, you soon slip through two little villages squeezed together, Beadlam then Nawton. The pair persist as separate identities which is confusing. Every reference book has two sets of entries. In 1754
THERE has been a massive leap in imagineering and next year it will be even greater. This is the fourth year since Production Imagineers Ltd, of Elvington, began trading. Now its order book for creating interior themes, theatre sets, scenic backdrops,
CONVERGENT Telecom Limited, which, with 225 staff, is one of the biggest employers in Pocklington, is setting its sights on the Innovative Use of New Technology Award. Tony Farmer, chief executive, believes that his firm's latest product, SmartLinx is
A ROAD-building and haulage business in Thirsk has since diversified into such a model of waste disposal, recycling and management that it is pitching for our Best Environmental Company of the Year. The 30 people working at Todd Waste Management, on the
Grosmont is this week's destination for George Wilkinson. Today we have a triangular route on high moor with terrific views out in all directions, and the triangle filled with heather. A short walk that would combine nicely with a few hours at Whitby
WHEN brothers Richard and Ross Stewart pooled their talents to form a company in Selby more than a year ago, it not only "had legs" - it had wheels. Their firm, Chequers Transport Services, based in a 4,000sq ft warehouse (used for short-term storage
WITH a name like Acute Marketing, Nick Eggleton expects his York business to take sudden tangents, but in his case they are always on an upward path. Nick had to issue a quick update on his entry for the Evening Press Business Awards, both in the Growth
SHEPPEE International Ltd, the Elvington firm with a lotta bottle was last year's Exporter Of The Year. Can it do the double? In spite of the strength of sterling, its exports of engineered products for the hot glass container industry all over the world
Victoria Ellis takes in the views on a walk along the coast from Scarborough. The car park took a bit of finding, being curiously unsigned, but when I pulled up it would have been worth the drive just to sit there and enjoy the views of Scarborough Castle
VICTORIA ELLIS temporarily takes over from George Wilkinson, who is incapacitated, and leads a walk to Cawthorne. Cawthorne Camp on a midweek morning was busy with walkers and dog walkers and lorries delivering topsoil. In the first century you might
IN only seven years Clive Owen & Company has become one of the top firms of chartered accountants and business advisers in the York area - and it believes in training with a passion Good enough reason for the firm, which in March had to move from
IT'S tough starting out in the crowded estate agency business, even in boomtime. No one knew that better than Lesley Beattie who, having closed one chapter of her life as founder of Friends Estate Agency in York, opened another with Quantum last November
George Wilkinson is enchanted by an evening stroll around Nunnington NUNNINGTON had already settled in for the evening, Nunnington Hall resting after its daily flux of visitors. The River Rye was running in clear, just a little coloured. A touch of breeze
George Wilkinson discovers a walk full of interest through Roman remains at Malton. Today we have a super little easy wander, chock-a-block with interest, straight out from the market town of Malton. Derventio, a Roman fort site, makes a good start. Once
ENTRANTS in the Evening Press Business of the Year 2001 do not come much bigger than Persimmon plc, the York-based housebuilder which boasts 4,453 employees nationally. And not one of them would be surprised that the firm, which is based at Persimmon
NO sooner had Saville Audio Visual, of Millfield Lane, Nether Poppleton, submitted its entry for the Evening Press Business of the Year Awards when it found itself playing a major role in international preparations in the aftermath of the U.S. terrorist
Bass Brewers, which employs 123 people at the Tower Brewery, Tadcaster, keeps up the good work which earned the company so much praise as finalists of last year's Evening Press Business Awards. Once again, the brewery is seeking the Best Environmental
APPLAUD Jane and Martin Nordli for making a huge success of facing the ruin .of history Or rather - what a luxurious haven they have made of The Abbey Inn smack opposite the gothic curves and ragged shapes of Byland Abbey in Coxwold whose ruins are testimony
OF all the millions of labels produced by Sessions of York, the huge label printing and application machinery company on a five-acre site in Huntington, York, there is one yet to be worn by the firm itself - the Evening Press Exporter of the Year. Its
IN WHAT now seems the olden days, workers would "punch a card" or clock-in. Then came family-owned Mitrefinch, of York, to blaze a new trail by creating the first-ever computerised time-recording system. That was in 1979. Since then the Mitrefinch clocking-in
TIME machines, it seems, are big business. Past Forward Limited, the York exhibition-maker which uses 21st century techniques to transport us all into history, proves the point. Its reputation for interpreting history using the latest multi-media techniques
EVERYONE has gasped at the speed with which CPP - Card Protection Plan - has become one of the biggest employers in York, operating out of its new £10 million flagship HQ at Holgate Park. Now the company, which at the latest count has 1,100 on the payroll
