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Call for law to curb doorstep salesmen
STEPHEN LEWIS seeks advice on how to resist the hard-sell doorstep salesmen. FAIR trade regulators have called for new laws to help close the door on high-pressure "doorstep" salesmen who use sneaky psychological tactics to persuade people to buy things
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How employers are supposed to deal with redundancies
Welcome to York & District Citizens Advice Bureau's monthly advice column. Each month we will attempt to answer questions on topical/interesting subjects. As redundancy has been in the news recently, we give a few pointers as to how any employer considering
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Way we were
Thursday, May 13, 2004 100 years ago: A police constable from Heworth was leaving after 11 years' duty in "that pleasant outpost of the city". His service in the force totalled nearly 23 years, and it was generally thought that he had well earned the
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Kicked in the teeth
I WAS interested to read your article about the trend towards the privatisation of York's dentistry, in particular Wigginton Dental Practice (May 11). During a recent check-up there I was told of the "take it or leave" introduction of the Denplan insurance
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Tell us where, Keith
COUN Keith Orrell complains of misinformation about the Barbican development (Letters, May 10). Some straight information from the council would be a good thing. I wrote to Coun Orrell on March 8 asking a simple question: where are the alternative badminton
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Reviewer panned
I WAS present at the opening of the musical Whistle Down The Wind, together with my wife and some friends. We were there for an evening's entertainment, which we got in very good measure. Having read the pseudo-intellectual claptrap written by Charles
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Sales and Promotion Representative
You will be fully trained. You need to be friendly, approachable, and self motivated. Have a flare for and enjoy selling face-to-face and over the phone. Own transport needed to travel to venues which are local. Weekend and evening work involved. You
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March for pensions
FOR years we have been writing and reading letters in the Evening Press pointing out the raw deal today's pensioners get, not to mention the growing threat to the future pension rights of younger workers, and asking despairingly: what can be done? Well
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Mobile Security Officer
Alarm response and keyholding duties. York based. Full 10 year work history required. Full driving licence required. £5.40 per hour. Telephone 0870 850 8050 for an application form. Updated: 10:04 Thursday, May 13, 2004
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How well I remember my days walking to school through York's Marble Arch tunnel
I HAVE just received a clipping from your paper about the facelift for the Marble Arch on Leeman Road (April 9). Having been born and bred on Leeman Road, I walked through the arch many times. As a boy it was scary to hear the trains rumble overhead,
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Bar/Waiting Staff
Blacksmith's Arms, Huntington requires full/part time bar staff also part time waiting staff. Smart and enthusiastic. Apply to the Manager on 01904 752941. Updated: 09:56 Thursday, May 13, 2004
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Administration and Office Manager
Archbishop Holgate's School, Hull Road, York YO10 5ZA. Tel. 01904 411341. Fax. 01904 414948. Senior officer to oversee all school administration, lead a busy office and support the school management team, including undertaking delegated responsibilities
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Adoption case for Rigid team
A machine which boosted productivity at Selby's Rigid Corrugated by making 36 million cardboard cases a year, is now being adopted at its twin plant in Desborough, Northants Parent company VPK Packaging, a major independent European manufacturer of recycled
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Requests for grants pour into Pride office
MORE than 100 people have bombarded council officers with requests for grants and help under the York Community Pride campaign, little more than a fortnight since the launch of this important scheme to improve the quality of life in our city. City of
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Rooting around the family tree
WE ALL come from somewhere and we all end up somewhere. It is becoming rare these days for the two places to be the same. Moving about is common, although some people do live and die within the same area. Those who haven't travelled far may still be living
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Reclaim the streets now
YOB rule. There is no other term for it. A handful of yobs are in charge of Chapelfields. And unless the forces of law and order hit back quickly and hard, the yobs' grip on this neighbourhood will tighten to strangulation point. It is the yobs who now
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Chris joins in
NOW even the good folk of Wetherfield are backing our Odeon campaign. Karl Foster may have scandalised Coronation Street with his covert gay relationship Todd Grimshaw, but he is welcome in York's Blossom Street anytime. That is because the actor who
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Glass assault woman jailed
A WOMAN who "glassed" another woman in the toilets of a York nightclub was jailed for nine months. Rebecca Fawcett believed that Kathryn Standing had had an affair with her ex-husband several months before she pushed a champagne glass into her chest,
