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Passengers get glimpse of the new Desiro
PASSENGERS were given a sneak preview of things to come when a new train was unveiled at the York RailFest celebrations. TransPennine Express, run by FirstGroup and Keolis SA, gave visitors to the National Railway Museum a look at its new Desiro train
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Pennine train to star at festival
RAIL passengers are to get a chance to try out a new train at the National Railway Museum in York this week. TransPennine Express will be showing off a full-scale, 23-metre model of its new Desiro coach - due to replace the operator's existing fleet in
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Thousands expected in York for Railfest
TENS of thousands of people are expected to flood into York this weekend, as the city celebrates 200 years of rail travel. The National Railway Museum's (NRM) Railfest event will kick off on Saturday, with a special site and trackwork set aside to host
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Superstar to open York's Railfest
The most famous locomotive in the world will open one of the largest rail festivals this country has ever seen. Flying Scotsman will steam into York on May 29 to officially open Railfest, the National Railway Museum's celebration of 200 years of the train
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First class family fun for Railfest
From miniature models to massive steam locomotives, Railfest will have an unrivalled range of rides for visitors to enjoy. During the nine-day family festival at the National Railway Museum in York, rides will be available for the first time since 1995
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Partnership places - Railfest in the modern arena
The UK rail industry is joining forces with the National Railway Museum to offer a unique insight into the modern railway. As part of the Museum's Railfest celebrations for the bicentenary of the train, the Modern Arena will showcase state of the art
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Railfest celebrates 200 years of the train
One of the UK's biggest ever rail festivals is being planned by the National Railway Museum to celebrate the bicentenary of the train. Record-breakers and history-makers from all over the country will be arriving in York to mark 200 years of progress
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The entertrainers
The National Railway Museum will be alive with the sound of music and theatre as part of the celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the train. Bands playing in a lively mix of musical styles and the museum's own theatre group, Platform 4, will be performing
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Connie And Carla Running time: 97 mins Certificate: 12A
Nia Vardalos, the star and writer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, is back in a reverse take on Some Like It Hot. She tells Liz Howell how she just had to create herself an all-singing, all-dancing role as a pretend drag queen. TWO years ago Nia Vardalos
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The full G&S set
Introducing... John Soper, Alne baritone singer, set designer, Nestle Rowntree stalwart and ceramics student, who will complete his full set of Gilbert & Sullivan's major operettas in York. John Soper joined York Opera, or City Opera as it was then
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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate, York, June 16 to 19
In the works of Oscar Wilde, mothers-in-laws are always best handled with caution. Who can forget Lady Bracknell asking such direct questions of her prospective son-in-law in the Importance Of Being Earnest? Now here comes Sybil Merton's mother, a distinctly
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Prescott casts another fishy gag
POOR Labour MPs. Today they are not just waking up with a thumping local election hangover. They must also be kicking themselves that - in order to fit in a bit of last-minute canvassing - they missed yet another virtuoso performance by Yorkshire's finest
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Today is Tax Freedom Day for the UK
ADRIAN WIDDOWSON, director of taxation at York-based accountants Garbutt & Elliott, takes a look at Tax Freedom Day and what it means for the taxpayer. EVERY year the Adam Smith Institute works out the date of Tax Freedom Day in the UK. What is tax
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Car repairer hires York research firm
Just Car Clinic has joined forces with York-based TJF Research to conduct an in-depth survey among its employees. The survey will provide staff at each of the company's 13 collision repair centres across the Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire
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Work begins on £1.4m project
CONSTRUCTION work has started on a new £1.4 million North Yorkshire base for a cycle clothing and accessory distributor. Integrated design build and development company, Severfield-Reeve Projects, has started work on the 30,000sq ft warehouse and office
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Tim bones up