A NO-COMPROMISE yet empathetic approach to recruitment is paying dividends for York-based executive search specialist Beresford Kane Associates, which is pitching to win the Evening Press Small Business of the Year category. Since Steven Matsell and Maura
BUILDING communities is a matter of action, not talk for Phil Bixby, of York. Mr Bixby is the sole proprietor of Constructive Individuals, an architectural firm in Holgate Road which specialises in advising whole communities about how to make a better
It's not just that York-based Corus Rail Consultancy has almost doubled its staff - from 195 to 350 - since it moved into the private sector from British Rail that makes it a strong contender for the Growth Business of the Year category. It is the high-tech
SALEEM AKHTAR, the man who has built up an expanding chain of Asian restaurants across the region, is spicing up the Evening Press Business Awards. As leader of a family business of eight restaurants and takeaways in York, Harrogate, Flaxton and Bradford
NEARLY three years ago when Maureen Ryan, then aged 53, was suddenly, shockingly, made redundant she promised herself that from now on she would never work at anything she did not enjoy. So, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, she began Phoenix Training
AFTER all the risk taking and emotional turbulence, the struggle to raise capital and the careful networking, David Horner & Co, York-based business recovery and insolvency specialist, is not only up and running but pitching for the title of New Business
FEW organisations could have had more of an impact on York than the 127-year-old firm of family builders, William Birch & Son. Time and again it has changed the skyline of the city and beyond with its new schools, factories, churches, houses and shops
AS the sighted child of blind parents Gareth Owens has always regarded the task of translating complexities into simple language as his birthright. Even while studying physics he discovered he could communicate scientific research into simple language
Workers laboured into the early hours to make sure York awoke to see its Millennium Bridge proudly in position. The river reopened after a 30-hour closure at 6am, with the new 310-ton bridge secured three hours earlier. After a meticulous operation the
ANTICIPATION was written on the faces of Millennium Bridge watchers as they squinted in the autumn sun and waited ... and waited ... and waited for York's new superstructure to glide into place. The engineers never promised it would be a fast show. And
Malton and Norton kept their hopes of a third successive promotion well and truly alive with an emphatic 34-10 victory over fourth-placed Keighley. The win keeps Malton in pole position with a four-point advantage over their nearest Yorkshire One challengers
HOSTS Moortown took advantage of the atrocious conditions to consign York RI to their fifth Yorkshire Three defeat in a row. It all started badly for RI with a dropped pass in the fifth minute hacked through for a score. Five minutes later the move was
REVIVED Selby accounted for a strengthened Cleckheaton 2nd XV 27-18 in a re-arranged club game. The hosts took a second-minute lead with a penalty by Toby Pemberton after Cleckheaton were caught offside. Direct running by winger Martin Protheroe and No
Harrogate deserved more than a National Two 13-13 draw from a forward-dominated game against in-form Nuneaton. Harrogate played with a strong wind behind them in the first half, which gave them territorial advantage. Harrogate fly-half Matt Duncombe controlled
NEW Earswick All Blacks enjoyed a second memorable York and District Cup win of the season over Heworth with a 20-16 triumph at a windy White Rose Avenue. All Blacks, a Yorkshire League club, had beaten their Arriva Trains Conference rivals at the start
DRIVERS who take their vehicles across York's newest bridge are set to be blocked by new laws. City of York councillors will be asked to ban motor vehicles from New Walk, the riverside footpath from the Blue Bridge up to Fulford, and the Millennium Bridge
YORK City Knights coach Richard Agar is in two minds about who he wants to get in the next round of the Powergen Challenge Cup. The Knights put themselves into the hat with a 28-8 defeat of French champions Villeneuve at Huntington Stadium yesterday,
YORK'S shiny new Millennium Bridge may have opened in a blaze of publicity this week, but residents living nearby think its glaring night-time lights are not such a bright idea. Anne Tracy, a teacher at All Saints School, who lives in Finsbury Avenue
Two communities from either side of the Ouse were united today with the opening of York's Millennium Bridge. Residents from the Fulford Road and Fishergate area met up on the crossing with their counterparts from the South Bank and Bishopthorpe Road district
York's Millennium Bridge will finally open today - in time for the Easter holidays. The Lord Mayor, Councillor Shan Braund, will cut a ribbon at 10:45am to officially open the foot and cycle bridge over the River Ouse this morning. The York Millennium
THE Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations in York got off to a cracking start with a weekend of colourful events in the city. Bunting, balloons and Union flags were draped across York as people came together to celebrate the Queen's 50 years on the throne
The nation's biggest ever sing-song will take place when the Beatles' classic All You Need Is Love rings round the country on Monday. Following the success of the massed performance of Lou Reed's Perfect Day in 2000, Sir Paul McCartney has endorsed the
