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The big chill
Alex Lloyd samples the mix of music on offer at Orgasmic in York. A CHILLED-OUT mix of funk, R'n'B and reggae is the latest addition to the weekly line-up at Orgasmic. Thursday night entertainment now comes courtesy of DJ Dougie Tornado, the man behind
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Kick off the mark
Robbie Dale bones up on lager and football ahead of a match on Sunday. SOMETIMES being a young man can be tough. You have to acquire the taste for lager with incredible speed, pretend to understand the attraction of burping, and spend hours pouring over
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Way we were
Friday, June 4, 2004 100 years ago: The people of Huntington had long been agitating for the extension of the telegraph to their post office, and in all probability "this additional mark of civilisation" would be conferred upon them during the next month
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Derby challenge for York
SCARBOROUGH CC visit Clifton Park in what promises to be a tight Yorkshire ECB County Premier Cricket League struggle. Like the Seasiders, York are striving to reach the higher echelons of the League table so the fixture will be more than the normally
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Leaflet Distributors
Leaflet Distributors required for York city. Do you have 10 or 15 hours spare per week and would like to earn significant extra income? Call Graham at Council Homebuyers on 07771 542208 (m). Updated: 09:07 Friday, June 04, 2004
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Steward
Experienced Steward, Stewardess required. Start 8th August. Application including references and CV to: The Secretary, Fulfordgate Club and Institute Ltd, 19 Heslington Lane, Fulford, York YO10 4LX. Updated: 09:01 Friday, June 04, 2004
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Pipelayers & Groundworkers
Pipelayers & Groundworkers urgently required for York and other areas. Must be experienced, excellent rates of pay. Tel. 01302 366900 or 07836 279552(m). Updated: 08:57 Friday, June 04, 2004
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Carers
Carers needed for bank nursing and residential homes. Good rates of pay. Experience preferred. Tel. 01904 655422. Updated: 08:49 Friday, June 04, 2004
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Carer
Full time Carer required for Rosevale Care Home (Residential), Wigginton, York, rate of pay £5.90-£6.70 depending on qualifications + night enhancement. Telephone the home manager on 01904 764242 for an interview. Also part or full time domestic assistant
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Drivers/Cleaners
Drivers/Cleaners wanted, for evening/day time work. Up to £6 per hour, uniform provided. Call Chris or Anita 01904 787485. Updated: 08:31 Friday, June 04, 2004
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Cleaners
Pike Hills Golf Club require Cleaners, 8am-12 noon. Tel. 01904 700797 for interview appointment. Updated: 08:29 Friday, June 04, 2004
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Glass Installation Operative
We have a vacancy for a Glass Installation Operative. No previous experience necessary, as training will be given, however applicants should be practical and have a driving licence, and be prepared to work away from home. Good rates of pay plus training
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Security Officers
Mobile Security Officers required to work in York and Selby. Excellent rates of pay. SITO certificated training and full uniform provided. Please contact John Cook on 01757 701596 (Mayfair Group Response). Updated: 08:18 Friday, June 04, 2004
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Foreman Bricklayers
Foreman Bricklayers required to supervise small works team, with knowledge of groundworks, roofing and plastering. CIS or on books, clean driving licence essential. Contact Steve Thompson SDT Builders 01904 766236. Updated: 16:13 Thursday, June 03, 2004
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Catering Staff
Casual Catering Staff. Silver Service/Waiting/Bar Staff required to work at York Racecourse. Transport and food provided. Good rates of pay. Call Jill Mon - Fri 9.00am to 5.30pm on 0113 2876387. Updated: 16:09 Thursday, June 03, 2004
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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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Dave Spikey, Grand Opera House, York, June 11
Introducing... Dave Spikey, the Bolton bio-medical scientist who turned to comedy. Once he was Dave Bramwell, a bio-medical scientist in charge of the haematology department at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Now he is comedy turn Dave Spikey, alias Jerry
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York firms among Stateside elite
SCIENCE and Innovation Minister Lord Sainsbury today praised two York companies for taking part in the world's largest biotechnology event being held in San Francisco next week. The UK delegation, including Bridgehead Pharmalicensing and Procure Therapeutics
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New email service will help take care of business
A NEW email alert service by Business Link, the Government-backed support organisation, aims to save small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Yorkshire thousands of pounds in fines and interest payments. The service was triggered by statistics which
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Election triumph for document firm
A YORK document services company was today celebrating its key role in this year's biggest municipal postal ballots in England and Wales. DocQwise Business Services Ltd of Station Rise, has won an exclusive contract to design, print and deliver multi-lingual
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Kathryn Williams, Pocklington Arts Centre, June 10
ON the outside, everything looked rosy for Kathryn Williams. From a debut album made in her Newcastle flat for £80 and released on her own label, to the Mercury Music Prize nomination for 2000's Little Black Numbers, and plenty more praise for Old Low
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Roland Gift and The Fine Young Cannibals, Grand Opera House, York. June 8
Just A Quickie with... Roland Gift, the Fine Young Cannibals singer on the comeback trail in York on Tuesday. Roland, the last time you were at the Grand Opera House, you were playing Romeo in Hull Truck's production of Romeo And Juliet. Remember it?
