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Way we were
Friday, May 28, 2004 100 years ago: If superstition were not dead, according to columnist TT, one would almost be inclined to regard as a remarkable and expected sequel the story of the lone navigator in the old Scarborough lifeboat, Queensbury. For some
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Pringle promoted to York first team
YORK Cricket Club promote 20-year-old James Pringle this Bank Holiday weekend to their Yorkshire ECB Premier League side. He has been scoring heavily in the second XI in the Hunters Estate Agents York Senior League premier division. He will have an interesting
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Dispenser
Dispense with the boring routine, come and join our successful team. We are looking for adaptable team players, with a caring nature and showing good attention to detail. For further details of our full and part-time opportunities in York and our generous
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Cleaner
Cleaner wanted, Flaxton, 4 hrs per week. Tel: 01904 468546 after 6pm. Updated: 09:28 Friday, May 28, 2004
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Hedge Cutter
Hedge Cutter/Operator, July to December. Tel. 01904 468388. Updated: 09:27 Friday, May 28, 2004
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Chefs
Chefs required for our Carvery Restaurant. Full or part time positions available. Salary dependent on experience/qualification. So. if you're looking to move, whatever your level, call Simon on 01904 644330. Updated: 09:25 Friday, May 28, 2004
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Bar Person
Full-time bar person required. 5 day week - 40 hours. Good rate of pay. Tel. 01904 700797 for interview appointment. Updated: 09:12 Friday, May 28, 2004
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Restaurant Manager
Restaurant Manager. Enthusiastic individual required to lead our front of house team to deliver high service standards in this customer focused role. Previous experience essential. To apply please call Sharon or Paul on 01904 638857. Updated: 08:23 Friday
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Office Assistant
Full time or part time Office Assistant for computerised payroll, accounts, telephone and general duties. Apply in writing to Diana Naish, Naish Hotels & Catering, The Chantry, Bishopthorpe, York YO23 2QF. Updated: 08:20 Friday, May 28, 2004
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Guards
Full and part time Guards required for site at Tockwith (between Wetherby and York), working nights and/or Sat/Sun days. You must be age 25+, smart and reliable, experience not necessary as training given. Rate £4.75-£5.00 p/h. Transport an advantage.
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Cleaning Operatives
Cleaning Operatives, York area. Various contracts £4.50-£5.00 per hour dependant upon contract. Previous experience preferred but not essential. Tel. Mike 0800 542 3199. Updated: 11:25 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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Driver
York and surrounding areas. 35-40 hours per week. Driver £5.50 per hour. Van/uniform provided, work alternate weekends, 28 days holiday. Tel. Mike 0800 542 3199. Updated: 11:23 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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Cleaners
Experienced Cleaners. Run your own cleaning contracts with management support from Procare. Excellent earnings, on self employed basis. Phone 01914 104040. Updated: 10:55 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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Care Assistants
Caring Staff wanted, to care for elderly, mentally infirm ladies and gentlemen in residential unit. To cover maternity leave and holidays, possibly leading to permanent position. Contact Claire 01904 430781. Updated: 10:52 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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Mobile Team
Mobile Team. York and surrounding area. 35-40 hours per week. Driver £5.50 per hour, Operative £5.00 per hour. Van/uniforms provided. Work alternate weekends. 28 days holiday. Cleaning Operatives, York area. Various contracts £4.50-£5.00 per hour dependant
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Morning Cleaners
Part time Morning Cleaners required for Kwik Save, Clifton Moor. 6.30am-8.30am Mon-Sat. Also Sunday Cleaners. 8.30am-10.30am. Good rate of pay. Tel. 01740 652541. Updated: 10:48 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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Care Assistant/Kitchen Assistant
Highfield Nursing Care Home, (Barkston Ash, between Tadcaster and Sherburn in Elmet, off A162/A64/A1/M1). Now part of Barchester Health Care. We require the following: Care Assistant - day or night duty. Kitchen Assistant - part time. Laundry Assistant
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M obile Security Officer
Mobile Security Officer. Alarm response and keyholding duties. York based. Full 10 year work history required. Full driving licence required. £17,000 per annum including overtime. Telephone 0870 850 8050 for application form. Updated: 10:36 Thursday,
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Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban. Running time: 141 mins Certificate: PG
IT'S third time lucky for Harry Potter. Under the tutelage of Mexican director Alfonso Cuarn (Y Tu Mama Tambien), the boy wizard comes magically to life on the big screen. For the first time, we have a filmmaker who understands the dark, foreboding undercurrents
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Dud books have a certain charm, says Brian
WHEN it comes to books, a good title speaks volumes. No one could fail to be hooked by a tome called Fish Who Answer The Telephone. Or the effortlessly romantic The History Of The Concrete Roofing Tile. Then there are those self-improvement books. You
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I Ought To Be In Pictures, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, on various dates in summer repertoir
IN A transaction torn from a Mission Impossible plot, an American document has ended up in a Yorkshire coastal resort, having passed through hands in Austria. The document is a Neil Simon comedy, so rarely performed since its 1981 debut in New York that
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Vodou Nation, York Theatre Royal, July 20 to 24.