JUBILEE Bank Holiday Monday is party day throughout the UK, and at the heart of the celebrations in North Yorkshire is BBC Music Live, bringing the music to the party. BBC North Yorkshire and City of York Council, the organisers of York Live 2002, are
ROYALIST and photographer Jim Wilson took these pictures of the Queen while she was staying at her Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Although she is the most photographed woman in the world, Mr Wilson, a former president of the York Camera Club, does not
THE Queen's association with York Minster continued in the 1980s. After celebrating the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Kent there in 1961, and distributing the Maundy Money there in 1972 she toured the great church again in November 1988. This was
YORK had a long wait to see the Queen after her visit in 1988. The city did not host the sovereign during the Nineties, but that only heightened the sense of expectation when it was announced she would tour York on July 27, 2000. Cheering crowds greeted
LUCKY couple Darren and Jayne King are in for a right royal weekend after winning tickets to one of the Queen's Jubilee garden parties at Buckingham Palace. Darren and Jayne, of Wigginton, York, won the pair of tickets by ringing a special telephone line
A NORTH Yorkshire woman who discovered she had a long-lost cousin is to join her in London for a special Queen's Golden Jubilee celebration. Susan Chadwick, from Newton-on-Ouse, is to attend a luncheon, hosted by Gloria Hunniford, at Hampton Court. Mrs
YORK and North Yorkshire have welcomed the Queen on many occasions during the first five decades of this Elizabethan age. Her first official visits came before she acceded to the throne. Princess Elizabeth toured North Yorkshire's air bases in 1944, including
On June 22, the Queen will become the fourth longest-reigning monarch in 1,000 years of English history. That is the day when she will overtake Edward III who died in 1377 after 50 years and 148 days as king. Then, only Queen Victoria, George III and
SHE was not born to be Queen. Until her uncle's scandalous love affair rocked the monarchy, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was destined to spend her life a step removed from the heavy burdens of sovereignty. Her royal pedigree, however, could never be questioned
THE past came alive in a memorabilia shop which celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Staff at Past Times, in Castlegate, York, dressed in 1950s costumes and offered old-fashioned prices as they knocked ten per cent off everything that was bought. Customers
A LUCKY York man has won a once-in-a-lifetime trip to watch the spectacular Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations in London. Tony Reeves, of Queenswood Grove, will enjoy the festivities with his family from a special vantage point outside Buckingham Palace
AN ADVISORY service in York has been handed a £10,000 grant to set up a new project to help young people affected by crime. Citizens Advice Bureau, based in Micklegate, will set up the volunteer-based scheme to tackle the pressure on families faced with
A MILITARY couple brought their York wedding plans forward because of the increasing threat of war in the Gulf. Corporal Leah Sandys-Parsons, 28, is on 24-hour stand-by to be flown to the region within two weeks as a member of the Catterick-based Royal
A YORK couple told today why they are backing their daughter's plans to become a human shield in Iraq. John and Mairi McCormick - who both served in the Second World War - say they do not believe an American attack on Iraq would be a just war. The couple
BRITAIN is honouring its courageous war heroes by helping them remember their fallen comrades. Second World War veterans from York, North and East Yorkshire will be given the chance to revisit battlefields and remember their brothers-in-arms through a
HUNDREDS of reservists could be sent to Strensall Barracks for medical training as part of military preparations for war with Iraq. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon was today expected to announce the mobilisation of 7,000 reservists, along with the deployment
RAPID-FIRE Malton Bacon Factory could hardly have been quicker off the mark as they moved into second place of the Leeper Hare York and District premier division. En route to bagging second place after a 3-0 win at Dunnington, they needed only 50 seconds
IF you are at home during the day, salespeople assume you are a complete moron. This might seem a little extreme, but it is the only feasible explanation I can come up with for their behaviour whenever I open my door to them at 11 o'clock on a Wednesday
VISCOUNT Mountgarret, the former Yorkshire Cricket Club president who once hit the headlines for shooting at a hot air balloon, has collapsed and died at the wheel of his car. Lord Richard Mountgarret, 67, from South Stainley, near Harrogate, collapsed
A YORK schoolgirl has had her nipple pierced at the age of 14, it emerged today. News that the unnamed girl had undergone the procedure was revealed by council officials as they launched a city-wide campaign to warn of the dangers of unregulated piercing
A COUNCIL tax rise of 9.33 per cent is set to be approved in York. The rise is set to take a band D bill above £1,000 for the first time, to about £1,074. The council's share of the band D bill is £852 with the total police precept about £171 a year.