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Injuries piling up for Knights
RICHARD Agar fears his York City Knights squad is virtually back to square one after another spate of injuries and enforced absences. Agar has been hit with an ever-growing list of absentees in recent weeks and the problem worsened further today with
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Past saluted, but it's full steam ahead
RailFest, the celebration of 200 years of railways, has proved a huge crowd puller at York's National Railway Museum. ALAN HYDE, corporate affairs manager for GNER, examines the wider significance of the event. YORK is once again at the heart of the national
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Dennis recalls gay old times with Syd
JO HAYWOOD gets swept up in a rags to riches "pink romance" that takes in Tangier, Thailand and... York's Churchill Hotel. AS great love stories go, it's less Romeo and Juliet, and more Romeo and Romeo. With swearing. Lots of swearing. Things didn't get
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Libs Dems got it wrong
THE new parking charges in York are proving to be one of the most heated local issues in a long time. The anger between businesses and City Of York Council shows no sign of abating. In fact, the situation appears to be getting worse. When the manager
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Hamstars...
WHAT fascination is to be found in this cultural experiment. Contestants are cooped up together under the public gaze so that their every move can be witnessed. Then they are voted off in a ruthless process of selection. Big Brother? Certainly not. We
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Delay on Barbican 'is fine with us'
THE prospective developers of York's Barbican Centre say they are taking the latest delay in their stride. The Evening Press has reported how the Government was giving itself more time to decide whether to call a public inquiry into the controversial
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Cashing in on old City programmes
THREE of the oldest surviving York City football programmes are expected to fetch hundreds of pounds when they are auctioned next week. One of the programmes is so old, it was for a match held before York City were admitted to the Football League. The
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Colourful waters welcome bream
AS the clock ticks down to the start of the new season, anglers' thoughts will be beginning to turn to the rivers once again. The Ouse looks in great condition at present with plenty of flow and colour. Large numbers of rolling bream were noted during
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Poacher ace Lee's sparkling 15 darts
POACHER'S Lee Brundrett hit a 180 for a fantastic 15 darts then added a 123 finish in the pairs in York John Smith's Men's League division one. Ray McInally backed him up with a fine 17 darts as Poacher whitewashed Cue Ball. Heath Scaife (15), Mick Willsden
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Machine goes nap as war on gum is stepped up
THE battle against gum droppers has intensified in York. City of York council's gum- busting machine is now hitting the streets five days a week. Funding from York Business Pride and labour courtesy of PACY - a partnership between York Arclight Project
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Traffic chaos fears over bar closure
PLANS to close an historic gateway in York have sparked fears that the move will cause traffic chaos on nearby roads. Members of City of York Council have agreed to close Walmgate Bar to all vehicles, except bicycles, to protect the monument from damage
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'Summit' call on city's new parking charges
A YORK business leader has called for a "summit meeting" to discuss controversial new parking charges. Len Cruddas, chief executive of the York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, said: "It would be a good idea for the council and businesses affected
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Light can be Derby dazzler - 04/06/04
North Light, winner of the Dante Stakes at York last month, can follow-up in the ultimate prize at Epsom on Saturday - the £1.25m Vodafone Derby. Sir Michael Stoute's colt will again be partnered by Kieren Fallon, the same trainer and jockey having won
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Death of Ryedale star horse Vintage Premium - 04/06/04
VINTAGE Premium, winner of the 2002 John Smith's Cup at York, and due to run on Derby day at Epsom on Saturday, died today on the Musley Bank gallops of his Malton trainer Richard Fahey. It is thought that the seven-year-old suffered a heart attack. "
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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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Experienced Secretary
Experienced Secretary required for busy professional firm of accountants based near York City Centre. The applicant must be numerate and articulate and have experience in word processing and audio typing, together with helping to run a small friendly
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Viking comedians vie for £500
EVER wondered what a Viking stand-up comic would be like? Well, now's your chance to find out. For JORVIK, York's famous Viking centre, has organised two new wacky events as part of the city's Comedy Festival 2004, which runs from tomorrow until Saturday
