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Car Valeters
Car Valeters required for cleaning new and used vehicles within a busy dealership in the York area. Experience preferred but not essential as training will be given. Must have full driving licence. Please contact in the first instance Mr D Smith on 07976
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Hotel Receptionist
Hotel Receptionist/Administrator required. Full time position, flexible hours, some weekend work. Able to work on own initiative, good telephone/sales technique. Training given, good salary package to successful applicant. Apply in handwriting to: Clarence
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Bookkeeper/Accountant
Manor House Nursing Home, Stamford Bridge, York YO41 1AJ. Bookkeeper/Accountant. Experienced accountant required for 4 group companies. Responsibilities for all bookkeeping matters and posting to trial balance. Payroll and overseeing the financial controls
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Tyre Fitter
Tyre Fitter wanted. A good knowledge of tyre sales is preferable. Contact Tim Simpson on 01759 372727. Simpson Bros (York) Ltd. Updated: 09:05 Friday, July 09, 2004
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Full time Commis Chef
Full time Commis Chef, exp working in a busy kitchen an advantage. Reliability and flexibility required. Please telephone Pat on 01904 642525 to arrange interview. Updated: 09:03 Friday, July 09, 2004
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Mobile Cleaner/Driver
Mobile Cleaner/Driver £6.00 per hour. General cleaning duties, must have clean licence. Tel. 01904 691578(m). Updated: 08:58 Friday, July 09, 2004
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Lecture society's numbers on wane
A SOCIETY which has been organising public lectures in York city centre since 1833 suggested today that evening parking charges could place the long-standing tradition in jeopardy. The Yorkshire Philosophical Society says there has been a marked decrease
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Novel idea for free off-street city parking
DEFYING a dearth of journalistic ability, and without a safety net, the Diary will now attempt to tie together the top stories from today and yesteryear. This is the 20th anniversary of the Minster fire. Meanwhile people across the city are blazing mad
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I'll move out says second-hand Dave
A TRADER says he is considering moving out of York city centre because business has slumped so badly in the wake of the parking charge changes. Dave Dee, owner of the Banana Warehouse second- hand goods shop in Piccadilly, says his trade has fallen by
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Trades unions press ahead with meeting
TRADES unionists are pressing ahead with a public meeting on York's controversial parking charges - and say City of York Council has been invited to attend. The meeting will take place at 7pm on Thursday, July 22, at the York Railway Institute near the
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Clamp city
CLAMPERS are set to move on to the streets of York to deal with drivers who persistently flout parking regulations. Motorists could now face paying out £75 to get their car back if they leave it illegally parked more than three times in six months. The
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Ross Noble, Noodlemeister, Grand Opera House, York, July 15 and 16
Geordie comic Ross Noble loves to spin a shaggy story. His latest tour has the puzzling title of Noodlemeister. Charles Hutchinson tries to pin down what this means while finding out about the Noble art of comedy. ROSS Noble's tour poster has the shaggy-haired
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The Studio, York Theatre Royal - season preview
RED Ladder and Asian Theatre School will make their first Studio appearance at York Theatre Royal in Madani Younis's Silent Cry. Younis will link up with the Theatre Royal's youth theatre director, Sarah Brigham, to direct a play about an Asian mother's
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Pock to enjoy anniversary
Pocklington RUFC are lining up a series of special events to celebrate the club's 125th anniversary - kicking off with an anniversary ball next month. The first game of rugby at Pock was in November 1879 when 15 players from Pocklington School met ten
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Farmer goes forth and diversifies
EXIT the pigs, enter the people: A family has transformed part of its farm near Malton into a picturesque caravan and camping site and the venture is set to generate up to six new jobs. Carol and Derek Watson, who bought their West Knapton farm in 1989
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Coming up...