A ROYAL Marine has returned safely from Iraq to his ecstatic York family - and told how he cheated death on the battlefield. Acting Corporal Robert Barnett, whose mother and sisters wept tears of joy as they were reunited with him at York Station, said
YORK-BASED soldiers have returned to the city after serving in Iraq. The party of 40 soldiers from 2 Signals Regiment arrived at Imphal Barracks at 1am yesterday for a joyful reunion with their families and loved ones. They were among the first wave of
THESE young people from York took to the hills to make their point about the Iraqi war. The students at Bootham School are training for an expedition to the Moroccan Atlas mountains later this year. One of their training expeditions took them over the
UNARGUABLY the biggest indication of how relieved table-topping Hull City were to take maximum points at the KC Stadium on Saturday was 18,000 home fans baying for referee Michael Atkinson to blow the final whistle. The Tigers' supporters realised their
CALLS for soldiers serving in Iraq to be exempt from council tax have been made by a North Yorkshire mother. Frances Ellerker, from Shipton-by-Beningbrough, whose son, Daniel, is currently serving in the Gulf, said it was unfair that soldiers were expected
YORKSHIRE'S universities will suffer an escalating 'brain drain' if controversial pay proposals go ahead, the Association of University Teachers (AUT) has warned. The AUT believes that up to 2,000 academics could leave the UK each year if a pay offer
A FIERCE battle was said to be raging today on the banks of the River Tigris, as US Marines battled with Saddam Hussein loyalists around a mosque where it was rumoured the dictator himself may be hiding. One Marine was reported killed in the fighting,
ANTI-WAR protesters marched outside RAF Fylingdale in their latest demonstration for peace on Saturday. About 60 people marched through the bridleway towards the early warning station. Neil Bye, 43, said: "The turn-out wasn't as good as we'd expected,
NOT even war could hold this couple back from marriage, as they proved at York register office. Elaine Reed, 32, of Stillingfleet, and Paul Watson, 29, from Harrogate, were devastated when their wedding plans faced ruin by the news that Paul, a senior
DURING more than 20 years as a journalist, Peter Davenport was a skilled observer and an expert in instant communication of complex facts - some of them as dramatic as Bloody Sunday in Ireland, the Lockerbie plane disaster and the hunt for the Yorkshire
SPEND £5.5 million on revamp plans for an hotel, and the results are bound to make their mark not only on the venture but the whole area. That is just what happened at the luxury Aldwark Manor Hotel, near Alne, once Newcastle businessman Brad Holbrook
A FIERCE battle was today raging in the heart of Baghdad after an American armoured column smashed its way into the Iraqi capital. US troops were said to have seized three presidential palaces and raised the American flag over one of them, and reporters
HERE is the best slice of independent business advice you are likely to get: There's life - and success - after Sun Life. Ask Alan Cook, 51-year-old managing partner of Pentagon Financial Services LLP, of The Grange, in Wheldrake Lane, Elvington, York
WHILE other dotcoms are being ground into the dust under the heel of disillusionment, the York-based shoe-shop.com is not only alive and kicking - but virtually tap dancing... Perhaps a major reason for its success was the fact that it was founded by
WHEN Jade Whitby and Laura Buckle took to the streets to demonstrate their support for British forces in the Gulf, they were marching for love. Jade's boyfriend of six months, Matt Goodman, has been with the Marines in the region since January, and Laura's
VIVACIOUS Elizabeth Liddle is so busy helping other people run the administrative side of their businesses that she hardly has time for her own administration. "So I know what it's like," laughs this 25-year-old farmer's daughter who runs her Rapport
A YORK Territorial Army soldier has been airlifted back to Britain from Iraq after being injured in action. An Army spokeswoman said the soldier had been treated briefly in hospital before being discharged. She declined to name the soldier, saying it
WITHIN a year of opening on the ground floor of the splendid Gateforth Hall near Selby, Restaurant Martel scooped three Restaurant of the Year awards. Now Martel Smith, the mere 22-year-old head chef and proprietor of that illustrious place beyond the
AMERICAN troops were said today to have seized Baghdad's airport after bitter overnight fighting. A US intelligence officer at the scene said that American ground forces had seized "probably 80 per cent" of the large airport site, but stressed that every