Tim Booth hadn't intended to record an album or start touring again. But that's what he has ended up doing, as the former James frontman tells Charles Hutchinson. TIM Booth is bound up in music once more. In December 2001, he had bade farewell to James
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Kathryn Williams, Pocklington Arts Centre
RECORD companies ruthlessly take their axe to pop floss when past its sell-by date, yet musical achievement should not be measured by record sales alone. Newcastle artist turned singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams, Mercury Music Prize nominee and purveyor
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Peter Andre, Futurist Theatre, Scarborough June 17
PETER Andre, the Aussie on a bigger comeback than a boomerang, opens his summer tour on Monday. Date number four will be at the Futurist Theatre in Scarborough on Thursday, one of 17 shows on his June and July schedule. Ten have sold out, but not Scarborough
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Melanie C, Fibbers, Stonebow, York, June 13
SPICE Girl Melanie C, part of the world's biggest-selling girl group in a previous life, is making a low-key return to the concert platform with a week of concerts at Barfly clubs around Britain. Always a pop star with the common touch, she kicks off
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Jazz notes
THE Swaledale Festival mostly concentrates on brass music this year, but tonight (11th) you may be lucky enough to find tickets for Bana Congo, a teaming of Congolese Papa Noel and Cuban Papa Oviedo. The historical links between Congolese and Afro Cuban
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Railfest a huge success says NRM
THE wheel may have come off a prized exhibit, but that was one of only two dampeners on a fantastic celebration of rail in York. National Railway Museum chiefs today estimated that more than 60,000 people visited the museum and RailFest, the Leeman Road
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Royal arrival
ROYALTY has made the National Railway Museum its home after rail chiefs handed over a special locomotive for the York collection. The freight train operator English, Welsh and Scottish Railways (EWS), which runs the Royal Train, has given one of its former
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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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Are women fed up?
Eight out of ten women are fed up with their lives, according to a new survey. To blame: trying to juggle demanding jobs with running the family, rubbish sex and social lives, and the pressures of having a perfect body. STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to three York
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New victory for City fans
THE York City board's never-say-die attitude has secured an improbable victory. And sports enthusiasts across the city can enjoy the trophy: a purpose-built 10,000-seat stadium. We salute the tenacity of club managing director Jason McGill and his fellow
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Norwich Union pledge on jobs
NORWICH Union Life says it has no plans in the pipeline for any more significant job losses in York, following yesterday's announcement that 150 posts are being axed. But a spokesman has stressed that the company must remain efficient in a competitive
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The art of bugs
CREEPY-crawlies have been the subject of studies for the art department of a North Yorkshire school. Students at Norton College produced an electrifying display of insects, such as cockroaches, beetles and scorpions, to celebrate National Insect Week,
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Juniors set for big York match
A number of angling clubs and venues in the York area have matches to publicise this week, with the eagerly awaited new season now looming large. The junior angling scene in York has always been a healthy one despite the national trend of reduced numbers
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Good causes get aid from foundation
THOUSANDS of pounds have been handed out to good causes in York and North Yorkshire. The Gannett Foundation - a charity arm of the Evening Press's American owners, Gannett, has sent cheques to benefit York Shakespeare Project, York Blind & Partially
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Barbican safe at top
SCARCROFT had an outstanding 18-15 win against Holgate in division one of the York Veterans Bowls League and are now three points clear in second position. Barbican beat West Park 'A' 22-14 to remain at the top. Wigginton 'B' beat Nestl 'A' 22-18 to stay
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Phoenix soar over Wood in high win
IN their re-arranged match against Woodman, Phoenix recorded an emphatic 9-0 victory in York Phoenix Open League division one. A fine 19-darter from Nick Harteveld was well backed by Dave Binks with 20 darts, an 80 finish from Jim Wallis and a 95 finish
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Lehmann's class races Tykes home
YORKSHIRE claimed the extra half hour at Riverside yesterday and went on to crush Durham by 320 runs to register the sixth biggest runs margin win in the club's history. It was their second consecutive Championship victory and they headed back down the
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Nagging order to save bikers' lives