MAKE space in your diary for the return of Space. Out of view - or should that be lost in Space? - since those long-gone days of chart stardom in the late 1990s, the Scouse combo have bade farewell to guitarist Jamie Murphy and Gut Records but have mounted
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Fine effort by young Warriors
Upcoming junior rugby league in Selby was given a boost after a fine performance by Selby Warriors under-11s earned them third place in a junior festival tournament against long-established clubs. In their opening game, underdogs Selby were beaten only
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Hot-shot ready for baptism
Harrogate Town's biggest ever signing is ready to make his debut in tonight's opening pre-season friendly when Bradford City travel to Wetherby Road. Hot shot striker Lee Morris was signed this week for a 'substantial' four-figure sum from Frickley Athletic
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Thank God....
TWENTY years ago York woke to the news that its Minster was still standing only thanks to an heroic effort by more than 100 firefighters. The South Transept blaze came frighteningly close to consuming the entire cathedral, as our supplement earlier this
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Tearing down the dementia taboos
CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL discovers why Alzheimer's Disease is no longer a dirty word. WHEN Judi Dench brought the plight of writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch and her agonisingly brave struggle against Alzheimer's disease into living rooms worldwide, the taboo
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Costly protest
HAVING read about the Barbican protesters' continuing campaign (July 6) I wish to protest that they have now wasted half a million pounds of citizens' council tax money and seem prepared to waste more. Enough is enough. I am all for the right to protest
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Disregard for law
WHEN I leave work I often go home through the city centre past the law courts. Here I see York's low-life on the court steps, laughing and looking at people in an intimidating way, spitting and throwing tab ends and plastic cups all over the steps and
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Input slip-up
Due to an inputting error we substituted a word in a letter from KA Roworth, of York, published yesterday. Sorry. It should have read: Is there any truth in the rumour that there is now a massive waiting list of people keen to acquire a Ghost Walk licence
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Girls in Race for Life plea
THE teenage daughters of a York garage owner who has incurable cancer today pleaded with charity bosses to let them pay tribute to their dad - by entering the city's Race For Life. Heather and Laura Hutchinson were devastated when their dad, Robert, 49
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Ouse and Derwent still with fish aplenty
Contrary to popular belief there are still plenty of fish in our local rivers, and that's official. A number of match reports received this week indicate the quality of sport that can still be enjoyed on both the Ouse and the Derwent. The down-side is
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Hot-shot ready for baptism
Harrogate Town's biggest ever signing is ready to make his debut in tonight's opening pre-season friendly when Bradford City travel to Wetherby Road. Hot shot striker Lee Morris was signed this week for a 'substantial' four-figure sum from Frickley Athletic
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Knights' injury crisis easing
YORK City Knights' latest injury crisis is on the wane, just in time for Sunday's crucial trip to title rivals Hunslet Hawks. No fewer than ten players reported injuries earlier in the week leaving fans fearing the Knights would struggle to field a full
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York firm gets cancer detection funding
A PIONEERING York company has secured new funding to develop technology which could offer earlier and more accurate detection and treatment of cancer. Vistatec York, based in the Innovation Centre at the University of York Science Park, is working on
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City blast for bosses' group
YORK City have fired a broadside at the League Managers' Association for publishing inaccurate and stinging comments in a website report about former manager Terry Dolan. An internet report headlined 'From York to the West Indies' told how Dolan has been
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Scarred for life
A YORK man told today how two men armed with samurai swords savagely attacked him in the doorway of his home. Steve Johnson, 37, said surgeons told him he would have been killed if he had not instinctively raised his arm in self-defence as the blows rained
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It's a Mad-house