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Walmgate booze ban now in force
DRINKING alcohol on the streets of a troubled York neighbourhood could now leave people with a financial and criminal hangover. An outdoor booze ban in the Walmgate area came into effect this week, leaving offenders facing a fine of up to £500 and a criminal
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Simon's Asia major
ENGLAND'S banner was flying high in Shanghai today as North Yorkshire golf ace Simon Dyson led a world-class field after the first day of the BMW Asian Open. The 26-year-old Dyson, the former Asian Tour Order of Merit winner four years ago, boasts an
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Cain welcomes enforced break
IN-FORM York City Knights have to put their promotion push on hold this weekend, but ace Mark Cain says they will benefit from the break. Cain played a key role - and finally broke his season's scoring duck - at Barrow on Sunday as the Knights fought
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Reality check
PRIZE guy Darren Dunning faced the facts of football life as an exodus of an entire team departed York City. In the wake of the Minstermen's relegation to the Conference 11 senior City players have been shown the exit door in the last fortnight. Dunning
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Sev to score again - 13/05/04
Sevillano, whose two wins this season have stamped him as a sprinter of growing potential, puts his reputation on the line at Newbury tomorrow. Peter Cundall's rising star tackles his stiffest test in the date in the Cantor Sport Carnarvon Stakes and
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Champion effort by Fallon as North Light wins 'Dante' - 13/05/04
A MAGNIFICENT performance from champion jockey Kieren Fallon gave North Light victory in the totesport Dante Stakes at York races. Fallon held off a surging Rule of Law, under Frankie Dettori, in the final furlong to claim the £145,000 Group 2 race and
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Sales Office Administrator
International Engineering Group requires Sales Office Administrator. Due to the company's recent expansion within Europe we have a requirement to strengthen the UK office facility and this full time role has recently been created. We are a small team
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Sous Chef/Bistro Assistant Manager
Four High Petergate Hotel & Bistro requires Sous Chef and Bistro Assistant Manager. Please contact Lewis on 01904 658516 or apply in writing to: Four High Petergate, York YO1 7EH Updated: 09:39 Thursday, May 13, 2004
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Reality check
PRIZE guy Darren Dunning faced the facts of football life as an exodus of an entire team departed York City. In the wake of the Minstermen's relegation to the Conference 11 senior City players have been shown the exit door in the last fortnight. Dunning
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Spillage leaves Tykes in the mire
Dropped catches cost Yorkshire dear at Headingley yesterday where Hampshire, the Championship's Second Division leaders, reached 322 all out on a pitch which offered plenty of assistance to the fast bowlers. Five chances of varying degrees of difficulty
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Askham aces in control
Askham Bryan YPO are 20 points clear at the top of the Horwath Pulleyn-Heselton York Vale League after registering an emphatic 65-run triumph over British Sugar. Openers Will Robinson and Andy Sturdy provided the solid platform for YPO with a first-wicket
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House rules boost cricket's grass-roots
Young cricketers across the region are to benefit from the generous sponsorship of York firm House of James Transport. The company has agreed to sponsor training and games at Under-11, U13 and U15 age levels which are played in the Lord Taveners Festival
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John Martyn, On The Cobbles (Independiente) ****
FOUR years on since Glasgow Walker, John Martyn releases studio album number 22. Life hasn't been easy lately for the innovative singer and guitarist. A seemingly minor accident to his leg resulted in an infection which required the brutal cure of amputation
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Eric Burdon, My Secret Life (SPV Recordings) ****
ERIC changed my life as he growled We Gotta Get Out Of This Place in the early Sixties. It became the soundtrack to my Great Escape from... Middlesbrough! Back then, as frontman of Geordie band The Animals, Eric set my callow candle of youth ablaze with
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South, With The Tides (Sanctuary) ***
Like the waves in the album title, this second release from South ebbs and flows. Jumping ship from Mo'Wax to Sanctuary, the band has, sadly, ditched much of the layers, loops and samples associated with former label boss James Lavelle for a more streamlined
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Further investigations needed on drama date
FURTHER investigations are needed before any decision can be taken on whether York Mystery Plays can return to the Museum Gardens - and when. Members of the York Mystery Plays Association met this week, following the publication of a feasibility study
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The Zutons... Who Killed The Zutons (Deltasonic)
PERHAPS a wise move by The Zutons, delaying the release of their debut until The Coral took a breather from three double-quick releases. The Zutons have been around as long as their successful labelmates, supporting them on early tours, so must have had
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Cliff Richard, World Tour 2003 (EMI) ***
