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Barbican could open for races
THE Barbican Centre could be reopened to host events during Royal Ascot at York, the Evening Press can reveal. Absolute Leisure has confirmed it is talking to local and national promoters with a view to holding a series of events in the York centre from
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Chef De Partie/Commis Chef
Chef de Partie and Commis Chef. Talented and enthusiastic individual required in 90 cover hotel restaurant. Excellent salary. Central York. Ring 01904 559000 to arrange an interview Updated: 11:39 Thursday, February 10, 2005
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Receptionist
Receptionist required for busy central York hotel. Must have previous hotel reception experience. Salary negotiable. Contact 01904 559000 to arrange an interview asap. Updated: 11:38 Thursday, February 10, 2005
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All change at KitKat Crescent
BILLY McEwan is the new first-team manager of York City following caretaker boss Viv Busby's departure by "mutual consent". The former Rotherham United, Sheffield United and Scarborough boss met the players today, held his first training session and will
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Villagers need to net vital victory
HEWORTH ARLC are gearing themselves for a potentially crucial four-pointer on Saturday when they entertain Huddersfield Sharks. The Sharks' 16-16 draw at home to York Acorn last week lifted them to fourth-bottom in National Conference League division
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Raw deal for the old and infirm?
Are older people getting a bad deal on care and services? STEPHEN LEWIS investigates. OLDER people don't generally make much of a fuss about things. For many, complaining goes against the grain. So when they do speak out, they probably have good cause
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Politics of quick-fixes
HERE'S a neat phrase to suggest what could be wrong with modern politics. Peter Hyman used to toil at the heart of New Labour, writing speeches for Tony Blair and planning strategy in Downing Street. Now he works in the real world, in an inner-London
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Rural ventures are bouncing back
BUSINESS life is good in the wilds of York and North Yorkshire - it's and getting better. That's official. Rural ventures, booming as memories of the foot and mouth outbreak fade, are now bracing themselves for even bigger profits this year as visitors
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Making good Connexions
CONNEXIONS, the Government's new careers advice and guidance service across York and North Yorkshire, has proved to be one of the most successful in the country. The organisation, based at Marlborough House, Westminster Place, at York Business Park, reported
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Patents a virtue at free clinics
A CHANCE for business people to learn about intellectual property and test out their ideas for inventions was recently available at the Innovation Centre in York Science Park in the first of a new series of monthly free specialist clinics. The clinics
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The Others, The Others (Mercury Records) ***
ANARCHIC street poets or second-rate social commentators? A difficult one to call. While The Others' modern punk sound and guerilla gigging antics have inspired audience devotion, the lyrics are rubbish at times. Cynics will say frontman Dominic Masters
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Erasure, Nightbird (Mute) ****
The joyful exuberance of a hedonistic youth, conveyed by Erasure on Oh L'Amour, Stop and Blue Savannah, was always tinged with melancholy. On Nightbird, Andy Bell and Vince Clarke have gone the whole hog and delivered a remarkably dark and miserable set
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Manic Street Preachers, The Holy Bible (Epic) ****
FOR ANYBODY bemused why people get so angry about the listless modern-day Manics, this lavish reissue should be a compulsory buy. The Holy Bible is arguably the most intelligent, polemical, passionate and deeply disturbing record ever released. Unleashed
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Billy Connolly/John McCusker, Billy Connolly's Musical Tour Of New Zealand (Pure Records) ***
Consummate musician John McCusker has crafted another gem of traditional music. He was commissioned to write the score for Billy Connolly's Musical Tour Of New Zealand, shown on BBC1, and has now produced a CD to complement the series. Connolly is no
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Couple's dental check scrapped
SCORES of people could have their final NHS check-ups cancelled by a York dental practice before it turns private in April. Wendy Smith and her husband, Kevin, both had appointments booked with The Mount Medical Practice to make sure there was nothing
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Factory flats plan revived
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build 30 flats and four houses on a factory site in York has been revived. Developers who want to demolish buildings on the corner of Link Road and Huntington Road, in Huntington, have resubmitted their plans to council chiefs.