YORKSHIRE Phoenix almost achieved the impossible at Headingley last night as they chased Leicestershire Foxes' mammoth score of 221-3, the highest ever recorded in Twenty-20 cricket. They appeared down and out at 143-3 in 16 overs which left them requiring
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Part time Admin Assistant
Edmundson Electrical Limited, the country's leading electrical wholesaler, currently have the following vacancy: Part-time Admin Assistant. 27 hours Monday to Friday by arrangement. The person appointed will ideally have previous experience in a busy
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Storesperson/Driver
Edmundson Electrical Limited, the country's leading electrical wholesaler, currently have the following vacancy: Storesperson/Driver. The successful applicant will ideally have experience in electrical wholesaling and knowledge of the York area. However
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Chefs
Two full time Chefs wanted for busy city centre bar. Experience preferred, but not essential. Good prospects and salary, ability to work flexible hours. Tel: 01904 623121. Updated: 16:07 Thursday, July 08, 2004
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Ground Staff
Heworth Golf Club requires 2 part time ground staff for approx. 20 hours a week plus occasional weekends. Salary by negotiation. Experience of grass cutting machinery an advantage but not essential. For further details, telephone 01904 422390 or 01759
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War hits Labour
LIFELONG Labour supporters in York are deserting the party in the wake of the war in Iraq. One long-term Labour supporter and election candidate, Gordon Campbell-Thomas, has already publicly burned his party membership card because of the war. Now, three
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Football Icons, Blake Head Bookshop, Micklegate until August 3
DAVID Beckham is for sale at £65 in York, and after his errant, enervated performances in Euro 2004, who could quibble at the fallen galactico's valuation being slashed from £25 million? On the other hand, Wayne Rooney is also available for £65, when
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Going goth
Alex Lloyd reports on a York club where the music is always dark. IF YOU'RE out of dark eyeliner, it's time to nip to Boots because a York Goth night celebrates its first birthday tomorrow. Darklands, a monthly night of Goth and underground sounds at
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LGV Class 1 Drivers
LGV Class 1 Drivers required. Days, nights and long distance positions. Modern vehicles, good rates of pay. K&J Logistics Ltd (Rufforth). Tel: 01904 738000. Updated: 09:54 Friday, July 09, 2004
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Catering Assistant
Coffee shop at Deans Garden Centre, require flexible part-time catering assistant, work includes alternate weekends and some bank hols, excellent benefits and rewards, for more information including hours and pay, please contact Mr R Nursey, Deans Garden
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Pest Control Technician
Pest Control Technician. Due to continued expansion we require another Pest Control Technician. Ideally you will have a BPCA Part 1 or equivalent, be based in the York area and hold a full, clean driving licence. Additional training will be given as necessary
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Cleaner
Cleaner required for Monks Cross shopping park, Sat 11-5pm and Sun 11-4pm. Freephone 0800 454168. Updated: 09:42 Friday, July 09, 2004
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Drivers
Drivers wanted, owner car drivers. Earn up to £7 per hour. Flexible hours, insurance arranged. Tel. Craig 07795 551812 (m). Updated: 09:38 Friday, July 09, 2004
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Accounts Assistant
International Engineering Group requires part time Accounts Assistant. 20 hours per week. Due to the company's recent expansion, we have an urgent requirement to strengthen the UK office facility. We are a small team, based in York, with markets in most
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Receptionist
Receptionist required at busy central York hotel. Experience required, however full training will be given. Salary £12,000 circ. Contact 01904 559000 to arrange an interview asap. Updated: 09:16 Friday, July 09, 2004
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Veterinary Nursing & Reception
Howells & Hudson, Veterinary Surgeons. Cheerful, enthusiastic and intelligent person required for nursing and reception duties in 5 vet, busy practice (75% farm & equine, 25% small animal, non-VNTC). Full time position with hours varying according
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Morning cleaner
Morning cleaner required Wed-Sat, 4 mornings. Reliability and flexibility required. Please telephone Pat on 01904 642525 to arrange interview. Updated: 09:04 Friday, July 09, 2004
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Bar/Restaurant Person
Riverside Farm require a Bar/Restaurant Person, experience preferred, but full training will be given, 18yrs+. Reliability and flexibility required. Please telephone Pat on 01904 642525 to arrange interview. Updated: 09:02 Friday, July 09, 2004