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Tuscan Memories Adze Gallery, Gillygate until June 19
IN an encouraging start to Giuliana Lazzerini's solo show at Adze Gallery in York, nine prints and monochromatic paintings by the Italian colourist were sold at last weekend's private preview. The Tuscan Memories selling exhibition assembles new works
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'Beach Party' heroes
D-Day June 6. 1944. D-Day Minus 157 days. Most people are aware of the tremendous bravery shown by the Allied forces on D-Day and subsequent 'plus days', but landings were also carried out by Royal Marine and Royal Engineer beach survey parties just after
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Abuse of position
The Chief Executive of City of York Council recently complained of criticism on your letters page about council officers (Letters, May 29). He would be better employed exercising rather more discipline over his subordinates. When I was elected to the
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Make Bar offenders pay for damage they cause
IN response to the proposal to close York's Walmgate Bar to all traffic, surely it would be more sensible to close it to lorries only and let the smaller vehicles keep the traffic flowing ('Ban on traffic at Bar to go ahead', May 24). A camera should
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Unfair fares
I THANK Selby District Council for the letter reminding me to renew my concessionary bus pass or to take the offer of £8 of bus tokens. In the letter the council stated that local taxi firms also accept the tokens. Does the council realise that living
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Give plans a chance
When York Barbican was being built during the 1980s, I can remember people haranguing and harassing the council over its conception. "Waste of money", "white elephant" and "we don't need it" were some of the views quoted. Nevertheless, the place was built
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We need greenery
IT was disappointing to read that City of York Council has been given the green light to cover another greenfield site in the city with concrete, tarmac and bricks. Are we never going to learn that city dwellers need these open sites that are now fast
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Fuel crisis benefits
We are told by Alistair Darling, government spokesman on transport, that the solution to the present petrol price rise is to increase the supply of oil. Applying some basic economic theory, the other option is to reduce demand. Making one less private
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Office Administrator
Charters Reid & Associates Ltd require a part-time Office Administor (to cover maternity). Must be PC literate, good rate of pay. For further details please call 01904 468762 or email judith@uksurveys.net. Closing date for applications: 10 June. Updated
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Corporate Security Officers
Corporate Security Officers required to work at various sites in York and Selby. Excellent rates of pay. SITO certificated training and full uniform provided. Please contact John Cook on 01757 701596 (Mayfair Group Response). Updated: 09:12 Friday, June
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Catering Supervisor
Catering Supervisor £5.30 per hour/Assistants £4.85 per hour required for new coffee shop, opening soon at Monks Cross. Various hours available. Company benefits plus free use of gym and pool facilities. For more details please phone 01904 652924. Updated
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Morning Cleaner
Morning Cleaner required for York City Centre. Please ring 01617 941970. Updated: 08:51 Friday, June 04, 2004
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Sales Cashiers
Forecourt Sales Cashiers required for Q8 A64 Bilbrough Top, a busy petrol station. Weekends am and pm, Friday and Saturday nights. £6 per hour. Experience not required as full training will be given. Applicants over 18 only. Cleaner also required. Tel
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Commis Chef & Cleaners
Riverside Farm, Skelton require the following staff. Full time Commis Chef, experience working in a busy kitchen an advantage. Part time cleaners required, four mornings a week. Full training will be given for all positions. Telephone Pat on 01904 642525
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Catering Assistants
Catering Assistant, 26 hours pw over 4 days, Mon-Fri, 8am-3pm, £5.10p/h. Sunday Catering Assistant, 6 hours, 8.30-2.30, £5.00 per hour, Eurest Catering - Sainsburys Fossbank. Call 07764 446058(m) for details. Updated: 08:35 Friday, June 04, 2004
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Weekend Night Porter & Commis Chef
10.30pm-7.30am Fridays and Saturdays. Outgoing and friendly nature. Hotel or Bar experience a plus. Top hourly rate of pay and uniform provided plus other benefits. Commis Chef - to join the brigade of this leading Restaurant & Cafe Conservatory operation
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Tour Administrator
We are looking for someone to join our busy Tour Department in Boroughbridge to work alongside our Tour Managers handling coach and air tour administration for UK & European holidays. Qualities we are seeking: good standard of written and verbal communication