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If we get a call that someone has been seen with what is believed to be a gun, I can't deploy an una
YORK'S top policeman has welcomed Government moves to take fake guns off the streets. It has been reported that Home Secretary Charles Clarke has ordered officials to look at how an outright ban on replica firearms could be implemented. Chief Superintendent
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Plea from family affected by odours
A FATHER is calling for developers to rehouse families during the next phase of a controversial York decontamination project. Alastair Robinson evacuated his family during the night from their home near Heworth Green last year, during work to clear up
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Barbican could open for races
THE Barbican Centre could be reopened to host events during Royal Ascot at York, the Evening Press can reveal. Absolute Leisure has confirmed it is talking to local and national promoters with a view to holding a series of events in the York centre from
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Dual fool power snag nightmare
WHEN curate Rachel Hirst wanted to change power companies she expected dual fuel - not dual fools. But the York woman suffered more than three years of torment after a foul-up involving two major electricity suppliers. British Gas continued to charge
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Villagers need to net vital victory
HEWORTH ARLC are gearing themselves for a potentially crucial four-pointer on Saturday when they entertain Huddersfield Sharks. The Sharks' 16-16 draw at home to York Acorn last week lifted them to fourth-bottom in National Conference League division
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£52m to cut NHS waiting lists
HEALTH chiefs in York and Selby have pledged to cut hospital waiting lists and improve access to NHS dentistry after a £52.2 million windfall. As reported in later editions of yesterday's Evening Press, Selby and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) will receive
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...and check yours
IT is a decade since electors threw former Coun Ken Beavan off the council. Yet he still writes letters making the same claims that have proved to be without foundation in the past. It is disingenuous of him, for example, to claim that the recent tax
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No need to feel bitter at brewery
I WAS appalled that the writer of the comment column described the action of Scottish & Newcastle "an example of corporate crassness" (January 28). This story, which covered the whole front page, most of an inside page and was featured in the comment
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We are not rats
I WAS surprised to read that the city council proposes to install an "intelligent bollard" to prevent "rat-running" through the Straylands Grove estate. To apply the term "rat-running" to anyone driving through this estate to reach the A64 Malton Road
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Punish offenders
AFTER reading the headlines in the Evening Press about the proposed drinking dens for under-age drinkers, it makes me wonder where these people get their intelligence from. Don't they realise that these young people are breaking the law as are the people
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Community spirit
IN response to Billy Foster's letter "Going to the zoo" (February 2), I am rather bemused by his observations on Copmanthorpe's drinking culture, and his placing of my village at the bottom of a fictitious "desirable residential areas" list. Undoubtedly
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Costumed Storytellers
Actors required! Costumed Storytellers required for YorkBoat Ghost Cruise. We are looking to recruit new actors to join our team! Do you have a strong personality and the ability to entertain a live audience? If yes, apply in writing by the 16th February
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Management Recruitment Evening
Pathfinder Pubs. Management Recruitment Evening. 7-9 pm at the Ramada Jarvis, Wetherby. Wednesday 9th February. Have you got what it takes to run a quality food, community and town centre venue. If you have what it takes to be part of a progressive forward
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Assistant Management Accountant
Assistant Management Accountant. £18,000 pa. York based ideal for AAT/carly stage CIMA/ACCA studier with 1-2 years month end experience. Ref: 1078770. Please contact Daniela Folkes on 01904 656494 or york.accounting@hays.com. Updated: 11:21 Thursday,
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Finance Assistant
Finance Assistant. £17,000. York based, using SAP and processing high value transactions. Large company. Ref: 1078946. Please contact Daniela Folkes on 01904 656494 or york.accounting@hays.com. Updated: 11:19 Thursday, February 10, 2005
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Review: York Light Opera Company in Anything Goes; Theatre Royal, York