WIVES and girlfriends of motorcyclists are being asked by police to employ an ancient feminine art to reduce the death toll on North Yorkshire's roads - nagging. Statistics show that in seven years, motorcycle fatalities in the county have more than doubled
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Moving on
YORK City will move to a new 10,000 capacity all-seater stadium in ten years time, the club's board of directors revealed today. The club's £8.5 million relocation is a requirement of a £2 million loan, which has allowed the Minstermen to strike a deal
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Mis to hit the mark for trophy - 11/06/04
Mis Chicaf, who last month became one of the easiest winners of a sprint handicap seen at York in recent seasons, returns to Knavesmire tomorrow and goes for the jackpot prize on Timeform Charity Day. The £75,000 William Hill Trophy is the target for
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Never say die
YORK City directors were turned down FOUR times before being granted a £2million loan from the Football Foundation to re-acquire Bootham Crescent. It was only after a fifth attempt by the dogged Minstermen board, led by managing director Jason McGill,
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Lehmann's class races Tykes home
YORKSHIRE claimed the extra half hour at Riverside yesterday and went on to crush Durham by 320 runs to register the sixth biggest runs margin win in the club's history. It was their second consecutive Championship victory and they headed back down the
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Full time Carer
Full time carer required for Rosevale Residential Home, Wigginton, York. Rate of pay £5.90 - £6.70 per hour depending on qualifications, plus night enhancement. For interview telephone 01904 764242. Updated: 13:30 Friday, June 11, 2004
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Trainee Manager
Management Opportunities. Trainee Manager required. We are a long established and well respected name on the high street with over 320 stores nationwide. Our exciting new concepts in fashion and footwear will take us forward in 2004 and we are looking
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Evening Cleaners (x2)
The Anglo Beef Processors Group is Europe's leading meat processor and supplier of high quality beef products to the major supermarket groups in the United Kingdom. Due to ongoing refurbishment ABP (York) have a vacancy in the following area: Evening
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Where are the plays?
YESTERDAY was the Feast of Corpus Christi, the day when the Mystery Plays were traditionally performed and the day in recent times when the amalgamated production would begin its run. It is four years since the last complete production. I am writing to
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Other housing needs
I AM dismayed that the affordable housing schemes run by a number of housing associations in the York area are apparently only available to those with what they consider to be a "housing need." It seems impossible to get on the York housing list (a prerequisite
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Clean-up act
COUNCILLOR Galloway states that executive members had visited most streets in York because of the complaints of how filthy they are (June 2). I can only assume they must have been looking skyward not to be able to see how bad things have got and they
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Vote of no thanks in the postal ballot
HAVEN'T the police enough to do without John Prescott's brain child of postal ballots causing them to have to investigate the fraud and intimidation that was bound to come? This was doomed from the start. When is this Government going to get us to vote
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Media matters
With two former Conservative councillors - and past group leaders to boot - having rediscovered your letters column last week, it was a little disappointing to find that they still appear to be reading the editions of the Evening Press published a decade
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Tory threat
I WRITE in reply to the letter from Clive Booth (June 8). This letter only shows the desperation of the Tories and the muddle they are once again in over Europe. The agenda Michael Howard and the Conservatives have now put forward would put British jobs
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Unsung Knights' hero Wilson
I AGREE with the Evening Press report that Chris Langley was York City Knights' man of the match in Sunday's win at Halifax. He had a superb game full of grit and determination. As so rightly reported, there were many who qualified, but he had the decisive
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The best beats
Alex Lloyd plans to hip-hop along to one of the best parties in York. YORK'S biggest hip-hop night is celebrating its second birthday tomorrow with a party that is not to be missed. Beatsiality will be taking over Fibbers in what could be their last event
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It's a funny thing
Robbie Dale considers cow pat bingo and other comic innovations. THE first time I ever travelled South from my beloved Glasgow homestead to visit this fine city, I was part of a small contingent from my school's combined Cadet Force RAF section. Aside
