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  • Give us cash facts

    Simon Wiles, the city council's director of resources, states (Letters, August 11) that detailed information about payment of members allowances is released to the media, therefore is it the fault of the Evening Press that only a brief summary appeared

  • Electricity hazard

    IT is interesting to note (Evening Press, August 10) that Northern Electric Distribution (NEDL) are to use radio commercials "to deliver hard-hitting safety messages". NEDL should take a look at the electrical compound which is close to the bridge at

  • Transplant dilemma

    IN the past few days doctors have performed the UK's 10,000th liver transplant. Perhaps this is a good enough reason for us to applaud experiments on animals. Or maybe not. Liver transplants don't actually owe anything to animal research. Animals are

  • The face of 'arrogance and broken promises'

    THE picture of John Prescott (Pay up Mr Prescott, August 11), tells a story of arrogance and broken promises. One thing Mr Prescott is forgetting is that people will remember his lack of compassion. Many in the Labour group will suffer because of his

  • Thanks for a super picture of our new village bench

    THANK you for the excellent picture on page seven, Villagers welcome return of public bench, (Evening Press, August 11). As chairman of Shipton Parish Council, I was most impressed by the quality of the picture, taken on a day which was not ideal for

  • Dispenser/Receptionist

    Dispenser/Receptionist, 22.75 hours per week (plus cover), £12,187 - £14,146 (pro rata). Friendly and forward thinking Practice seeks a Dispenser / Receptionist. The post will be based at our Strensall surgery and is a one year fixed-term contract. Applicants

  • Housekeeper/Cleaner

    Housekeeper/Cleaner required. Good rate of pay. Also waiter/ess. Tel. 01904 781141. Updated: 09:49 Friday, August 20, 2004

  • Taxi Driver

    Taxi driver required, Market Weighton area. Tel. Holme Cars 01430 427888. Updated: 09:46 Friday, August 20, 2004

  • Bar Supervisor

    Bar Supervisor responsible for retaining and improving the service standards and sales of our new, contemporary and stylish Bar, run on 'Lounge/Cocktail Bar' lines. A great opportunity for someone to run their own little 'kingdom', top salary plus tips

  • Night Care Assistant

    Mulberry Court Care Centre requires night care assistant full or part-time hours. Contact Janice Dobson on 01904 671122. Updated: 09:41 Friday, August 20, 2004

  • The Other Side Comedy Club, City Screen, York

    Introducing... the return of The Other Side Comedy Club at City Screen, York. FRESH from talent scouting at the Edinburgh Fringe and hosting a City Screen satellite link-up with The Village director M Night Shyamalan, York's live comedy baron, the wildly

  • The Village, Running time: 108 mins Certificate: 12A ***

    HE does not want to be dismissed as a one-trick pony, and so M Night Shyamalan succours his audience with two tricks in The Village, another dark journey into the human soul. The wait goes on for his ultimate trick, maybe something light from his twin

  • Weighing in for the Paralympics

    PARALYMPIC athletes in Athens will use specialist equipment designed and distributed by a small family-run North Yorkshire company. Neuff Athletic Equipment, of Norton, has supplied throwing clubs and special weights and sizes of shots for the Paralympic

  • Getting a result for the future

    After the exam results...the future really begins, says DAVID HARBOURNE, director of the Learning and Skills Council North Yorkshire. FOR some families the champagne (or soft drink equivalent!) was flowing as yesterday sons and daughters achieved the

  • Book fair move

    York's 30th national antiquarian book fair has been relocated to York Racecourse this year because of the Barbican Centre redevelopments. But the organisers say the new location has an advantage over the city leisure centre - unlimited free parking. One

  • Fibbers...

    ISN'T that Keith Flint, the one with the pierced tongue and pointy hair from the Prodigy's Firestarter video? Yes, in the week that the Prodigy belatedly return with new album Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, former front man Flint focuses on leading

  • The 5,6,7,8's, Fibbers, Stonebow, York

    REMEMBER that contagious Woo Hoo song from Quentin Tarantino's Samurai slasher movie, Kill Bill Vol 1? Tonight (19th) you can hear it bouncing off the walls of Fibbers when The 5,6,7,8's make their York debut. The cult Japanese surf band are riding the

  • Jazz notes

    THE city of York is blessed with many opportunities to hear quality live jazz, often at no cost, in the pubs and restaurants around town. This is down to the many venues which recognise the seat-filling attributes of jazz, and also thanks to the energies

  • Coming up

    FATBOY Slim returns to the turntable this autumn with a new single, album and eight October dates. Norman Cook, who swapped Hull and The Housemartins' perky pop for the Brighton dance culture and Fatboy pseudonym, will visit the Octagon, Sheffield University