MOTORISTS are facing another three weeks of congestion and delays on the A64 near York. The Highways Agency has warned that the dual carriageway will be restricted to a single lane in each direction until Friday, May 3. A spokeswoman said the restrictions
MOTORISTS suffered extensive delays last night as they battled through York's busiest roads. Day trippers who were thinking of heading to York or to the coast were also expected to be caught in traffic congestion today. Westbound traffic on the York outer
STUDENTS will take to the streets on Friday to show their support for British troops fighting in Iraq. A group from York St John College will march from the Students' Union, through the city centre to the Minster, waving "Back our Boys" banners and posters
YORK is set for another six months of traffic misery next year after highways chiefs ruled out extra lanes at the A64 roadworks. This autumn's crippling congestion on the dual carriageway and across the city centre has largely been caused by the single-lane
AMERICAN ground forces have been taking on Iraq's Republican Guard in fierce battles south of Baghdad. The US troops became engaged with the Iraqi elite forces at Kerbala, 70 miles south-west of Baghdad, from about midnight British time. They were supported
YORK mother and daughter Nellie and Georgina Barber are flying the flag for "our boys" in Iraq - by wearing special badges wherever they go. Georgina, who lives in Hawthorn Avenue, New Earswick, said the white badges proclaim the message "I Support Our
We asked people all over the world to send us their messages of support for our troops. As DAVID LOWE reports, the response has been overwhelming. MESSAGES of support for British troops in the Gulf have been flooding in to the Evening Press internet site
SEVEN Iraqi women and children were killed when American forces opened fire on a van which allegedly failed to stop at a checkpoint. US sources said the vehicle, which was found to contain a total of 13 women and children, continued heading towards the
Ambitious plans for a year-long push to turn York into Britain's Energy City have come to an end. Adam Nichols finds out if it took off. TWELVE months ago the remnants of an ice Minster dripped in the August sunshine, the detail melted into a slushy heap
YOUNG people from the cast of York Grand Opera House's musical Annie came out in force to demonstrate the effect York residents have on the environment. York MP Hugh Bayley joined the group to create an enormous "footprint" at King's Court,York. The demonstration
THE Evening Press is bringing good news to the environment with green deliveries. The company, one of the partners in the PlanetYork project aimed at making the city the UK's most energy-efficient, has added a green delivery vehicle to its fleet. The
A SILENT column of peace protesters marched to a York market before holding a symbolic "die-in" in solidarity with civilians killed in the Iraqi war. More than 200 protesters marched from the Museum Gardens to Newgate Market, where scores threw themselves
MODEL Alison Richards left male passers-by hot and flustered when she delivered an energy-o-gram to a York store. Clad only in her underwear, Alison launched PlanetYork's Turn Down The Heat campaign in Brown's department store, Davygate. The year-long
TWO York brothers and their families are proudly flying the flag to send a strong message of support to Allied soldiers serving in the Gulf. Andrew Gibson, of Tang Hall, and brother Martin, of Acomb, are to hold a weekly flag and banner demonstration
Have you taken the pledge? Here are some of the pledges people have made to the PlanetYork campaign. Park Grove School, Park Grove - reduce energy consumption and teach pupils about efficiency Haxby Road Primary School, Haxby Road - set up systems to
Pickering Town were turned over by two injury time goals after leading Northern Counties East League premier division rivals Goole for more than 60 minutes. Centre-half Rob Eels fired Pickering ahead in the 28th minute, but Goole hit back in the dying
THE second Gulf War has ended early for an Army medic from York, after he was rushed out of Iraq suffering pneumonia. Sergeant Giles Farrington was taken to a Greek-based RAF hospital and is now back in England after coming down with the illness before
A GROUP of residents from two York villages made their views on the war in Iraq known when they joined forces for a peace vigil. The event, organised by Churches Together in New Earswick and Huntington, took place at New Earswick Green yesterday. Members
LICENSEES David and Sally-Anne Smith are calling time on energy waste as their pub becomes the first to sign up to PlanetYork. The Royal Oak, in Goodramgate, York, is expected to slash its energy consumption by ten per cent in the next year after the