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Inter-League clash should be a cracker
THE Hunter York and District Senior League will entertain the Drakes Huddersfield League in the first round of the Costcutter Yorkshire Senior Leagues' Knock-out Trophy at Sheriff Hutton Bridge on Saturday. Last year the York League had a fine first round
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Ken Dodd's Happiness Show, Grand Opera House, York June 6
Ken Dodd has been performing for 50 years and he has no plans to stop. Why should he? He's having too much fun, as he tells Charles Hutchinson. KEN Dodd once said discovering he could make people laugh was like being kissed by an angel. Still feeling
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Love's A Luxury, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, in repertoire until July 3
PURE English farce is being revived in Scarborough in a comedy that promises confusion, deception, mayhem and romance. In the latest co-production between the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, and its fellow theatre-in-the-round, the Orange Tree
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Fame, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York. June 15 to 19
FAME is gonna live forever, or at least from June 15 to 19 at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York. Shipton Theatre Company will stage the American hit musical - tThe West End version is at present playing at the Aldwych Theatre - in a showcase for the talents
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Castle is king of the classroom
EDUCATION furniture supplier Castles UK Ltd of Tockwith is celebrating its third anniversary this month with record turnover figures - almost tripling last year's. The company, which supplies residential furniture predominantly to independent schools
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Battle of the bands
DON'T be caught out. The Fibbers/ Evening Press Battle of the Bands 2004 is moving from its usual Tuesday slot to Wednesday for the first semi-final next week in York. Vanacutt, New Legends and Loki will be looking to nail down the first place in the
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Young Heart Attack, Fibbers, York, June 8
THIS is not Spinal Tap. This is Young Heart Attack, the Texan love child of AC/DC and The B-52's Kate Pierson. Their hard-livin', heavy-lickin' music is "so hot and horny it should come wrapped in a fire blanket", says London listings bible Time Out.
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Jazz notes
WAKEFIELD Jazz has a unique special presentation tonight (4th) with a band put together by up-and-coming young pianist Jonathan Gee, co-led by tenor saxophonist Tim Whitehead. Australian Carl Orr is the regular guitarist with the Billy Cobham Band, endorsement
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Machine goes nap as war on gum is stepped up
THE battle against gum droppers has intensified in York. City of York council's gum- busting machine is now hitting the streets five days a week. Funding from York Business Pride and labour courtesy of PACY - a partnership between York Arclight Project
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Royal servant arrives in York
A TRAIN which served the Royal Family for almost 40 years will go on display at the National Railway Museum (NRM) in York. The class 47 locomotive, number 47798, called Prince William was officially handed over to the museum today. Andrew Scott, head
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Graffiti blights city and makes my blood boil
CHRIS GREENWOOD says the writing should be on the wall for those who deface our beautiful city. I FEEL so strongly about this subject that I'm not sure whether to get on my soapbox, or to grab it and start swinging violently at all those who stand in
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'School run' gridlock fury
ANGRY residents have accused City of York Council of ignoring their pleas to stop parents gridlocking their street during the school run. Residents of Queen Anne's Road and North Parade, Bootham, York, claim that about 100 vehicles travel down the narrow
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Mix-up student secures place at university
A YORK man who left school with a handful of GCSEs is to fulfil his dreams of studying at Cambridge - after a funding mix-up nearly cost him his place. David Sainz, 25, of St Stephen's Road, was heartbroken earlier this year when he was turned down for
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Hamsters in a spot of 'Brother'
FORGET the excesses being enacted on your TV screen - you can catch up with the latest Big Brother-style action, complete with evictions, right in the heart of North Yorkshire. Just to add an extra special twist, the contestants in this very public event
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Derby challenge for York
SCARBOROUGH CC visit Clifton Park in what promises to be a tight Yorkshire ECB County Premier Cricket League struggle. Like the Seasiders, York are striving to reach the higher echelons of the League table so the fixture will be more than the normally
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Injuries piling up for Knights
RICHARD Agar fears his York City Knights squad is virtually back to square one after another spate of injuries and enforced absences. Agar has been hit with an ever-growing list of absentees in recent weeks and the problem worsened further today with