SOMEWHERE between the myths and the magic, the first world and the third, lies the enchanted and beleaguered country of Haiti, the Vodou heart of the Caribbean. As captured in the new multi-media musical production Vodou Nation, two psychedelic flowers
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Omid Djalili, Behind Enemy Lines, York Comedy Festival, Grand Opera House, June 5
SORRY, which region did you say your paper covered? Omid Djalili's attention was being torn between the start of this phone interview and his noisily playful young son. Switching rooms, he could focus now. "You cover York. Ah yes, I'm opening the comedy
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Northanger Abbey runs at York Theatre Royal until June 12.
HE may be only ten months old but baby Wilf is already a stage star. He made his first appearance, in a manner of speaking, when actress mother Lexi Strauss was five months pregnant and on stage in Salisbury. "I was playing a dominatrix with big PVC boobs
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Prescott slams the 'press tattle'
THE build-up to an election can do funny things to a man - the Deputy Prime Minister in particular. In 2001, John Prescott thumped a protester who threw an egg in his direction. Now he has embraced two of his pet hates: celebrity and "press tattle", a
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Keeping up with Mr Jones
FIRST she wooed and won Sir Elton John. Now Fiona Sidwell has earned the attention of superstar singer Tom Jones. Fiona, managing director of Exclusive Events, the York-based events solutions company, was today celebrating clinching a contract to provide
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Review: Richard Thompson, Grand Opera House, York
RICHARD Thompson, alone on stage apart from a guitar and an encyclopaedic songbook, is a one-man musical marvel. He makes so much noise - beautiful, filigree-like guitar playing, each note as delicate as a petal or something else unearthly fine; and thumping
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Review: Courtney Pine, York Theatre Royal
Jazz has undergone something of a revolution in recent months, with Jamie Cullum achieving coveted mainstream recognition. But last night it was the turn of the master, veteran Courtney Pine, stopping off in York on his world tour promoting his new album
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A self-made man
Introducing... Mark Joseph, the do-it-yourself pop star with musical roots in Boroughbridge and on the streets of York. First there was Chris Helme, busking his way into The Seahorses. Then Alistair Griffin graduated from street-singing in York's squares
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It's grrrreat for York 9s feast
Organisers of the third annual York International 9s rugby league tournament have revealed that breakfast cereal makers Frosties are to support the newly created York 9s Community Programme. The programme will run concurrently to the York 9s and is also
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Roman link for new train service
Rail passengers can now go "Roman" from York to Carlisle on Saturdays this summer - thanks to the introduction of a new train service by Arriva Trains Northern. The service provides the first direct train linking the two historic Roman cities. Running
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Burgers are given the red light
Our love of food is killing us. MAXINE GORDON reports on new controversial moves to tackle the looming obesity epidemic. PUT down that burger, empty that can of fizzy pop, bin those crisps and chomp down on these facts. Obesity is poised to overtake tobacco
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250 Civil Service jobs hope for York
YORK could be in line for a major jobs boost, with the revelation that ministers are considering moving 250 Civil Service posts to the city. City MP Hugh Bayley disclosed today that the Rural Affairs Minister, Alun Michael, had written to him saying that
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Way to grow
IN an appropriately organic fashion, James Dalton has grown out of school and into work. The green-fingered 14-year-old is working at Grimston Bar Nurseries, developing his own garden business and studying at home for his GCSEs. Tadcaster Grammar School
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Charity team are aiming for mountains of money
MOUNTAINS are no obstacle for a group of York men, who are fundraising in memory of a heart attack victim from the city. The Dids' Midnight Runners, comprising of Dale Rhodes, Philip Stockton, Michael Knowles, John Butler, Peter Cook, Wayne Dixon and
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The butt buster!