  • Don't let it occur again

    THE National Health Service does a tremendous job for many people, day in and day out. Yet sometimes that duty of care can fail. The case of Jonathan Moir is a complicated one. This sports-loving young man from York was a promising law student who had

  • Collis to write new chapter

    NEW Tadcaster Albion boss Jim Collis will welcome Carlton Town to Ings Lane in his first game at the helm of the Northern Counties East League division one side. The vastly experienced local football manager, who became a serial trophy winner while in

  • Green remains go for buoyant Town

    Bubbling Conference North outfit Harrogate Town will direct their attentions to Birmingham-based Moor Green tomorrow with a view to continuing their strong start. Town followed up their opening day defeat of big-boys Barrow with a draw at Hucknall midweek

  • Goal hungry Robinson

    STRIKER Paul Robinson will be hoping to build on his midweek goal when York City tackle Hereford at Bootham Crescent tomorrow. The former Newcastle United man ended a personal 22-game goal drought - hanging over from last season with the second strike

  • Bold night class - 20/08/04

    David Nicholls, who produced one of the training feats of the season on Knavesmire yesterday when producing Bahamian Pirate to win the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at the veteran age of nine, looks to the other side of the Pennines tomorrow as he bids to

  • Trees' landmark

    NESTLE Rowntree RUFC will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the re-founding of the club next week. To mark the occasion they will be holding a Past v Present match at Mille Crux on Sunday, August 29, starting at 3pm. Rowntree's current longest serving

  • Budget homes plan for troubled city site

    ECO-FRIENDLY affordable homes are to be built on a troubled York allotment site. City of York councillors last night supported plans for 20 three-bedroom family homes at Danbury Drive Allotments, in Acomb, with associated parking and gardens. The properties

  • Tykes hit back after mauling

    LEICESTERSHIRE opener Darren Robinson smashed Yorkshire's new ball attack to smithereens on the first day of the Championship match at Grace Road on Thursday but the tables were turned dramatically in the evening session as four wickets crashed in 17

  • Wedding plans hit as restaurant shuts

    A BRIDE-TO-BE claims her wedding preparations went from sweet to sour after a mix-up by a Chinese restaurant. Helen Birdsall is remarrying ex-husband Chris next week at York Register Office. They divorced three years ago and had planned a low-key reception

  • Rent out boarded-up house plea

    A YORK council tenant has blasted civic leaders for failing to let a three-bedroom empty property in her street, despite the city's chronic housing shortage. The three-bedroom terraced house in Doherty Walk, Foxwood, has lain empty since just before Christmas

  • Horse gallop to fourth crown

    BAY Horse wrapped up their fourth successive York Phoenix Open Summer League division one title with a 7-2 victory at Woodman. Bay took the first five with Kev O'Hara then Paul Cooper gaming in 19 darts Cooper went on to hit a maximum in a 26 dart 701

  • Apology over York man who starved to death

    HEALTH chiefs have apologised for failures in the care of a young York man who starved to death because of an obsessive eating disorder. But they insist they have learned lessons from the death of 23-year-old Jonathan Moir, and have changed their procedures

  • Tykes hit back after mauling

    LEICESTERSHIRE opener Darren Robinson smashed Yorkshire's new ball attack to smithereens on the first day of the Championship match at Grace Road on Thursday but the tables were turned dramatically in the evening session as four wickets crashed in 17

  • Races traffic scheme hailed a success

    COUNCIL and police chiefs were today locked in talks assessing the success of the traffic-busting system introduced for the Ebor festival. A City of York Council spokesman said the authority was pleased with how the three-day trial went - but lessons

  • City pair's key roles

    YORK City boss Chris Brass and teenage winger Bryan Stewart are both preparing for key roles in Saturday's home match with Hereford United (3pm). The visitors are expected to employ a 3-5-2 formation, which places greater emphasis on Brass and Stewart

  • Trashed

    THIS is the scene of devastation that greeted the leaseholders of York's beleaguered Bonding Warehouse who now face a £10,000 clean-up bill after evicting squatters from the building. Leaseholder Lionel Davis claimed it would cost between £5,000 and £10,000

  • Mobile phones are an addiction

    RELIGION, according to Karl Marx, was the opium of the people. In 2004, the addiction seems to be mobile phones. People simply cannot cope without their cellphone glued to their ear or stuck in their hands texting. Remove some people's grasp their Nokia

  • Storeperson/Factory Operatives

    Storeperson required, experience preferred but not essential as full training will be given. Two Factory operatives, full training will be provided. Good rates of pay plus bonus scheme after trial period. Apply in writing to Invicta Bakeware Ltd, Westgate