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Way we were
Thursday, June 10, 2004 100 years ago: For the second time in a week Scarborough established a record for being a sunny resort, as it had nearly fifteen-and-a-half hours of sunshine, against four hours at Brighton, eight-and-a-half at Keswick, and seven
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Flying squad
IT was the moment York had been waiting for - when the Flying Scotsman arrived home to crowds of cheering train enthusiasts. Visitors to Railfest waved Union flags as the engine pulled into the National Railway Museum (NRM) with Sir Richard Branson on
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I'm Not Scared, Running time: 101 mins Certificate: 15
IT is summer, the sweltering Italian summer of 1978, the hottest on record. The cornfields are ripening, the sheaths dancing in the wind beneath perfect blue skies that stretch out across the horizon like the summer holidays newly begun. For ten-year-old
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Exclusive: John Terry on England's hopes
JOHN Terry doesn't think much to our chances of winning Euro 2004. We lack a big target man up front and Portugal should be favourites to lift the trophy, he says. No, not that John Terry - the Chelsea star is too busy battling to regain fitness in Portugal
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Chris Addison and Natalie Haynes, York Comedy Festival, City Screen, York
ENERGETIC stand-up comedian Chris Addison topped the bill in the cosy basement bar last night, with a whistle-stop tour of the birth of civilisation, taking satirical swipes at the Daily Mail, Rupert Murdoch, speeding motorists, Euro-sceptics and TV's
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The Derby McQueen Affair, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, June 18 to 'July 10
Nick, so far York has seen your humorous adaptations of Beauty And The Beast and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. The Derby McQueen Affair is your first original play. How did this play and its theme of charity exploitation develop? "I'd had the idea for
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Fame, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, June 15 to 19
AS the old saying has it, life imitates art. Or was it, art imitates life? Whatever, the link between the two is reflected in Shipton Theatre Company's production of Fame The Musical. "Many of the cast will be starting out on their own professional careers
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Rivals caught in a tangled web
A VIRTUAL pillow fight has broken out between a North Yorkshire bed company and its Surrey-based rival. To Catch A Dream, the specialist retailer of high quality beds, bedsteads and bedroom furniture, is taking legal advice to prevent on-line customers
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Future dawns for all entrants
A trickle of entries for the 2004 Evening Press Business of the Year has become a stream and soon it will be a torrent. So dive in as the floodgates open and enjoy the ride! The process of rewarding you and your staff with deserved honours could not be
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Battle of the bands
NEW Legends are handling the self-imposed pressure of such a bold band name most impressively. This week, they won the first semi-final of the Fibbers/Evening Press/Battle of the Bands 2004 in York to book their passage to the Grand Final on June 29.
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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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Pulling power of steam
THE National Railway Museum in York saw some of its biggest crowds ever at a single event as more than thousands of people crowded to RailFest. The 8,000 visitors enjoyed steam rides and saw nearly 50 locomotives, engines and vehicles, at yesterday's
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School slammed for car gridlock
COUNCILLORS have blasted a York school for its alleged lack of co-operation in tackling school run gridlock which is plaguing neighbouring residents. City of York Council's east area planning and transport committee is to put pressure on St Peter's School
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Penny protest
RULES is rules. It's the motto of the jobsworth. But a little flexibility goes a long way. As landlord of the York Arms, next to the Minster, Mark Elwers has few parking options. So when he feared his wife was about to go into premature labour, he left
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Bullying story halts campus newspaper
THE latest edition of an award-winning York student newspaper has been scrapped after a threat of legal action. York Vision will not now appear until the end of the month, following a row over a five-page investigative report that named a non-academic
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Protest staged by 4-in-a-bed family
A PROTEST was being staged at a York housing office today amid claims that a family of four are being forced to share the same bed. Mother-of-two Alison Coles, 22, says she and her partner, Alan Harris, were moved into a first-floor flat in Invicta Court