THIS is the van that is helping the York Housing Association clean up its act. The vehicle, leased from City of York Council, is being used by the organisation after it signed up to PlanetYork. The year-long project aims to make the city the United Kingdom's
IRAQI officials claim an Allied missile has struck a market in Baghdad, killing 58 people. As television pictures showing the aftermath of the alleged attack were flashed across Arab countries by satellite TV stations, American military sources said they
YORK Housing Association has cleaned up its transport act by taking on a new Liquid Petroleum Gas-powered van. The vehicle will be used by property maintenance worker Tony Easton who tours the group's 500 properties across York. It combines with the company's
NORTH YORKSHIRE parents of soldiers out in Iraq have told how they feel isolated and lacking in support as they worry for the safety of their sons. They have said their plight would be eased if they could meet up with other soldiers' relatives, and share
EUROPEAN visitors are making their anti-war feelings felt - by not coming to York. The tourism industry in York is suffering a double blow from the war in Iraq as, besides the fall in American visitors, the country is now suffering a backlash of anti-war
MARGARET WELBURN knows only too well the anxiety of service families in wartime. The York mother has not one but two sons who are fighting in the Gulf. She is so concerned for Russell, 22, and Nicholas, 25, that she sometimes cannot bring herself to watch
GULF war veteran Terry Walker has criticised British and American top brass for adopting a "softly-softly" approach to the Iraq war. Terry, who lives at Wheldrake, claimed lives have been lost because Britain has only one Armoured Brigade out in the Gulf
York lifecoach JOHN PATTERSON argues we can all manage our stress and anger - even Cabinet ministers. "LIAR or idiot" screams the headline on my tabloid newspaper next to a picture of Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon. He had just told MPs he did not think
NORTH YORKSHIRE schoolchildren turned their thoughts to the war in Iraq when they took part in a poignant trip to some of Europe's battlefields. Upper school pupils from Ryedale School spent a week in Belgium, visiting battlefields as part of a tour organised
HUMAN shield Antoinette McCormick was today leaving Baghdad for Syria after being told she could no longer stay on her tourist visa. But the 38-year-old told the Evening Press by phone from the Hotel Palestine she intended getting a shield visa when she
TONY Blair today said large numbers of Iraqis were waiting to revolt against Saddam Hussein, amid reports of an uprising in Basra. Speaking in the Commons, the Prime Minister said it was important for allied forces to give support to ordinary Iraqis desperate
IRAQ was today claiming it had suffered "many casualties" after two missiles allegedly hit a busy market place in Baghdad. Officials from the Iraqi information ministry were reporting that the market was hit during a Coalition air raid today in the north
A YORK-BORN servicewoman has been preparing troops for conflict in Iraq - by checking the health of their teeth. Jane Nottingham, 46, has just become the first female dentist in the RAF to be promoted to the rank of Group Captain and she is also the only
THE parents of freed deaf charity campaigner Ian Stillman have publicly thanked all those who helped to secure their son's release from prison in India. Roy and Monica Stillman expressed their "immense" gratitude when they spoke to an audience of about
TONY Blair today signalled the start of a bloody battle for Baghdad, as Allied aircraft pounded units of Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard. Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, the Prime Minister confirmed coalition troops were now just
CHRIS TITLEY charts the special relationship York holds for the Royal who used to bear the city's name... ON APRIL 26 1923 a very "special relationship'' began. It was the day Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon became the Duchess of York by marrying Albert, second
British forces have blocked an attempted breakout by Iraqi armour at Basra, it was reported today. British armour backed up by helicopters was said to have destroyed between five and seven Iraqi tanks. Up to 50 Iraqi tanks were said to have taken part
Pensioners at a York community unit were among those flying the flag for the Queen Mother's landmark celebration today. About 20 people who attend Acomb Gables, in Oak Rise, Acomb, for day care were joining in a big birthday bash this afternoon. Later
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