  • Morning Cleaner

    Morning cleaner required 8am-11am Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat. Some part time positions available. Please phone Pat or Ray on 01904 642525 to arrange interview. Updated: 09:10 Friday, August 20, 2004

  • Bar/Restaurant Person

    Full time Bar/Restaurant Person required. Experience preferred but full training will be given, own transport and advantage. Some part time positions available. Please phone Pat or Ray on 01904 642525 to arrange interview. Updated: 09:08 Friday, August

  • Account Manager

    Pout, the cult beauty brand, is looking to recruit an experienced team including an Account Manager for our team in Fenwick, York. Applicants must have extensive retail and make-up experience, a positive, motivated outlook and a passion for all things

  • Thrills without the bills

    WHEN Citroen launched its high-flying Saxo VTR/VTS duo six or so years ago it found a niche in a market other manufacturers had overlooked: performance cars that young drivers could afford. And the pair proved so popular - 65,000 were sold - that they

  • York watch with interest

    YORK Cricket Club will be on the sidelines this weekend as their rivals catch up on their outstanding fixtures. However, their watching brief will be quite intense as their rivals have some vital matches. League leaders Sheffield Collegiate are likely

  • Sickness shocker

    As an employer and a rate payer I was horrified to read the article in the Evening Press about City of York Council's staff sickness absence problem (Council looks to slash costly sick leave, August 18). In the case of the adult services department this

  • What is crime plan?

    I was as interested to read Mr Booth's remarks (Report law breakers, Letters, August 18), especially his mention of Michael Heseltine's policies. Could he explain how he can balance the Conservatives' commitment to cutting crime and at the same time increase

  • One-way mess

    As a self-employed courier I rushed around to make sure I got out of Sim Balk Lane to turn right on to Tadcaster Road by 11am as stated on the newsletter through my door regarding the re-routing of traffic on race days. I arrived at 10.55am to be told

  • Food Production Operatives

    Food Production Operatives required. Full days and shift work available Weekend work available. Long term work. £7.34 per hour + shift pay. Required for packing goods and line work. Please call Sarah on 01904 602125. Updated: 10:09 Friday, August 20,

  • Waiting Staff

    Permanent waiting staff 18yr+ required looking for anything between 12 & 30 hrs pw, mainly evenings Wed/Thurs off. Interviews Lamplight Restaurant 01904 420100. Updated: 09:53 Friday, August 20, 2004

  • Joiner

    Joiner to fit loft ladders, boarding, hatches, rooflights. Immediate start. Excellent earnings potential. Call Steve at Loftspace. Tel. 01904 345425. Updated: 09:40 Friday, August 20, 2004

  • Ramshaw helps out Knights boss Agar

    YORK City Knights are not set to bring in a new assistant-coach this season. The Knights have been without an official number two to Richard Agar since player-assistant coach Nathan Graham left Huntington Stadium to join Batley Bulldogs three weeks ago

  • www - it's Weird, Woeful and Wonderful

    WE GET crazy communications from the world and his dog on a daily basis - it's part of the fun of working in a newspaper office. But now that the worldwide web has opened up instant, global access, they are coming thick and fast and ever more weird. The

  • Harrogate Theatre's autumn and winter season

    AS the brochure cover indicates, Harrogate Theatre's autumn and winter season reckons to be "a different kettle of fish". Building on the success of her first year, when audiences averaged 75 per cent, artistic director Hannah Chissick has put together

  • The Best Of Youth, Running time: 383 mins Certificate: 15 ***

    THE Best Of Youth spans four volatile Italian decades, from the helter-skelter 1960s to the present day. Director Marco Tullio Giordana crams those 40 years into 383 minutes - six hours and 23 minutes in old money - and now you are recommended to spend

  • Trees' landmark

    NESTLE Rowntree RUFC will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the re-founding of the club next week. To mark the occasion they will be holding a Past v Present match at Mille Crux on Sunday, August 29, starting at 3pm. Rowntree's current longest serving

  • Former caravan man bankrupt

    THE former owner of a York caravan site has been made bankrupt. John Curtis, who ran the Naburn Lock Caravan Site for 20 years is now scheduled to attend a creditors' meeting at the official receiver's office in Silvester Street, Hull, on September 22

  • Training success

    Fifteen childcare trainees at York Training Centre have successfully completed the first part of their Early Years Progression Award, while two more students have passed the more advanced level of the exam. This is the first time that York Training Centre

