FORMER York City defender Ray Warburton has warned his old club not to expect an easy ride in the Nationwide Conference. Warburton will line up against the Minstermen for Aldershot during tomorrow's Conference curtain-raiser at the Recreation Ground and
YORK City's Supporters Trust are planning a new recruitment drive after losing more than half of their annual members. A total of 863 annual members failed to pay their subscription of £10 by the July 1 renewal date, meaning numbers have dropped from
DAVE Merris has recovered from a back injury in time to travel to Aldershot as York City prepare for tomorrow's kick-off to the new Nationwide Conference season. City's coach was leaving Bootham Crescent this afternoon with Merris on board and the team
Norton trainer Brian Ellison will be keeping his fingers tightly crossed that tomorrow's Ripon meeting survives an early-morning inspection. He saddles Cd Flyer in the feature race, the £50,000 William Hill Great St Wilfrid Handicap, and the seven-year-old
A PHONE pest has been banned permanently from harassing all police employees in North Yorkshire and all City of York Council employees. Sean Schofield now faces up to five years in jail if he repeats the behaviour that left council employee Paul Johnson
AN "OVERWHELMING" number of York motorists want the city's controversial new evening parking charges scrapped, according to councillors behind a new survey. City of York Council's Labour Group today said it received several hundred responses to its parking
AN ARCHITECT has claimed that York city could have been saved the burden of car parking charges if the council had not had to pay out thousands of pounds for lost planning appeals. Matthew Laverack, of The Architect Shop, Lord Mayor's Walk, York, has
THE teenager tipped as the new Jason Robinson will be on show at White Rose Avenue tomorrow when New Earswick All Blacks host the historic game against the West Indies. The encounter will be the first time the Windies have been represented in a full 13
A COMPANY owned by former York City chairman John Batchelor has gone into receivership. A statement in the London Gazette reveals that W J Batchelor Ltd, based in Deansgate, Manchester, has been put in the hands of administrators. Mr Batchelor, who is
CAMPAIGNERS have failed to save from the bulldozer the former home of renowned York conservationist John Bowes Morrell. Controversy has shrouded developers' plans to demolish historic Burton Croft since they were first unveiled. The row over whether it
YORK City Knights have received a blow ahead of Sunday's crucial game at Swinton with the news that new signing Dean Andrews has suffered a groin injury. The former Hull KR second-row, who has impressed in a Knights shirt after joining the club a fortnight
DAVE Merris has recovered from a back injury in time to travel to Aldershot as York City prepare for tomorrow's kick-off to the new Nationwide Conference season. City's coach was leaving Bootham Crescent this afternoon with Merris on board and the team
A NORTH Yorkshire firm which sells products for pampered and preening pooches on the internet is bidding for the Evening Press New Business of the Year title. Mango Mutt, of Millbrook House, Wayside Avenue, Harrogate was created by Sarah Manby and inspired
Parts Manager. Handling and co-ordinating retail/trade customers, workshop issues, stock control, purchase and sale invoicing in a small franchise parts department. Previous parts experience essential. Apply in writing to Stuart Carruthers, JB Motors,
Part-time Receptionist/Typist required for our busy city centre office, 1.00pm to 5.00pm Monday to Friday. Excellent typing skills and computer literacy required. Please apply in writing with full employment history to The Practice Manager, Hethertons
Corries is a Personal Injury specialist Solicitors practice based in York. Due to expansion, we currently require the following member of staff. Filing Clerk (full time) - responsible for dealing with incoming and outgoing post, filing, photocopying,
Corries is a Personal Injury specialist Solicitors practice based in York. Due to expansion, we currently require the following member of staff. HR Administrator (part-time) - this role involves assisting the Human Resources/Training department with database
Corries is a Personal Injury specialist Solicitors practice based in York. Due to expansion, we currently require the following member of staff. Accounts Assistant (full time) - an experienced Accounts Assistant to work within a small team and assist
Window Fitters/Team. Must have experience with PVC & Timber. Immediate start. Permanent position. Best rates. Apply:- York Window & Kitchen Design. 60B Blossom Street, York. 01904 610191. Updated: 08:34 Friday, August 13, 2004
SUZUKI'S latest sports utility to be unveiled is a bit special... a new Grand Vitara with a V6 2.5-litre engine and the appropriate specification title of X-EC. X-EC is how Suzuki rate the SUV, aimed as it is at the growing executive market for compact
