Charity worker Ian Stillman is a free man today.ADAM NICHOLS reviews the case experts said was a serious miscarriage of justice THIS is the email I've been longing to write. So said Ian Stillman's sister, Elspeth Dugdale, as she sent the message "Ian
YORK City were taking on Sheffield United in a new transfer tribunal today, the Evening Press can reveal. Today's development marks another surprising twist in the long-running transfer saga, now going back over five years, involving former City junior
FROM what you describe ('York must not forget residents', December 2), it is difficult to determine what sort of city the Evening Press wants to see in the future. Where is this magic formula which will satisfy everybody all the time? While understandably
HOUSEHOLDERS in York are being urged to step up their recycling efforts (November 6). Perhaps City of York Council could consider making recycling a little easier for householders. It is now about a year since Clifton Green lost its bottle and paper banks
THE retired teacher who complains about modern language usage is one of the old school and from my perspective he has got nothing to write home about (November 30). I recall my own secondary modern English lessons in the 60s. Looking back at the way in
A DISCIPLINED display saw Harrogate return to winning ways with a 29-3 National Two victory against a competent and competitive Sedgley Park side. Harrogate scrum-half Rhys Morgan, playing his 101st league game, opened the scoring within ten minutes of
YORK Acorn's reshaped team as they completed their second National Conference League division two double of the season when outclassing Rochdale Mayfield 32-4. Changes were needed after some players joined the professional ranks and, as expected, it took
A hard-fought game at New Lane saw York RI go down 14-8 in Yorkshire Three to Castleford. RI started well keeping the visitors under pressure and opened the scoring with a trademark try by scrum-half Nick Ward, who picked up close to the base of the ruck
A DISCIPLINED display saw Harrogate return to winning ways with a 29-3 National Two victory against a competent and competitive Sedgley Park side. Harrogate scrum-half Rhys Morgan, playing his 101st league game, opened the scoring within ten minutes of
HEWORTH slipped to fourth in the National Conference League division two table after falling to a 32-10 defeat at promotion rivals Milford Marlins. It means the Villagers, who opened the campaign with eight straight wins, have now lost four out of five
MEDICAL scare stories are to be tackled head-on by a leading professor from Hull York Medical School when he speaks at a breast cancer conference this week. Professor David Purdie is expected to tell colleagues and journalists that sensationalist reporting
A YORK man has mounted a campaign against a pavement revamp - in an attempt to protect his elderly mother. Peter Feather has organised a petition to protest against City of York Council's decision to asphalt sections of Manor Drive North, off Boroughbridge
DERBIES are rarely classics and Malton and Norton's 21-10 win at Pocklington was no exception to the rule. Both sides were committed throughout with most of the play being forward orientated. A patched-up Pock side were on top territorially for much of
A SCHEME to prevent household gardens in York flooding with sewage during times of heavy rain is nearing the halfway stage. Engineers, who began on the £100,000 Yorkshire Water project to divert sewer flows in the Bishopthorpe area of the city in September
A YORK street is split down the middle in a battle to see who can light up the brightest Christmas sky. Families at 17 and 18 Wilberforce Avenue, Clifton, are fighting it out for festive supremacy with their own annual illuminations rivalry. Representing
A NORTH Yorkshire trader whose Christmas lights were stolen says a child could have been electrocuted by a live wire left exposed by the thieves. Darren McElwain, who owns The Technology Shop, in Railway Street, Malton, spent a day putting up 12 metres
CHRISTMAS shoppers took a break from the hustle and bustle at a carol concert at Clifford's Tower, York. Free mince pies were handed out as the Salvation Army brass band played favourite Christmas tunes yesterday afternoon. Head custodian of Clifford's
WITH a bottle of champagne in one hand and a cigar in the other, it would have been easy to think Paul Marshall had just seen his Harrogate Railway braves pull off one of the shocks of the FA Cup. But, while the victorious Bristol City squad quietly crept
SANTA Claus came to town and raised almost £400 for St Mary's Church in Tadcaster. A dray and shire horses were used to ferry Father Christmas across the brewery town centre to his grotto in the Boys' Sunday School, next to the church. Children were able