IN 1958 Cliff Richard was one mean rock'n'roller on Move It. Of course, he quickly became an all-round entertainer and has recorded Eurovision, disco, country and light operetta, but Cliff still loves to rock. Strangely, for an artist with more than 200
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Hot Club Of Cowtown, Continental Stomp (Hightone Records) ****
WITH inspired renditions of a dozen standards, plus a ribald hidden track, Continental Stomp is an entertaining showcase for the trio's boisterous ensemble playing, Violinist Elana Fremerman's dusky vocals cast a spell on Deed I Do and I Can't Give You
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Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose (Interscope) ****
HOW does a country music icon catch the eye of a new audience after 70 albums? Instead of facelifts and bespoke breasts, Nashville dowager Loretta Lynn has elected for deeper impact than cosmetic surgery, booking in with the good doctor Jack White, 40
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Tangle Eye, Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed (Zo Records) *****
CAN you dance to the blues? This new collection manages to refresh some scratchy old records, but also to bring home the inherent power of the blues to entertain. Moby aside, this fact has been forgotten. Respect due then to Scott Billington and Steve
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Street star: Why I want to help save Odeon
CORONATION Street star Chris Finch revealed today why he is backing our campaign to save York's Odeon - he worked there for three years and loves the place! Chris is making soap history by playing Corrie's first openly gay character, Karl Foster, in one
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EU will end in tears
THE ten European countries which recently joined the European Union must be the ultimate example of jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. Having been oppressed for years under the monstrous Soviet Union they have succumbed to blackmail and
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Nursery Practitioner
The Wooden Horse Nursery currently has vacancy for: full time nursery practitioner. Level 3 qualification. Apply enclosing CV/letter of application to: Barbara Birdsall, The Wooden Horse Ltd, Chapel Street, Easingwold, YO61 3AE or telephone 01347 824123
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Receptionist/Typist
Due to expansion, we have vacancies for friendly team working people. One will be for a part time receptionist (hours and times to be arranged) and the other for a part time typist, preferably but not necessary, although both vacancies require telephone
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Trainee Photographer
Venture York requires Trainee Photographer. You will be fully trained, you need to be confident with a big personality, full of drive and ambition and self motivation. Skills in sales and in photoshop would be advantageous. The vacancy includes weekend
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New treatment centre for York
HUNDREDS of NHS patients will be treated at a new, privately-run North Yorkshire treatment centre from March next year. The Government has announced the centre will be run by Capio Healthcare UK, which has 21 private acute hospitals in the UK. It will
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Would city buskers pass the music test?
SHOULD we put York's buskers to the test? The Diary asks after the good burghers of Budapest decided buskers should pass a yearly exam before being allowed to perform in the Hungarian capital. They want to stop people's ears being assaulted by the dirges
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Computer giant on call in York
A computer communications giant has chosen York to establish its new multi-lingual help desk. Azlan Group plc has doubled its specialised workforce at Clifton Moor to 20, and more recruitment is likely as the centralised help desk, designed to support
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Pair cotton on to ethical underwear
ETHICAL underwear parties are set to sweep across North Yorkshire. Heather Stroud and Anna Dent found it almost impossible to buy clothing that was both environmentally-friendly and fair trade. So the pair decided to take matters into their own hands
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Cain welcomes enforced break
IN-FORM York City Knights have to put their promotion push on hold this weekend, but ace Mark Cain says they will benefit from the break. Cain played a key role - and finally broke his season's scoring duck - at Barrow on Sunday as the Knights fought
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All Blacks' cup hopes go East
New Earswick All Blacks Under-14s missed out on silverware by a whisker as they lost a thrilling Yorkshire Continuation Cup final 16-14 against East Leeds. All Blacks took the lead early on as captain Dan Lofthouse crashed over, but East Leeds soon hit
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Service with guile, grit and grace
North Yorkshire Service Area Under-15s produced an excellent performance to hammer a strong Calderdale side 42-10. Tries from James McGregor, Danny Lazjouri, Danny Allen and Scott Jackson, plus two conversions from Allen, gave the home side a convincing
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Pump up the prices
STEPHEN LEWIS looks at the knock-on effects of expensive petrol. IT IS bad enough having to fork out more than 80p a litre every time you fill your family car with unleaded just so you can get to work and do the shopping. Paying through the nose for your
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Clerk defends JPs