The four-wheel drive system is fully automatic and standard equipment includes traction control, while an electronic stability programme will be available and every model comes with front, side and curtain airbags. Longer, wider and higher than the average
Just A Quickie with...York artist Dexter. After your biodegradable street graffiti and retro T-shirts, what is on your mind? "The Death of Twentieth Century Comedy." That sounds like a subject on Mastermind, but obviously it isn't. "No, it is a 47 inch
Alex Lloyd gets the low down on a new DJ spot in York. OKAY - let's be completely honest. How many of you know that Kennedy's has a basement? Have you noticed those stairs just near the main bar? Well, they don't lead to loos or a staff area. If you make
Talented and enthusiastic individual required in 90 cover hotel restaurant. excellent salary. Central York. Ring 01904 559000 to arrange an interview. Updated: 09:46 Friday, August 13, 2004
I AM concerned after reading your report, 'Water bills set to soar' (August 5), because I am one the consumers who will be hardest hit. On a fixed single low income, I already struggle to pay this bill which is not related to how much water I use but
Catering Staff required at Ampleforth Abbey and College. First class wage and benefits package including enhanced rates for evenings and weekends. Transport provided from some areas. For further details contact Head of Catering on 01439 766870. Updated
IS Simon Wiles living in the real world (August 11)? There are many people in the city who would love to serve on the council - just look at the local elections and the number of candidates for each ward. I'm sure that if the pay was only £25,000 a year
Cleaner required for Monks Cross shopping park, Sat 11-5pm and Sun 12-5pm, good rate of pay. Free phone 0800 454168. Updated: 09:17 Friday, August 13, 2004
WE are disappointed that Coun Malcolm Kettlestring (Letters, July 29) takes a cynical view of the proposal made to Osbaldwick Parish Council that our respective environmental consultants should meet to discuss ways of providing an improved habitat for
YOUR inimitable columnist Bill Hearld winds up: "Even I had to admit they (ferrets) were nicer than those horrid kids" (August 10). It reminds me of a time in Western Australia when I advised a parents' and teachers' meeting that my two daughters were
THE recent Restoration TV programme featured Gayle Mill which came third in the voting, missing out on a monetary award. For those readers who are not quite sure where Gayle Mill is, it is near Hawes in Wensleydale. Gayle village is just past the Hawes
I WAS disappointed to read that the Liberal Democrat councillors are upsetting businesses and individuals who criticise their parking policies. As we have seen, this has been both through the Evening Press and in private letters sent to those who have
ON the eve of York City's big kick-off, the Diary is sticking to its infallible method of judging the merit of football teams: count how many players have a surname that could also be a Christian name. Five of England's Euro 2004 squad (John Terry, Gary
Introducing... Cavin Cornwall, who will play Billy Flynn in Chicago in York this autumn. Why is Chicago such a swell show to perform in, Cavin? "It's possibly my favourite show I've ever done because it has everything that choreographer Bob Fosse wanted
Charles Hutchinson discovers a historical drama for Tarantino fans. IT was too good an idea to resist, and so new Yeadon theatre company Icabod Productions is to present Four Nights In Knaresborough for four nights in Knaresborough. As part of Knaresborough's
LAST summer, it was the life of Christ in The Wakefield Mysteries. This summer, HT2, the youth wing of Harrogate Theatre, moves on to a parable of Hitler's rise to power in Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui. "I love the play," says director
MOTOR retailer smart of York has been awarded fleet contracts worth more than £1 million. Reed Rains, the North's largest independent estate agents with 132 outlets, has taken four top-of-the-range smart Passion cars, complete with air conditioning, alloy
EMILY SMITH opens with A Day Like Today, the title track from the young Scot's debut album. BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2002 may not have wished for a day like yesterday: the wooden-panelled Wolfe Room is full to overflowing
FIFTY German musicians will sing in York Minster on Thursday (19th). The Landesjugendchor Rheinland-Pfalz, one of Germany's most famous choirs, will perform at Evensong at 5pm and in a concert of English cathedral music at 7.30pm. The choristers, aged
The Megajam Club will run a summer holiday music project in York next week. Summer Soundwave is suitable for eight to 18 year olds keen to play in a band and perform on stage. Experienced musicians will help participants to write and perform in their