THE family of a disabled charity worker freed from the hell of an Indian jail can now celebrate Christmas together for the first time in seven years. As Ian Stillman, 52, stepped from his cell in India's Himalayan foothills and hugged his wife, Sue, and
Queen Mum fanatics Lesley North and her mother Pamela Byers were today staging a right royal party in their living room. The pair iced three cakes and purchased tiaras and Union Jacks to add to a Queen Mother tea towel, commemorative mugs and other collectibles
North Yorkshire centenarians today congratulated the Queen Mother on becoming a member of their distinguished club. Annie Worcester, of Westminster House Nursing Home, York, who celebrated her 100th birthday last October, also lived through two world
FOREIGN Secretary Jack Straw has told the family of deaf charity worker Ian Stillman he wants to see him freed from an Indian jail. In the first meeting with his relatives since Ian was jailed three years ago, Mr Straw said all parties wanted to see an
THE FAMILY of deaf charity worker Ian Stillman is planning to fly to India as fears for his health worsen. Ian, 51, is spending his third year in jail after being convicted of cannabis possession - a charge he has always denied. Ian, whose parents live
DEAF charity worker Ian Stillman is being visited in prison by a Delhi diabetes expert, amid fears that freezing conditions could kill him. Ian, 52, whose parents live in Tadcaster Road, York, and who had a leg amputated after a road accident, is serving
MORE than 150 supporters of deaf charity worker Ian Stillman gathered outside the Indian High Commission in London to protest about his imprisonment. Campaigner David Buxton, of Christian Deaf Link, organised the protest which took place yesterday. Ian
INDIAN press reports claiming deaf charity worker Ian Stillman has been refused a presidential pardon are the latest part in a campaign against him, his family said today. Ian's brother-in-law Jerry Dugdale said the British Foreign Office had told him
INDIA'S representative in Britain has met the family of jailed deaf charity worker Ian Stillman. His parents Roy and Monica, who live in Tadcaster Road, York, joined with the rest of their family to speak with Indian High Commissioner Ronen Sen. They
IT'S meltdown. That was one Labour activist's view even before the result was announced in English Martyrs' School. The poll there was to decide the three candidates for Holgate - York's most marginal ward at the last election, writes Matthew Woodcock
TORIES in Selby were celebrating today after taking control following the district council elections - and adding to a night of misery for Labour in York and North and East Yorkshire. The Conservatives secured 23 of the 41 seats in Selby to return to
A LANDSLIDE local election result saw the Liberal Democrats sweep to power in York - an outcome that also saw the Conservatives wiped out and the city's first Green Party councillors elected. The new council has 29 Liberal Democrats, 15 Labour, no Conservatives
YORK education chiefs have made the replacement of crumbling classrooms at a York school a top priority - despite a failed bid for Government funding - and are set to allocate an extra £30,000 to the scheme. But plans to set aside a further £1.5 million
Only two days of campaigning are left before York's crucial city council election. In the latest of a series of articles, Political Reporter Richard Edwards questions the leaders of the four largest parties, this time on York's congestion problems Gridlock
LIFELONG Labour supporters in York are deserting the party in the wake of the war in Iraq. One long-term Labour supporter and election candidate, Gordon Campbell-Thomas, has already publicly burned his party membership card because of the war. Now, three
LABOUR'S local election candidates joined the crowds to meet the voters at York's late-night shopping event. Sitting and would-be councillors, including City of York Council executive members, were among the swarm of shoppers enjoying the sunshine in
Former Yorkshire CCC president, Viscount Mountgarret, who guided the club through some of its stormiest years, has died suddenly at the age of 67. Viscount Mountgarret, of Stainley House, near Ripon, was found slumped in his car on Saturday evening on
FLOOD stricken Ryedale residents could face not one, but two more flooding seasons before proper defences are completed, the Evening Press can reveal. Environment Agency bosses have admitted that a £4.1 million scheme to protect Malton and Norton may
TEACHERS at a York school had to block their school gates to prevent students staging a walkout for peace. Pupils at Fulford School and at others around York were today threatening to stage an anti-war protest hours after the stand-off. Fulford School