OF all Cole Porter's musical comedies, Anything Goes is certainly the funniest. Its humour owes a lot to its original book by PG Wodehouse and Guy Bolton. Its fame - and her own - was secured by Ethel Merman as Reno Sweeney, an evangelist turned cabaret
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Pets/Aquatics Manager
Pets/Aquatics Manager for new shop in Osbaldwick, must be experienced and enthusiastic. Tel. 07770 533553/01977 683499. Updated: 11:37 Thursday, February 10, 2005
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Assembly Operatives
Assembly Operatives required for long term contract. Clean factory environment. Full time day shift positions available. Outskirts of York. For further details contact Tara Mawby on 01759 376250 (agy). Updated: 11:36 Thursday, February 10, 2005
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Sales Assistant
Assistant wanted for lunch and teatimes. Apply Ainsty Fisheries, 165 Boroughbridge Road, Acomb, York or telephone 01904 781949. Updated: 11:34 Thursday, February 10, 2005
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Chef/Cook
Rose & Crown, York requires Chef/Cook. Weekday and weekend work available. Training provided. Contact Paul on 01904 636947. Updated: 11:33 Thursday, February 10, 2005
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Way we were
Thursday, February 10, 2005 100 years ago: Some "so-called mustard-tin flirts" wrote the latest letter regarding the behaviour of factory girls, asking if the writer who complained about them was married, and if so what did his wife think to him wandering
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Boss Viv reaches Cescent terminus
WITH an inherited squad, no money to make new additions and his predecessor still employed as a player, Viv Busby did not begin his role as York City's caretaker manager in the best of circumstances. When Busby added that he felt the board had made a
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Heworth progress
HEWORTH ARL Club's Under 16s overcame premier league team West Hull 16-14 to reach the semi-finals of the Yorkshire Youth League Cup. Heworth dominated early on, crossing the line with a 50-metre try by skipper Imi Lewis. Man-of-the-match full-back Chris
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Light industry
A HIGH-TECH North Yorkshire firm, set to light up the world, has doubled its turnover to £2.8 million. Lumidrives, of Knaresborough, was started four years ago as one of the first companies to realise the potential of high powered Light Emitting Diode
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Feeder, Pushing The Senses (Echo Records) ***
DEALING with the suicide of Feeder's drummer and co-founder Jon Lee has been a long and painful process for frontman Grant Nicholas. Pushing The Senses is the singer's second attempt at trying to come to terms with the tragedy in January 2002. It foregoes
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Kenny Chesney, Be As You Are - Songs From An Old Blue Chair (Sony BMG) ****
IF ever an album had the ultimate chill-out factor, it is this one. Kenny Chesney spent the last six years sitting in an old blue chair on a sun-kissed Caribbean beach, writing songs from the heart. Something Sexy About The Rain, Soul Of A Sailor and
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Rooster, Rooster (Brightside/BMG) ****
JUST 24 hours into the Chinese year of the Rooster and the London pretenders to the stage of rock look set to make it their own. The handsome sweaty-haired foursome chose their name after picking up £250 at the races on a horse called Rooster Booster.
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Return mission - 10/02/05
Paul Moloney, who broke a leg in a fall at Kempton in November, returns to the scene of the accident tomorrow after yesterday at Ludlow winning for the first time since his mishap. The Irish-born jockey, who rode Just Wiz to victory in Ludlow's selling
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Bill and Maud celebrate 'beating the odds'
THEY lost their daughter, their grandson, coped with major surgery and survived cancer - today Bill and Maud Clithero raised a glass of champagne to the anniversary they never thought they would see. The devoted couple, who are both recovering from hospital
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Palliser moves rapidly to title
RICHARD Palliser (York RI) followed up his success at the York Chess Congress by sweeping to victory in the York Rapidplay competition. The event, held at the Elmbank Hotel, attracted 73 players in the adult section, and 36 juniors. Palliser swept through
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Timely triumph prompts Boston duel
York Indoor Bowls Club ladies gained sweet revenge against Darlington, who knocked them out at the same stage of the Yetton Trophy two years ago by beating them 100-54. That clinched a place in the quarter-finals against Trophy holders Boston on February
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Raucous roosters
DANCING lions paraded through the streets of York last night to herald the start of the Chinese New Year. Dozens of families joined the lantern-lit procession from St William's College to mark the year of the rooster. At the specially-created Chinese
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Boss Viv reaches Cescent terminus