Happily, in jazz there is a regular youthful incursion, as there has been over recent months with the rise of Clare Teal, Jamie Cullum and others. The City of York is blessed with many youthful jazzers, such as the brilliant Andy Hillier's various bands
THE teenager tipped as the new Jason Robinson will be on show at White Rose Avenue tomorrow when New Earswick All Blacks host the historic game against the West Indies. The encounter will be the first time the Windies have been represented in a full 13
FOR Jacqui Gernon, the baby boom goes on. Construction work on her third Happy Jays day nursery has begun. Already, in only seven years, she has built up two successful Happy Jays at Clifton Moor and Boroughbridge, together generating a turnover approaching
CITY planners failed York last night. Their timidity in the face of voracious developers bodes ill for our future. If councillors cannot find it within themselves to fight for Burton Croft, when will they make a stand? This piece of York history, home
LAST season had its ups - and a calamitous down. After relegation York City have had to regroup and rebuild. Tomorrow they take the first steps on the comeback trail against Aldershot Town. The disappointment of the drop led some long-standing City fans
NICKY Henry is looking forward to his first game in the Nationwide Conference as head coach of Scarborough and knows that anything that has happened in pre-season games counts for nothing. "We have had a good run up to the season but now it is the real
Michael Howard and David Blunkett have both had their say on the police this week, now it's our turn. JO HAYWOOD kickstarts the debate. THE political sabres are out and are being furiously rattled. But are they effective weapons when it comes to cutting
Part-time Night Manager 2 nights will include alternate weekends. Honest & reliable, must be able to cover holidays, excellent hourly rate, Central York. Ring 01904 559000 to arrange an interview. Updated: 09:43 Friday, August 13, 2004
Mulberry Court Care Centre, Shipton Road. House Keeper required, 20-30 hours per week. Contact Janice Dobson on 01904 671122 for more details. Updated: 09:41 Friday, August 13, 2004
Securicor Cash Services have several vacancies for people to operate their armoured vehicles. 152 hours per month minimum, working 4 to 5 days out of 7, to include some weekends and Bank Holidays, extra hours available at the same hourly rate of £6.730
Jill's Unisex Salon require a hairdresser. 2-3 days per week (not Saturdays). Could suit someone who has been out of hairdressing for a while and would like to re-establish themselves. We are a friendly small salon. Tel. 01904 642508. Updated: 09:22 Friday
I WAS disappointed to read that the Liberal Democrat councillors are upsetting businesses and individuals who criticise their parking policies. As we have seen, this has been both through the Evening Press and in private letters sent to those who have
Experienced 2nd Chef required to work for a small prestigious officers mess. Qualified to 7061 + 2 or NVQ equivalent. Must be reliable, enthusiastic and flexible. Hours 43 per week, no split shifts. Shifts to be discussed at interview. Uniform provided
Part-time Counter Assistant required for fruit and veg section. Contact Chris on 01904 431237 or 07799 371975 (m). Updated: 09:12 Friday, August 13, 2004
HAVING only had a couple of minutes to peruse the press before going to work, I noticed the headline 'Lean year for grouse' (August 10). Does this mean it will be much more healthy for me to eat it - or grouse have, for some mysterious reason, learnt
SALLY Fletcher's article, 'Land anger of city residents', (August 9), contained a quote from City of York Council to the effect that Knavesmire is owned by the "authority". I was under the impression that Knavesmire is owned by the people of York and
YORK City Knights have received a blow ahead of Sunday's crucial game at Swinton with the news that new signing Dean Andrews has suffered a groin injury. The former Hull KR second-row, who has impressed in a Knights shirt after joining the club a fortnight
AN "OVERWHELMING" number of York motorists want the city's controversial new evening parking charges scrapped, according to councillors behind a new survey. City of York Council's Labour Group today said it received several hundred responses to its parking
THEY stole his identity, and now he wants it back. Matt Damon's Jason Bourne spent The Bourne Identity trying to work out who he was, and with the amnesia gone, he has settled for a new, anonymous life in a beach hut with his German girlfriend (Franka
DAY 12 in the Big Brother house: Imagine, if you will, that the housemates have been removed, and replaced with bands from the burgeoning Leeds music scene. The Music are Nadia: the shrieking, ballsy, people's choice; Black Wire are Dan: the aloof, pouting