FINE-HIT smoker Brian Gray has been trying out the latest device to stop tab ends ending up on York's streets. Brian, who was left fuming after he was given a £50 fine for dropping a tiny roll-up in Front Street, Acomb, tested out City of York Council's
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Police alert for bikers
BIKERS have been warned to expect a mixed reception in North Yorkshire this weekend - from the police and the weather. Senior police officers said touring riders were welcome on the county's 6,000 miles of roads, but the "idiot minority" who treated the
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'Hanging' inquest is delayed again
THE inquest into the hanging of a York woman more than four years ago has hit yet another delay. Following lengthy discussions with lawyers, York Coroner Donald Coverdale yesterday adjourned Hannah Longhorn's inquest until next Wednesday. He said that
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Security guard's 'panther' ordeal
THE black panther-like creature roaming the York area has been spotted again - this time by a terrified security guard. Paul Keeling, 40, pictured, was patrolling the grounds of Queen Margaret's School at Escrick when he came face-to-face with the giant
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Danny seeks Gordon tonic
DANNY Pugh believes he can follow Gordon Strachan's example by winning over Leeds fans who detest Manchester United. Pugh arrived at Elland Road yesterday as part of the controversial deal that took Alan Smith to Old Trafford. The 21-year-old left-sided
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York soccer hooligans banned from Euro 2004
TEN football hooligans from York and North Yorkshire are among more than 2,500 banned from going to Euro 2004. The known troublemakers - eight of whom are from York and are a mix of York City and Leeds United fans - have already been ordered to hand in
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Seaside twist for Terry?
FORMER York City boss Terry Dolan could be among the front-runners to replace Scarborough manager Russell Slade. Dolan, 54, will cease to be paid by the Minstermen at the end of this month after completing a season on 'gardening leave' following his departure
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Payout call over mast blunder
YORK council bosses are being urged to pay compensation to a home owner after a blunder led to a phone mast being put up near her house. City of York Council planners were today heavily criticised in an official report, after the mast went up - even though
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Seaside twist for Terry?
FORMER York City boss Terry Dolan could be among the front-runners to replace Scarborough manager Russell Slade. Dolan, 54, will cease to be paid by the Minstermen at the end of this month after completing a season on 'gardening leave' following his departure
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Crescent boon
YORK City have announced that full details of the deal to secure a long-term stay at Bootham Crescent should be revealed in two weeks' time. The news comes just 72 hours before the date on which the football club could have been evicted from their 72-
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Bar/Restaurant Staff
The Riverside Farm require full time Bar/Restaurant Staff. Must be 18+. Experience preferred, but full training will be given. Would you like to join our busy, but friendly team? If so, please phone 01904 642525 to arrange an interview, ask for Pat or
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Hotel Housekeeper
Hotel Housekeeper required for 20 bedroom hotel in Hovingham. Previous experience would be an advantage. 4 or 5 day week. For further information please call Mr Finn on 01653 628234. Updated: 10:28 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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Machine Operatives
Assembley and Machine Operatives required for factory on outskirts of York. Continental and day shifts available. Ongoing and temporary contracts. Call Tara on 01759 376250 (agy). Updated: 10:27 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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Casual Personnel
Casual Personnel. Required for part time casual work to assist in the inserting of sections, magazines, leaflets etc into our publications. Guaranteed hours on Thursday and Fridays, approximately 10.00am-3.00pm. Other hours as required, which will include
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Cleaners
Part Time Cleaners required for high class offices in York. Good pay and conditions. Tel. 01904 783635. Updated: 10:18 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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colt supermini bang on target
BATTLE lines have been drawn by Mitsubishi to launch an all-out assault on the supermini market. The unveiling this week of its fifth-generation Colt also marks the company's first foray into the United Kingdom supermini sector, a radical departure from
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Fit speed limiters
I CAN easily understand why young (and youngish) men wish to flash around our roads at 100-plus mph ('Speeders face swift justice', May 22). It's fun, daring and wows the girls. Fines may be fine, but, wondering about a less censorious approach, I contacted
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We don't want the planet to end up like this, do we?
HOLLYWOOD's latest disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow, above, dramatically illustrates the horrendous consequences that would result from abrupt climate change. While the film is a work of fiction, climate change is not and the effects on people and
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Praise for traders
I UNDERSTAND that York markets have been receiving some criticism recently so I should like to offer some praise. I recently bought a wallet from the leather goods stall and left my old wallet on the stall. When I later returned, the young men on the
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The moment the doors of hell swung open...