WITH an inherited squad, no money to make new additions and his predecessor still employed as a player, Viv Busby did not begin his role as York City's caretaker manager in the best of circumstances. When Busby added that he felt the board had made a
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All change at KitKat Crescent
BILLY McEwan is the new first-team manager of York City following caretaker boss Viv Busby's departure by "mutual consent". The former Rotherham United, Sheffield United and Scarborough boss met the players today, held his first training session and will
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Giant wheel has Moyra in a spin over the view from her home
ANGRY residents have blasted the plans for a huge observation wheel in York's Tower Gardens. Householders say the 54-metre wheel - seen as York's answer to the London Eye - will be five times higher than their homes nearby, mean the loss of two important
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Highwaymen stalk internet
YOUR "Hacked off" headline really struck a chord with me because I have had a similar internet experience of my own (February 5). BT's Christmas present to me was a multi-hundred pound telephone bill which, after scrutiny, revealed I had been scammed
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Check the facts
KEN Beavan resorts to insulting York's Liberal Democrat administration because he appears to know few of the facts surrounding York's financial situation and performance and seemingly cares less (Letters, February 4). Fact 1: In a league table of 352
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Not right place
TWO years ago, when I wrote to the city council asking if we could have attractive gardens around the base of Clifford's Tower, it was pointed out to me that we had, in fact, a very nice one at this side of York - Tower Gardens. I have looked at Tower
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Thatcher's legacy
WHEN visiting York I usually buy the Evening Press and must comment on the Diary piece about council house sales (February 3). These sales started in the early days of council houses, but with the important distinction that the price reflected market
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More bollards
ONCE the three existing cul-de-sacs become "rat runs" into Derwenthorpe housing estate, the residents should be allowed to vote for the installation of "intelligent" bollards. After all, what is good enough for Bishophill and Straylands Grove should be
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The race card
B EMMERSON (Letters, February 3) accuses the Tories of playing the race card. He then asks when will Blair steal it? Non-indigenous people play the card very well in my opinion and get away with it. No one questions these people. Why? We are too afraid
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Clerical Assistant
Clerical Assistant required to work in our busy voucher scanning department. Varied duties including some warehouse work and deliveries. Must be computer literate and hold a full driving licence. 42 hours over 6 days. £231.00 per week. Apply in writing
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Bricklaying Gangs and Joiners
Barratt, York requires Bricklaying Gangs and Joiners for the York and Selby area. Ring Ricky Long on 07739 702324 or site on 01904 798257 for details. Updated: 11:31 Thursday, February 10, 2005
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Class 1 HGV Drivers
Elvington, York. Two Class One HGV Drivers for multi drop work. Phone 01904 608681. Updated: 11:30 Thursday, February 10, 2005
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Purchase Ledger Clerk
Purchase Ledger Clerk. £15,000 pa. York outskirts. Applicants required with 3 years plus purchase ledger experience. Temp + perm. Ref: 1078495. Please contact Daniela Folkes on 01904 656494 or york.accounting@hays.com. Updated: 11:23 Thursday, February
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Accounts Assistant
Accounts Assistant. £14,000 pa. Selby based, Sales/purchase ledger duties, ideal for applicants with 1-2 years accounts experience. Ref: 1078850. Please contact Daniela Folkes on 01904 656494 or york.accounting@hays.com. Updated: 11:22 Thursday, February
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Fury over Barbican bid
WHEN Stephen Maguire lifted the UK Snooker Championship trophy last November, that was supposedly that. We were told there would be no more public entertainment at the Barbican Centre until after its refurbishment by Absolute Leisure. So the Barbican's
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Wheel concern
TOWER Place residents can imagine the commentary. "Welcome, ladies and gentleman, to the York Eye. As we swing high up into the air, to your left you can see the majestic sweep of the city, featuring the historic Clifford's Tower, the Bar Walls, and of
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News from the Planet Chav
THE Diary is delighted to find a message of support waiting for us at our luxurious Walmgate office suite. Our enthusiasm is barely dented when we realise it is a further dispatch from Planet Chav. "Sittin ere on Kappa Crescent in my Voxall Chavette downin