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Cleaner
Cleaner wanted for large country house. Must have vehicle. £7 per hour. Tel. 01904 728350. Updated: 08:59 Friday, July 09, 2004
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Security Driver
Security Driver required, Mon-Fri inc. No weekends, £6.05 per hour. Ring 01904 690891 for interview. Updated: 08:55 Friday, July 09, 2004
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Van and 7.5T Drivers
Van and 7.5T Drivers (Tacho exp.) multidrop work in and around York. Full weeks/odd days/hours to suit. Call Protemp Recruitment 01482 322332 (agy). Updated: 08:54 Friday, July 09, 2004
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This sounds like selection to me
ROLL up! Roll up! It's the annual school fete - and time to buy raffle tickets for the tombola. Top prize this term is... a place at a top-performing secondary school? It sounds bizarre but, as Tony Blair and Michael Howard clash furiously about the best
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Moon is eclipsed by new charges
THE owner of a York alterative therapies centre spoke today of her anger at having to shut up shop because she claims parking charges have hammered her business. Pauline Dalby said New Moon, in Walmgate, had ceased trading following a 60 per cent drop
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Around The World In 80 Days, Running time: 90 mins Certificate: PG
JULES Verne's jewel of a novel was a hymn of praise to adventurers and technology. Michael Anderson's film in 1956 put together the dashing David Niven and the Mexican comedian Cantinflas and came up with an Oscar. It lasted three hours and yet this desperate
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A Chorus Of Disapproval, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, July 14 to August 7
Introducing... Philip York, who will lead the mayhem in Alan Ayckbourn's A Chorus Of Disapproval in Scarborough. IF you have not had your fill of comic plays within plays this summer, then the chance to top up on York Theatre Royal's The Pocket Dream
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Out of the old and into the new for accountants
IT all began to add up today for Garbutt & Elliott, one of North Yorkshire's biggest firms of chartered accountants and business advisers, as its 80 staff moved out of their historic York base in Monkgate and into modern premises at Arabesque House
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Good neighbours seal green deal
A HUGE deal between Selby's biggest employer and its near neighbour will result in an environmental bonanza. Hazlewood Grocery, which employs 650 people at its Barlby Road plant, has struck a deal with The Potter Group to store up to 7,000 pallets of
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Jazz notes
I DON'T know whether singer Jo Swiss will don the yellow tracksuit, but she is heading for a Challenge Anneka sprint on Sunday (11th) for two gigs at two venues, with two bands. Jo recently took over from Joan Whitehead at the Sunday afternoon session
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Knights' injury crisis easing
YORK City Knights' latest injury crisis is on the wane, just in time for Sunday's crucial trip to title rivals Hunslet Hawks. No fewer than ten players reported injuries earlier in the week leaving fans fearing the Knights would struggle to field a full
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GNER still best bidder
THE contest for the East Coast Main Line has more twists than an Alpine railway. One minute bosses at GNER are celebrating the decision by rivals Virgin to drop out, the next a new bidder arrives. The latest contenders are English, Welsh & Scottish
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Use the Terry's site
A golden opportunity has presented itself. The University of York should use the soon-to-be redundant Terry's factory and site as its new extension instead of using green belt, agricultural land east of Heslington. There already exists the cycle route
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Youth work promise
I WAS surprised by your reporting of proposals to improve the youth service in the city (July 6). Your comment section asks the council to consult young people. The council report you referred to already makes it clear that young people would be consulted
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Toilet training facts
HAVING just read the letter by E L Thompson I felt incensed (July 6). Has this person ever toilet trained a child? I started with my little boy at 18 months old but the sheer number of "accidents" made me realise he wasn't ready. By the time he was two-and-a-half
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Change of tack?
IN your report 'Top Restaurant warns council over parking' (July 3) Maria Abu Rish of Fossgate revealed plans to hit York council in the pocket about its controversial parking policies. What does she think other Fossgate residents and businesses want?