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'Don't let him out of prison'
DISGRACED former York psychiatrist Michael Haslam is set to be allowed out of jail to attend the NHS inquiry into the sex assault scandal. Organisers say Haslam - who indecently assaulted three women patients in the 1980s - has indicated he wishes to
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It's a done deal
CARDIFF have finally signalled their intention to sign Lee Bullock and a move will be finalised as soon as the 23-year-old midfielder returns from holiday. The Bluebirds stalled on exercising their first option to sign Bullock after a successful loan
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Drivers face roads misery
YORK motorists were hit with road chaos, as accidents and roadworks brought traffic to a halt, and panic-buying closed a busy petrol station. As a three-vehicle smash on the A64 halted traffic for three hours yesterday, a city supermarket ran out of fuel
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Path looks clear for Corridor to get revenge - 04/06/04
Corridor Creeper is fancied to gain his revenge tomorrow over Raccoon in the £75,000 Vodafone 'Dash' Handicap over Epsom's flying five furlongs. The pair finished first and second in a valuable handicap at Musselburgh last Saturday, with Raccoon, trained
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It's a done deal
CARDIFF have finally signalled their intention to sign Lee Bullock and a move will be finalised as soon as the 23-year-old midfielder returns from holiday. The Bluebirds stalled on exercising their first option to sign Bullock after a successful loan
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Ton-up Ronnie holds up Tykes
A CENTURY from Essex captain Ronnie Irani, his first in the Championship for two years, helped restrict Yorkshire to a first innings lead of only four at Chelmsford yesterday. But their advantage was soon increased as they sped to 40-1 in 6.1 overs before
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Service Engineer
A Service Engineer is required to cover an area including Harrogate, York, Darlington, Stockton, Middlesborough, Scarborough and Bridlington. Working out of our Leeds branch, the Engineer will be responsible for the maintenance and repairs of company
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Dental Nurse
Dental Nurse required full time for busy City Centre practice. Experience preferred but training available for suitable applicant. Apply in writing to The Practice Manager, 25 Blossom Street, York. Updated: 15:33 Thursday, June 03, 2004
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Warehouse Operative
Warehouse Operative (experience preferred). We are a small local company looking for the above. The ideal person would be trained to become Assistant Production Manager. If you have the right experience and attitude please apply in writing only with details
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Housekeeping opportunities
Pavilion Hotel Fulford has Housekeeping opportunities both for Room Attendants and an Assistant to the Head. Please call Kath on 01904 622099. Updated: 15:15 Thursday, June 03, 2004
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Home Carers
Home Carers for most areas in York, training to NVQ II. Transport preferred, but not essential. Tel 01904 655422. Updated: 15:13 Thursday, June 03, 2004
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Field Sales Representative & Manager
Looking for an exciting new career in sales? Field Sales Representative: £18,000 plus bonus, plus car. Field Sales Manager: £25,000 plus bonuses, plus car. Both positions offer flexibility regarding school holidays and hours for working parents. Guidefigure
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Claims Assessor/Filing Clerk/Post Room Assistant
Corries is a personal injury specialist Solicitors based in York. We currently require the following full-time members of staff to join our team. Claims Assessor - a confident and capable person to join our expanding New Claims team, where you will deal
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Smile's better
SMILE please! Renault's new supermini, the Modus, described as the small car with a big heart, arrives in the autumn with body language that "smiles at you" and aggressiveness is out! Its style is designed to express "all the warmth and friendliness"
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Poetic Evocations, Pocklington Arts Centre until June 30
POETIC Evocations, Wendy Tate's exhibition of large-scale nudes, will be turning heads at Pocklington Arts Centre until June 30. Wendy was awarded a substantial grant from the Arts Council towards this show. Her figurative works in oil and acrylic seek
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Please do vote
THE York Council of Churches is an organisation for Christian churches of all denominations in the city. We note with concern that voting figures for the European Parliamentary Elections have been steadily falling during the past 25 years. In 1999, at
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It makes sense to sustain wildlife before it disappears for good
MANY people are trying to help British species of plants and animals survive. In a similar spirit, I have listed and pictured a number of fine border plants which are attractive and sustain our native bumblebees. This may be found on the web at www.beeplants.info