A YORK footballer who faced an agonising choice was able to pull on his boots after all. James Gore, of Severus Avenue, had faced a difficult decision - play in a historic FA Cup clash or experience the birth of his first child. But his wife, Kate, was
THREE wards at York District Hospital have been closed to admissions after patients and staff were struck down by a diarrhoea and vomiting virus. The emergence of the infection, which has not yet been identified by laboratory tests, follows last month's
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
A CLAIM for costs against pylons campaigner Rosalind Craven includes almost £6,000 for a half-hour video of a farmgate confrontation, the Evening Press can reveal. Mrs Craven will find out at the High Court in Leeds tomorrow if she has won her battle
YORK City were taking on Sheffield United in a new transfer tribunal today, the Evening Press can reveal. Today's development marks another surprising twist in the long-running transfer saga, now going back over five years, involving former City junior
DOG handlers and other police officers moved in to prevent a clash between rival groups of football supporters at York Station. Supporters of York City and Rotherham United attempted to confront each other at the station, but were kept apart by about
AN historic wood in York was today opened to the public for the first time in more than a century thanks to a £30,000 initiative. Residents in Acomb can now take a stroll in Acomb Wood after the City of York Council and Yorventure, backed by waste management
Yorkshire star Paul Hunter was beaten 9-4 by Irishman Ken Doherty this afternoon in the third round of the PowerHouse UK Snooker Championship in York. Stephen Hendry went through to the quarter-finals with a 9-5 win over fellow Scot Graeme Dott. Click
HARROGATE Railway manager Paul Marshall was the 'proudest man in the world' after watching his side's brave battle against Bristol City. The Northern Counties East League minnows put in a sensational display, way above their station, as they threatened
A TEN-year-old boy with special needs has gone missing in York after being sent home from school. Adam Jack Coxon disappeared from Pottery Lane, Heworth, at 10am today after being dropped off by a taxi. Police said he was sent home from Westfield School
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
IAN Stillman is free thanks to you. Every reader who signed the petition calling for his release from an Indian jail added to the pressure on the British Government to take a stand. That finally resulted in a direct intervention by Foreign Secretary Jack
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
CAN someone from First bus company throw any light on what is happening to the nocturnal habits of that elusive creature, the No 5 Strensall bus, especially on a Saturday night, while its close relative the Icon & Diva bus can be seen hunting in packs
LAST Thursday you published the results of a survey which showed that the majority of women are liars. Something has crossed my mind. How did the researchers know whether the women were lying or not when they replied to the survey? John Rogers, Northfield
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
A hard-fought game at New Lane saw York RI go down 14-8 in Yorkshire Three to Castleford. RI started well keeping the visitors under pressure and opened the scoring with a trademark try by scrum-half Nick Ward, who picked up close to the base of the ruck
YORK'S Yorkshire One promotion hopes received another blow when they lost 18-24 to Pontefract at Clifton Park. York, who lost at Selby last week, were dominant in the line out against Pontefract and parity in the scrummage suggested that York would secure
DERBIES are rarely classics and Malton and Norton's 21-10 win at Pocklington was no exception to the rule. Both sides were committed throughout with most of the play being forward orientated. A patched-up Pock side were on top territorially for much of
DAME Berwick Kaler will meet the class of 2002 babbies and bairns for the first time on Wednesday. And when he takes to the stage for his 24th pantomime, he will know his legendary performances are part of the history of one of Britain's greatest theatres
STEPHEN LEWIS is disappointed by a visit to York's Waterfront I'D heard great things about The Waterfront, down on King's Staith in York. Great seafood, fantastic location down by the river, lovely relaxing ambience... What more excuse was needed? A previous