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Pledge on litter
I WAS interested to read an article (July 5) about Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh about her supposed crusade to force councils to use the powers they have to impose litter fines. She mentioned York as needing them. Perhaps it is because the Tory party
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So generous
YORK voluntary group of Diabetes UK had a street collection in the city centre on Friday, June 11 and collected £408 thanks to public donations. At the same time volunteers undertook an envelope house collection and collected £364. Thanks again to all
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Critics of cars for top cops on wrong hobby horse
I WRITE in response to your report about the replacement of cars used by North Yorkshire police superintendents (July 7). I am a North Yorkshire Chief Superintendent, with the responsibility of commanding the Eastern Area of the force, and I am also the
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Buses free for a day
BUS passengers in York will be able to travel in style on Sunday as the city's new Park&Ride service gets under way. Operator First is offering free travel for passengers to and from the Monks Cross Park&Ride, the city's fifth site. The Silver
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Spinnaker can sail off with cup - 09/07/04
Cup specialist Blue Spinnaker, trained at Sheriff Hutton by Mick Easterby, can continue his seasonal haul by taking the major trophy on John Smith's Day on Knavesmire tomorrow. The four-year-old lines up for the £140,000 John Smith's Cup, and, from a
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Care home firm claiming £70,000
SOCIAL services chiefs in North Yorkshire are facing court action over a £70,000 "debt" in a row about the alleged underpayment of fees for people living in care homes. Yorkshire Care Developments Ltd is taking the action in protest at what it claims
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Lecture to mark 20 years since historic fire wrecked Minster
IT was 20 years ago today that York Minster was hit by a devastating blaze which cracked the famous Rose Window into 40,000 pieces. Tonight, the man who led the York Glaziers' Trust in restoring the stained glass, Peter Gibson, will give an illustrated
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Property firm buys Lendal Tower
York's Lendal Tower and its two adjacent buildings have been sold for about £1 million to a Pocklington property development company. The new owners of one of the city's most historic landmarks, the Helmsley Group, paid close to the asking price from
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Moon is eclipsed by new charges
THE owner of a York alterative therapies centre spoke today of her anger at having to shut up shop because she claims parking charges have hammered her business. Pauline Dalby said New Moon, in Walmgate, had ceased trading following a 60 per cent drop
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Queen Kristina rules the waves
OARSOME York-based rower Kristina Stiller's goal of representing Great Britain at the World Junior Rowing Championships has finally been achieved. The St Peter's School student will compete in the double sculls alongside Nottingham rower Lauren Fisher
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Armed police seal street in 'knife' drama
ARMED police in body armour cordoned off a York street after reports that a man with a knife had been involved in an incident. Officers shut off part of Tang Hall Lane at about 5pm yesterday after reports of a domestic disturbance between a man and a
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It's a Mad-house
YORKSHIRE Phoenix almost achieved the impossible at Headingley last night as they chased Leicestershire Foxes' mammoth score of 221-3, the highest ever recorded in Twenty-20 cricket. They appeared down and out at 143-3 in 16 overs which left them requiring
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Freight firm in bid for rail line
FREIGHT giant English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) today announced it was bidding for the flagship East Coast Main Line franchise. EWS has teamed up with Danish Railways (DSB) to put in its bid to run rail services between Scotland, York and London
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City blast for bosses' group
YORK City have fired a broadside at the League Managers' Association for publishing inaccurate and stinging comments in a website report about former manager Terry Dolan. An internet report headlined 'From York to the West Indies' told how Dolan has been
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Edmondson for Chester
FORMER York City skipper Darren Edmondson is poised to make a return to the Football League at League Two Chester City. The right wing-back was one of the 11 who were not offered contracts at the end of the season after a turbulent spell that had seen
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Security Officer
Security Officer. A motivated person is required for retail guarding in the York/Yorkshire area. Up to £6 per hour. Contact Shield Security. Tel. 01482 300840 or 300844. Updated: 08:36 Friday, July 09, 2004
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Bricklayers
Bricklayers required for contracts in York area. Contact Sanderdale Builders Limited. Tel. 01904 490266 8am to 5pm. Updated: 16:09 Thursday, July 08, 2004
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Mill Operatives
I M Nutrition require 2 school or college leavers to train as Mill Operatives in our busy feed mill. Good prospects and working conditions. Please phone our mill office on 01347 888636. Updated: 16:00 Thursday, July 08, 2004
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Buyer/Materials controller
Buyer Materials Controller. Unit 8 are leaders in Electronic Global Supply Chain Management. We are looking to recruit a Buyer/Materials Controller to be responsible for procurement and inventory management. Your duties will include purchasing, new product
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Hotel Vacancies
Bar supervisor (4.5 day week). Hotel Receptionist - applicants must have computerised reservation experience. Weekend Night Porter (Fri/Sat). Trained Restaurant Staff. Cafe Waiting Staff (no evenings). Excellent working conditions & salary. Advanced