REFERRING to the photographs showing the abhorrent behaviour of some members of the US forces in Abu Ghraib towards the prisoners, stop wasting precious time. I am not excusing that ghastly behaviour but stop picking out the lower ranks. Go to the top
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train of thought
Robbie Dale talks trains before getting on one and heading further north. THIS weekend I'm not going to be in York. I am jumping the fence to escape home to Glasgow to enjoy a debauched foray into the world of the 21st birthday. A friend from school receives
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Care Assistants
Abbey Lea Care Home, Barlby, Selby. Care Assistants required full and p/t vacancies day and/or evening shifts, experience desirable but not essential. Wage from £5 per hour dependent on experience. Night Carer, 1 night per week. Tel: Mrs Emmett 01757
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Senior Chef
Senior Chef required to assist the Kitchen Manager in leading our kitchen team to produce food of a consistently high standard in this fast paced carvery style environment. Take the next step in developing your career and call Simon on 01904 644330. Updated
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Newspaper round
Have you got Sunday mornings free? We require a car owner for a small newspaper round in the country. Write to Grays Newsagents, Navigation Road, York YO1 9UN. Updated: 08:13 Friday, May 28, 2004
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Care Assistant
Experienced cleaners - run your own cleaning contracts with management support from Procare. Excellent earnings, on self-employed basis. Phone 01914 104040. Updated: 08:10 Friday, May 28, 2004
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Operative
York and surrounding areas. 35-40 hours per week. Operative £5.00 per hour. Van/uniform provided, work alternate weekends, 28 days holiday. Tel. Mike 0800 542 3199. Updated: 11:24 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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Assistant Steward
Huntington WMC Assistant Steward required, £250 pw, various hours over 6 days. Applications including details of experience to The Secretary, 1 North Moor Road, Huntington, York YO32 9QS. Also Bar Staff required, good working conditions, £4.54 per hour
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Tradesmen
All trades required for work in the Yorkshire area. Ring Ebor Recruitment Ltd on 01904 340952, 07710 685159, 07949 056331. Updated: 10:51 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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Receptionist
Join a Great Team! Receptionist (hotel eperienced needed). Hall Porter 21+ (driving licence essential). Full details fo these positions are available by telephoning: 01904 625082. Or send CV to: Personnel Dept, Dean Court Hotel, Duncombe Place, York YO1
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Bar Staff/Cleaner
Station Hotel Pockington re-opening. Requires experienced full and part time bar staff and cleaner. Apply Guy Wilkinson on 07703 466133. Updated: 10:40 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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Experienced Joiners
Due to increased workload we require Experienced Joiners for varied site work and workshop. Must be experienced and able to work to a high standard. Immediate start. Permanent position. Wage negotiable. Apply York Window & Kitchen Design, 60b Blossom
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Counter Assistants
Full and part time Counter Assistants required for Thompsons Fish and Chip Restaurant (five minutes from Monks Cross). Excellent rate of pay, bonus system available, hours negotiable, meals provided. Call Sarah or Jo on 01904 468022. Updated: 10:34 Thursday
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The Day After Tomorrow. Running time: 124 mins Certificate: 12A
ROLAND Emmerich has it in for New York. He had aliens wiping out chunks of the Big Apple in Independence Day and let Godzilla loose on Manhattan. Now he outdoes Shakespeare's Prospero and Macbeth's witches in unleashing the mighty forces of nature - and
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stand up issues
Charles Hutchinson introduces the second York Comedy Festival and talks to headlining act Omid Djalili about comedy, burning out, being in the movies and acting with Whoopi. Name: York Comedy Festival Occupation: Week-long celebration of comic talent,
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Firms urged to become more disabled-friendly
BUSINESSES in York and North Yorkshire are being urged to become more disabled-friendly, before it's too late. With less than six months to go until the introduction of new legislation cracking down on disability discrimination, nearly 70 per cent of
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Jazz Notes
BRIDLINGTON-born pianist Gerry Spencer met the sensational young singer Esther Miller during a stint working as on South African television. Esther returns to Jazz at the Cairn Hotel, Harrogate, tonight (Friday, May 28) with Gerry and his quartet. Esther
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suffering surf
NORWEGIAN Synth-Punks Surferosa, who recently released their debut album Shanghai My Heart, support Stroke-esque band The Killers at Fibbers on Sunday. Fronting the act, the enigmatic Mariann claims "a gig should be a feast with lots of energy, colour
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The butt buster!
FINE-HIT smoker Brian Gray has been trying out the latest device to stop tab ends ending up on York's streets. Brian, who was left fuming after he was given a £50 fine for dropping a tiny roll-up in Front Street, Acomb, tested out City of York Council's
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Pop's final flourish
POPPLETON under 12s enjoyed a cup double after ending their season by playing three finals in ten days. The York Mitchell League side lifted the League Cup and Charity Shield but, in between, missed out on North Riding County Cup glory. Poppleton defeated
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Postal votes are a mess
EIGHT out of ten Yorkshire voters did not take part in the 1999 Euro elections. European MPs elected by such a small proportion of the population could barely claim a mandate. Clearly any further erosion in turnout will undermine democracy itself. Earlier
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Barbican decision 'in days'
THE redevelopment of York's Barbican Centre could be given the green light by the Government by as early as next week. But officials could also ask for more time to consider whether or not to call in the controversial scheme and hold a public inquiry.