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Persistent beggar given city centre ban
POLICE were today searching for a persistent and aggressive beggar - to tell him he has been banned from York city centre for five years. York magistrates made an antisocial behaviour order (ASBO), which includes the city centre ban, after hearing how
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Never say die
YORK City directors were turned down FOUR times before being granted a £2million loan from the Football Foundation to re-acquire Bootham Crescent. It was only after a fifth attempt by the dogged Minstermen board, led by managing director Jason McGill,
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Parking fine landlord in penny protest
FRUSTRATED York motorist Mark Elwers staged a penny protest over a parking fine. He walked into council offices in St Leonard's Place and handed over a bag containing 3,000 pennies. Mark, who is landlord of the York Arms, in High Petergate, says he was
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BCH have donated £2m to club - Craig
FORMER York City chairman Douglas Craig believes he has contributed £2million towards the continued survival of the football club by accepting a reduced sale price for Bootham Crescent. Craig will net £1.2million from the deal brokered with City managing
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Moving on
YORK City will move to a new 10,000 capacity all-seater stadium in ten years time, the club's board of directors revealed today. The club's £8.5 million relocation is a requirement of a £2 million loan, which has allowed the Minstermen to strike a deal
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The small print
YORK City's deal to buy Bootham Crescent was the result of months of hard work and negotiation. DAVE FLETT looks at what it all means for the Minstermen. THE deal which brought Bootham Crescent back to the football club was part of a much bigger picture
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Plasterer
Plasterer required to make up team. Please ring 01904 416830 evenings or 07944 840784 (m). Updated: 13:32 Friday, June 11, 2004
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General Farm Worker
General Farm Worker required for harvest/Autumn cutlivations on arable unit at Bilbrough, York. Modern machinery and good working conditions. Full time job to the right applicant. Tel. Andrew Robinson 01937 834928 or 07860 448091(m). Updated: 13:27 Friday
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Vacancies are York Station
Full/part-time vacancies at York Station Sales, catering, retailing, kitchen and bar work. £4.70 per hour after training. NVQ training for under 25yrs. Hours between 5am and 11.30pm. Contact tel 01904 635751. Updated: 13:21 Friday, June 11, 2004
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Full time Waiter/ess
Full time Waiter/ess required 8am - 3.30pm Mon-Fri. Part time Bar person required 3.30pm - 8.30pm Mon-Fri. Also Cleaner required 4pm-7pm Mon - Fri. All in Fulford area. Tel 01904 621664. Updated: 12:07 Friday, June 11, 2004
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Maintenance Engineer
The Anglo Beef Processors Group is Europe's leading meat processor and supplier of high quality beef products to the major supermarket groups in the United Kingdom. Due to ongoing refurbishment ABP (York) have a vacancy in the following area: Maintenance
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Part-time Office Livestock Clerk
The Anglo Beef Processors Group is Europe's leading meat processor and supplier of high quality beef products to the major supermarket groups in the United Kingdom. Due to ongoing refurbishment ABP (York) have a vacancy in the following area: Part-time
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Victorian gateway
WITH regard to the closure of Walmgate Bar, as recommended by the city council in order to "protect" the original barbican and house, why has it not considered the option taken by the Victorians? Why not open a "new millennium" gateway into the city on
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Taking credit
UPGRADING the facilities of the Barbican Centre and its two swimming pools was always going to be a contentious issue, no matter who was steering the project. Is it any wonder then that councillors, recently cast aside by York's electorate, are the most
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Chips are down
ON visiting York for the fourth time in two years I was disappointed to find that all fish and chip shops around the railway station and the tourist bus stop closed at 2pm and opened again at 6pm. On asking at the Tourist Information Centre at the station
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Stunning concept
RENAULT has pulled out all the stops in the newest concept guide to its future. Fluence, its latest off-the-drawing board concept is a real upmarket, four-seater sports coupe. At 4.6-metres long, Fluence is comparable in size to the present Laguna, and
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New six appeal from Audi
THE latest state-of-the-art executive saloon from the Vorsprung durch Technik brand, or Audi in a nutshell, will hit British roads this month. Longer, wider, more spacious and with more boot capacity than all key rivals - not to mention larger competitors
