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  • Magee release is scandalous

    THE release of Paul Magee had a sickening inevitability about it. No matter how hard the family of his victim Glenn Goodman campaigned, no matter how many worthies they met, their message never got through. For eight years they have reiterated the same

  • Pippa's paws alarm

    'HEARING dog' Pippa proved herself the heroine of the hour by averting disaster when burglars tried to break into her deaf owner's property. Though it was her first night as the 'hearing dog' of new owner John Parkin, the golden retriever managed to plonk

  • Child molester

    A SEX monster originally from York with one of Britain's worst records for paedophilia has been given four life sentences. Stephen Carruthers, 40, who is feared to have claimed up to ten young victims in less than 20 years was arrested again after attacking

  • Old tank recalled

    P JACKSON'S recollections of First World War relics is not correct (Letters, May 27). The 'tank' was situated opposite the Theatre Royal on the grass mound. As for the gun, I do not recall it so am unable to confirm this. All such weapons as these were

  • Film joy for blind York man, 37

    A DOCUMENTARY about the life of a blind man from York is in the running for a top honour after being shortlisted for the Empire magazine film awards. Shaun Lavery, who lives at the Wilberforce Home for the Blind, is the subject of the five-minute documentary

  • Ryedale farmer rejects plea over GM beet trial

    A RYEDALE farmer is vowing to press ahead with trials of genetically modified fodder beet, despite pleas for him to pull out. Mark Rooke, who farms at Beadlam Grange, Nawton, has rejected an appeal by Josie Downs, of York and Ryedale Friends of the Earth

  • Tragedy man tried to lay blame on teenage

    11.30pm, Mr McClaren gave him and Andrew Scoble a lift home, where Scott suggested the three plus two of Mr McClaren's friends go for a drive in Dalby Forest. They set off in Scott's Golf Gti. Scott maintains Mr McClaren drove the Golf until shortly before

  • Goodman parents' fury over 'injustice'

    After a seven-and-a-half-year struggle to keep their son's murderer in prison, Brian and Margaret Goodman admitted today they had failed. They have written a total of 62 letters to Tony Blair, Mo Mowlam, Bertie Aherne, Jack Straw and just about anyone

  • Wasps looking to create a buzz

    YORK Wasps and the Evening Press are today joining together to ask for your help in securing the future of professional rugby league in the city. We want to bring the city together in a common goal - to show that support for York Rugby League Club is

  • Tories taste power after 16 lean years

    BEING a Tory on new-look York council is a bit like being the referee at a World Cup football match, says John Galvin. "When the game is in progress, we have very little involvement," he said. "But when there's a difference of opinion we're going to be

  • Tough old fixture

    GREG Stone is leaving the football terraces to walk into the political arena. The leading member of York City fans group FACT is to stand as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Vale of York seat. By doing this, Mr Stone goes from one controversial

  • Police killer

    Paul "Mad Dog" Magee who gunned down North Yorkshire Special Constable Glenn Goodman has been released from prison, the Evening Press can reveal today. News that the murderer was set free under the terms of the Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement was

  • City bus station would ease car congestion

    IN a country where we are being encouraged to leave our cars at home and use public transport to get to work, could someone please explain to me why First York bus services are so terrible that we are now being forced to use our cars? The First York service

  • Extension of quality

    IN his ill-informed and unwarranted attack on the conservatory of Peter and Joy Plaskitt (May 27) Jonathon C Bonner demonstrates he is no expert in urban design. Virtually everything he says is fundamentally wrong. Mr Bonner claims the extension is incongruous

  • Desperate mum in plea over return to 'hell'

    A YORK woman is making a desperate plea to the city council to stop it moving her back to a former address, where she says her family was victimised. Sally Young is currently in safe, temporary accommodation in York, after she claimed her family's life

  • House in Rock woman ready to quit town after sale of house

    THE selling of Knaresborough's famous House in the Rock has brought some tears - and it may be all too much for someone who once lived there. Town crier Nancy Buckle called the house home on and off for 30 years, and now she is considering emigrating,

  • Bishopthorpe boosted by on-song Williams

    ONLY two games escaped the rain in the first round of the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton Cup. Fulfordgate beat Westow by 58 runs and Wilberfoss met Bishopthorpe at RI's New Lane ground where Bishops won by 71 runs. Danny Williams held the Bishopthorpe innings

  • 'Sick' vandals attack grave

    THE family of a devoted football fan, who died tragically in a motorbike crash, today condemned "sick" vandals who attacked his team-badged grave in York Cemetery. The headstone on the grave of 31-year-old Peter Rahelly, who died when his motorcycle was

  • Oldest club celebrate turn of this century

    THE oldest bowling club in York celebrated their centenary season on Sunday with a special day at their Front Street green. Acomb Bowling Club, which was founded by a group of railwaymen back in 1900 on land behind the Poacher public house, where they

  • Lloyd will pledge future to Wasps

    GARETH Lloyd is ready to sacrifice his international ambitions in favour of a future with York Wasps. York Acorn ace Lloyd is in contention for a place in the Great Britain amateur team which will take part in this year's Emerging Nations World Cup. But