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Family tax credit anger
TAX credits are the most popular family benefit ever, according to Labour - but York families say the system is still not working. City MP Hugh Bayley has welcomed the announcement by Dawn Primarolo, Labour's Paymaster General, that almost 90 per cent
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Spar store is fined £5,300
A NATIONAL store chain faces a £5,300 court bill for a catalogue of food safety and pricing offences at one of its York stores. Spar Stores blamed social problems in The Groves and management incompetence for the misleading prices, lack of prices, and
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Will's a young man of Steel
WILL Steel collected a full set of medals at the Yorkshire County Championships at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium. The Nestl Rowntree athlete put in an outstanding performance to hold on to win the Under-17 Men's 400metres in a time of 51.1secs. It was
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James goes from school to nursery
A BUDDING gardener has abandoned school to pursue his favourite hobby as a career - at the tender age of 14. James Dalton, of Rose Farm, Church Fenton, has been passionate about gardening all his life, but has now launched his own business growing and
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It's grrrreat for York 9s feast
Organisers of the third annual York International 9s rugby league tournament have revealed that breakfast cereal makers Frosties are to support the newly created York 9s Community Programme. The programme will run concurrently to the York 9s and is also
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Crescent boon
YORK City have announced that full details of the deal to secure a long-term stay at Bootham Crescent should be revealed in two weeks' time. The news comes just 72 hours before the date on which the football club could have been evicted from their 72-
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250 Civil Service jobs hope for York
YORK could be in line for a major jobs boost, with the revelation that ministers are considering moving 250 Civil Service posts to the city. City MP Hugh Bayley disclosed today that the Rural Affairs Minister, Alun Michael, had written to him saying that
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Raccoon could run off with loot - 28/05/04
Raccoon, who did Evening Press readers an excellent turn when winning at 5-1 as my Nap selection at Haydock last Saturday, is my tip in the £50,000 Victor Chandler Scottish Sprint Cup over five furlongs at Musselburgh tomorrow. Trained near Thirsk by
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Golf Shop Assistant
Golf Club Assistant. Full/part time. The Oaks Golf Club - Aughton. Tel. Robert Nutt on 01757 288577/288007/288001. Updated: 10:32 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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Secretary/Research Assistant
Secretary/Research Assistant required for small executive search business near Rillington. Must have excellent telephone manner and sound secretarial skills. Part time. Call 01944 759060. Updated: 10:31 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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Dental Patient Advisor
Dental Patient Advisor position available in a friendly practice. Varied and interesting role to include treatment advising, administration, nursing and reception cover. Full time or part time, must have dental experience. Salary negotiable. Contact Julie
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Cook/Chef
Cook/Chef. Excellent working conditions. Please ring Robert Nutt, The Oaks Golf Club. Tel. 01757 288577/01757 288001. Updated: 10:21 Thursday, May 27, 2004
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long on fun
Alex Lloyd looks forward to another long weekend in the bars and clubs. AFTER the abundance of long weekends, this weekend will be the last bank holiday for a little while. To help all you lovely yorktwenty4seven readers make the most of it, here's a
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Vote to crush BNP
WE urge York citizens to vote in the European elections in June so the results truly represent the views of people in our region. There are concerns that if there is a low turn-out in the European elections, the British National Party will benefit. All
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Support our buses
I AM surprised a council that professes to be so much in favour of promoting the use of public transport in York is planning to do so much that will disrupt bus services in this city. The proposal to prevent traffic using Walmgate Bar (May 25) is a good
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Build the school
IN reply to Mrs D Dawson's letter (May 21), I must put a few facts straight about the new site for St Barnabas School. I have lived on Leeman Road for part of my life and my family has always lived here. I have never seen the flooding she talks about
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£60 fine outrage
One Sunday morning recently my 85-year-old father-in-law parked his car in the car park off Clarence Street and paid for a two-hour stay from 11.53am. He returned to his car with my wife and myself at 2.05pm to find a parking ticket for £60 because he
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Delightful tradition
WHILE walking my dog one Saturday afternoon I saw a rare event. Outside Heworth parish church was a crowd of people splendidly dressed and obviously very happy. Vintage cars were parked ready on the roadside all festooned with flowers and ribbons. It