A SENIOR advisor to York magistrates has defended their decision to allow a teenager, whose punch left a man close to death, to walk free from court. Gordon Lees, Justices' Clerk for North Yorkshire, said today that a 12-month referral order imposed by
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Royalty and celebs join the rest at races
ROYALTY was on hand at York Racecourse as the highlight of the May Meeting reached its climax on Knavesmire. But it was not the Queen checking out the course before Royal Ascot at York that drew the galleries to the gallops. Instead Sheikh Mohammed bin
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Music ruling 'not fair' say licensees
LICENSEES who were ordered to switch off the music at their York pub say they have been unfairly treated. Kathy and Mike Short, of The Burtonstone Inn, in Clifton, were ordered to stop playing music by a High Court judge last Thursday because they didn't
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Third bus attacked
BUS services to a troubled York estate will not resume today as police continue to investigate the third attack in as many days on a vehicle by thoughtless hooligans. A First double decker bus driver called police yesterday when four teenagers, two girls
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Pilots mark 40 years of flying
FLYING instructors from a North Yorkshire RAF base are celebrating 40 years of going solo. Flight Lieutenants Dick Shuster and Alan Mawby, instructors at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, celebrated the milestone by joining two other veteran colleagues in a four aircraft
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University attacked over campus plans
HESLINGTON Village Trust today launched a scathing attack on the University of York over its ambitious plans to double its current campus. Trust chairman Nick Allen said proposals for 65-hectare development, stretching from Heslington's east boundary
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Last coal at Wistow Mine
THE last pieces of coal to be mined at Wistow Mine, near Selby, were brought to the surface today to mark the end of an era at what was once a record-breaking pit. As the Evening Press reported on Tuesday, production has now ceased at Wistow after the
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Spillage leaves Tykes in the mire
Dropped catches cost Yorkshire dear at Headingley yesterday where Hampshire, the Championship's Second Division leaders, reached 322 all out on a pitch which offered plenty of assistance to the fast bowlers. Five chances of varying degrees of difficulty
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Street star: Why I want to help save Odeon
CORONATION Street star Chris Finch revealed today why he is backing our campaign to save York's Odeon - he worked there for three years and loves the place! Chris is making soap history by playing Corrie's first openly gay character, Karl Foster, in one
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Matthew's United front
York-born Matthew Kilgallon has agreed a new two-year deal with Leeds United. Kilgallon turned down Leeds' original offer but put pen to paper last night just days after the Leeds crowd told the board to 'sign him up'. The chant came after the 20-year-old
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Serial house raider 'cured'
A YORK burglar who has raided hundreds of properties over 30 years vowed today: "I will never, ever, commit another crime." Tony Davidson says he finally decided to go straight during his last stretch in prison, when in just 90 minutes York psychiatrist
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Kitchen Domestic
Mulberry Court, Shipton Road, York require Kitchen Domestic. Various hours available. Please contact Claire Thompson, Administrator on 01904 671122. Updated: 09:51 Thursday, May 13, 2004
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Catering Assistant
The Camphill Village Trust (The Croft Community, Malton) has a vacancy in its catering team at the Kingfisher Cafe, Saville Street, Malton. The job entails sharing food preparation, serving at table, washing up and cleaning. Hours: Tuesday to Friday 10am
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Lumb XI win Bridge battle
The Hunters York Senior League Joe Lumb XI started their season with a comfortable win against Sheffield at Stamford Bridge. The visitors batted first and never recovered from a slow start against the accurate bowling of Dan Walton and Neil Laidlaw, plus
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Summer conditioning is the key to season
BOOTHAM Crescent is a quieter place this week after the players began their six-week break. The whole squad were in on Monday for tests on their fitness levels and told what condition we expect them to be in when they come back. We had a meeting in which
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Graham Coxon, Happiness In Magazines (Transcopic/Parlophone) ****
PREVIOUS solo albums by former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon were almost the sound of a man apologising for having once been in the charts. Their wilfully lo-fi home production, eccentric musical experimentation, funnily-morose lyrics and a general air
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D12, D12 World (Interscope Records) **
WITHOUT the input of Eminem it's difficult to see how D12 could ever have made it. But with him, the six-strong Detroit Hip Hop crew managed to shift more than 3.3 million copies of their debut album, Devil's Night. D12 World has already undeservedly
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Simon's Asia major
ENGLAND'S banner was flying high in Shanghai today as North Yorkshire golf ace Simon Dyson led a world-class field after the first day of the BMW Asian Open. The 26-year-old Dyson, the former Asian Tour Order of Merit winner four years ago, boasts an