A COUNCILLOR who battled to get 50-year-old windows replaced in York flats has welcomed a solution. Guildhall representative Brian Watson, who represents the residents of Navigation Road, took up their call to replace leaking and draughty windows years
YORK Acorn's reshaped team as they completed their second National Conference League division two double of the season when outclassing Rochdale Mayfield 32-4. Changes were needed after some players joined the professional ranks and, as expected, it took
YORK'S Yorkshire One promotion hopes received another blow when they lost 18-24 to Pontefract at Clifton Park. York, who lost at Selby last week, were dominant in the line out against Pontefract and parity in the scrummage suggested that York would secure
MINSTER LIONS paid a visit to a York school to collect hampers to be given to the elderly. Students at St Peter's School have been collecting baskets of gifts which will be donated to the elderly this Christmas. Members of Minster Lions visited the school
AMBITIOUS plans to build a new village medical centre on the outskirts of York look set to fall at the first hurdle after planning officers recommended refusal. Although City of York Council officers agree that there is a need for a larger, purpose-built
PLANS to build a path on Knavesmire, York, will be discussed by council chiefs next week. Members of City of York Council's Executive will look at a scheme to take about 320 square metres of the historic public open space and making it part of Tadcaster
A YORK tourism troubleshooter is jetting Stateside in an effort to reclaim vital visitors from the USA. Kay Hyde, public relations manager for the York Tourism Bureau, will be heading to the Beverley Hills Hotel, in Los Angeles, to meet important American
Charity worker Ian Stillman is a free man today.ADAM NICHOLS reviews the case experts said was a serious miscarriage of justice THIS is the email I've been longing to write. So said Ian Stillman's sister, Elspeth Dugdale, as she sent the message "Ian
MORE Christmas shoppers in York became the victims of purse thieves at the weekend - despite a warning by police for people to be on their guard. A woman carrying credit cards and £100 had her purse stolen while shopping in Woolworth's. A thief in Low
A YORK church targeted by thieves and thugs has been hit again, to the dismay of its verger. Thieves went into historic Holy Trinity Church, off Micklegate, chiselled around the safe and stole collection money. David Brown, verger, arrived just after
GNER bosses are in talks about a new extension to their franchise. The York-based rail giants have opened discussions with the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) about a new four-year deal. If successful, the franchise extension would see GNER, based at Station
RAILWAY watchdogs are being invited to York as fears grow that plans for new halts at Haxby and Strensall are in jeopardy. Members of City of York Council's transport scrutiny board unanimously decided to ask the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) to attend
A DEPARTING police commander who spearheaded a string of crime-fighting partnerships during a temporary posting in York has urged people in the city to keep working together. Since May, Inspector Kevin Doyle has been the acting chief inspector in command
OUT but not down, manager Terry Dolan refused to be downcast as York City tumbled out of the FA Cup in the cruellest of fashions at the hands of Brentford. With the sides level at 1-1 with just minutes remaining, the prospect of a lucrative place in the
YORK city centre is bursting with more shops than at any time since the 80s, according to a new report countering claims the city is full of stores standing empty. The report by property surveyors Alan Black and Co says the market is far from depressed
IF THIS does prove to be York City's last ever foray in the world's greatest domestic cup competition - and it must be hoped it won't be - at least the Minstermen kissed goodbye to the FA Cup in a blaze of glory. The club's precarious financial position
THEY trained hard. They secured a great platform - live coverage on Sky television. They played well above their station. But in the end, Harrogate Railway could not quite manage a return ticket. Nevertheless, every one of the Harrogate heroes deserves
STEPHEN LEWIS takes a crash course in the art of Chinese massage and reflexology PAUL the photographer is not the kind of guy to take being pummelled by a martial arts expert lying down. He's solid and well-muscled, as even Errol Lynch, a Chinese health
JOAN Collins has done it. So has Helen Mirren, Joan Rivers and Coronation Street's Amanda Barrie. Most recently, GMTV presenter Penny Smith was found to have fibbed about her age. The 45-year-old claimed she was 39 and was humiliated when her co-star