  • Lined up for Leeds

    THE Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival grows bigger by the year. No wonder weekend tickets for next week's three-day event at Bramham Park sold out in record time. The festival will run from August 27 to 29 with headline performances from Green Day next

  • What a mess

    SQUATTERS from the York Peace Collective claimed they were highlighting the neglect of a fine building when they took over the Bonding Warehouse. A week later, an estimated £10,000 has been done in damage and the building is in even more of an unholy

  • Railway get up a head of steam

    SEVERAL big names have jumped aboard Harrogate Railway's bid for promotion from the NCEL Premier division. Last season's Harrogate Town captain, Robbie Whellans, has switched sides and talented former Town 'keeper Liam Sutcliffe has also become a surprise

  • Seadogs face Far mission

    A physical battle is expected by Scarborough at Farnborough tomorrow, where in midweek disgruntled fans got tough. Farnborough followers staged a sit-down demonstration on the pitch at half-time to protest about a proposed change in ownership at the Hampshire

  • The man who wouldn't eat

    STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the tragic story of a young man whose obsessive compulsive behaviour cost him his life. THE first thing Roger and Tricia Moir did when they got home on the evening of December 9, 1999 was ring York hospital to check on their son

  • Twins at the double

    A PAIR of high-flying twins who could record York's highest number of A grades were today among thousands of students across North and East Yorkshire to receive their A-level results. York College students and identical twins Madhi, pictured top, and

  • Death of Jack Pinder

    YORK City all-time great Jack Pinder has died at the age of 91. Pinder, who was the oldest surviving former City player, died at York District Hospital yesterday afternoon after suffering from a perforated bowel. Born in Acomb, right-back Pinder spent

  • Law gets tough on door staff

    YORK and North Yorkshire door staff face paying hundreds of pounds just to keep their jobs under tough new national proposals. New legislation requires door staff and security guards to pay £190 for a new three-year licence badge that registers them with

  • Hey Presto! Eyesore to be improved at last

    DEVELOPERS are set to breathe new life into a former York supermarket which has lain empty and boarded up for almost a decade. Oakgate Group Plc wants to create five new retail units within the former Presto supermarket in George Hudson Street. It believes

  • Councillor slams post office plan

    LEADING York councillors have called for a meeting with Post Office chiefs over closure plans for branches around the city. The Evening Press reported yesterday that seven York post offices could have to shut their doors as part of a nationwide cost-cutting

  • Barbel deluge now in store

    The heavy rains of the last week have left York-area rivers running high for the time of year and carrying lots of extra colour - ideal summer conditions for the enigmatic king of the river, the barbel. While Yorkshire may not be blessed with some of

  • Ramshaw helps out Knights boss Agar

    YORK City Knights are not set to bring in a new assistant-coach this season. The Knights have been without an official number two to Richard Agar since player-assistant coach Nathan Graham left Huntington Stadium to join Batley Bulldogs three weeks ago

  • Swoop on York pubs and restaurants

    TRADING Standards officers swooped on dozens of pubs, restaurants and takeaways last night in the biggest such operation York has seen. Officers visited businesses across the City of York area to test food and drink on one of the busiest race days of

  • Shop Assistants

    Part-time experienced shop assistants required for 'The Window Dresser' curtain shop, city centre, York. To apply please telephone Head Office on 01924 403930 during office hours. Updated: 09:38 Friday, August 20, 2004

  • Bar Persons

    Bar persons wanted, experience preferred but not essential. Phone John or Joanne 01904 706984. Updated: 09:36 Friday, August 20, 2004

  • Cleaners

    Cleaners required for the Clifton Moor retail park. Up to 16 hours a week, 6 mornings a week - hours to suit. Start rate £5.25 per hour depending on experience. Call 01604 871936 for interview. Updated: 09:30 Friday, August 20, 2004

  • Route Operator

    Route Operator to fill and clean beverage, snack and can vending machines. For application form ring 01759 305166, Rudsdale Vending Ltd. Updated: 09:14 Friday, August 20, 2004

  • Site Labourers

    Site Labourers/Gatepersons required for York centre project, experience preferred. Tel. 01132 484004 (agy). Updated: 08:58 Friday, August 20, 2004

  • The MPV revoulution

    TWENTY years ago the first of a revolutionary new shape of motoring took to the roads of this country. Renault launched its first Espace, a five to seven-seater multi-purpose vehicle, an unheard of design for a car. It was the start of the MPV, or people

  • Musical mix

    Alex Lloyd visits the York bar which is reinventing Wednesdays. AFTER spending three years as a student in York, DJ Mike Thompson decided it was time for a change. When he graduated from York St John College earlier this year, he thought the city's nightscene