Charles Hutchinson picks out the highlights from the Black Swan's new season. THE Black Swan Folk Club's new season in York switches its focus from folk to blues for one night only on Thursday for the return of Scotland's premier one-man blues band, Mike
LIGHT Passing, the new chamber opera by University of York music professor Nicola LeFanu, will be premiered this autumn at the National Centre for Early Music in York. Commissioned by BBC Radio 3, the work will be performed from October 28 to 30 in the
BOSS John Reed has set his sights high as his Harrogate Town side prepare to step into unchartered waters in the deep end. Town kick off their first-ever Conference campaign in the new-look North division tomorrow at home to big-guns Barrow (ko 3pm) and
WHAT began as a feasibility study in 1998 to see whether human allergy tests could be extended to animals has resulted in an amazing niche market company in York with a turnover of more than £500,000. On the way, YorkTest Veterinary Services has won a
MEASURES to stop motorbikers terrorising cattle on a York nature reserve have been criticised by cycling enthusiasts. Plans to change the barriers leading on to Hob Moor's cycle track to keep out motorbikes would unfairly inconvenience cyclists, according
FORGET cattle rustling - milk rustlers are sweeping southern York, according to worried residents. It has been reported that a thief is following the milkman in the early hours in a slow vehicle on streets near The Mount and that the occupant is picking
THE microscopic world of creepy-crawlies was laid bare during a York science exhibition. The Art Of Bioscience: Perception And Reality, invited visitors to go eye to eye with a bed bug and explore the hidden dimensions of the microscopic world. Examples
YORK Hospital is to become a regional centre for treating an eye disease that is the biggest cause of blindness in the UK. Previously, patients in York and North Yorkshire would have had to travel to Liverpool to receive Photo Dynamic Therapy to treat
PAUL Botterill included a brace of maximums to game in a terrific 12 darts for Volunteer in a York Phoenix Open League division one match with Crescent. He then partnered his dad Vic in a 25-dart 7-1 leg as Volunteer ran out 8-1 victors. Iain Smith was
MATTHEW Wood rapped out his first century of the season in an unbroken second-wicket stand of 161 in 39 overs with Anthony McGrath as Yorkshire made up for lost time on the first day of their Championship match with Derbyshire at Headingley on Thursday
TWO York shop workers who sold alcohol to a child have been stung by court fines. Trading standards officers in York today revealed the duo were the first in a wave of similar prosecutions due before magistrates in coming weeks. As the clampdown on shop
MATTHEW Wood rapped out his first century of the season in an unbroken second-wicket stand of 161 in 39 overs with Anthony McGrath as Yorkshire made up for lost time on the first day of their Championship match with Derbyshire at Headingley on Thursday
CITY of York Council has published a full breakdown of the costs of the city's 2000 floods in a bid to make Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott provide more cash. It cost the council £1,321,000 to deal with the flooding aftermath, with the council paying
A YORK community leader today called for Government action to free his village from flooding misery. The call, by Elvington Parish Council chairman Eric Ingledew, came after 50 homes were cut off by rising water yesterday afternoon. Mr Ingledew said:
Leaflet Rack Installer part time/permanent, excellent rates paid & expenses. Do you have a reliable car, a good knowledge of your own and surrounding areas and use of a dry storage area? We need a reliable person with excellent DIY skills. Please
The Minster Gate Bookshop has a vacancy for a part-time sales assistant from mid-September. This is a permanent position and will include some weekend work. A good knowledge of literature and genuine love of books is essential. Apply in person or in writing
Quantum are looking to invest in, train & reward new team members. All we need is your ambition, motivation and enthusiastic approach to this challenging role. Quantum is a young vibrant company with a modern approach to residential sales and lettings
Motoring editor MALCOLM BAYLIS tests the new Audi A3 Sportback WITH a great deal of play on the word "sportiness", Audi launches its A3 Sportback next month. It is seen as a premium model, and, as such, must face premium competition, too. This new Audi
VOTED the best sports car on UK roads, Mazda's MX-5 is not allowed to rest on its laurels. The latest model is the special edition Arctic, thoughtfully designed to help owners to cope with the British weather, providing air conditioning as a standard
