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  • Aussie Levy raring to start with Knights

    CHRIS Levy has admitted he has a hard act to follow - but he is determined to deliver the goods. York City Knights' new Australian scrum-half is set to take over the number seven shirt from departed record-breaking points-machine Danny Brough. And, on

  • Way we were

    Friday, November 12, 2004 100 years ago: "A Worker" wrote in regarding comments made about a "prominent citizen" who was anxious to build a large house and could not do so because the workmen in the building trade would not take lower wages, now that

  • Dear Santa, you big fat fraud

    SANTA needs a spin doctor. You would think that a fellow who dispenses presents and joy to millions of children would be universally loved. But he's beginning to get on the Diary's nerves. This week the flying philanthropist threw a most un-Santa like

  • Preview: Mo Molam, Theatre Royal, November 15

    What Mo Molam misses most about politics is talking to people - which is just what she will be doing in York on Monday, as she tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON. MO Mowlam says she can't sing, can't dance, can't write, can't spell, but "something I can do is get

  • Cleaners

    YO1 Fossgate, York requires Cleaners 7-10am. 6 days. Apply Emma Sherbourne 01904 674824. Updated: 09:50 Friday, November 12, 2004

  • Barratt quick on the draw to swamp Bay crew

    Skelton were quickest out of the blocks in the top of the table division four duel and by half-time had carved out a 3-0 cushion at Bay Horse (Tadcaster). James Barratt's brace and an own goal gave them an advantage they never surrendered, despite Bay

  • Joe's focus firmly on Cup

    All Northern Counties East League eyes will be on the second round of the league cup this weekend with all five teams from the area facing division one opposition. Premier division Pickering Town are in action against mid-table Parkgate with recent signing

  • 'Pool play part in plan for park

    PARK life will be the prime consideration for York Rugby Union Club when they entertain Hartlepool on Saturday. It's not simply a case of the York ranks enjoying home advantage at their Clifton Park stronghold. For besides trying to maximise their expected

  • Smoking ban seems nearer

    FOR at least four decades we have known smoking is bad for us. It causes cancer, heart disease, all manner of respiratory problems and shortens lives. But even after years of grim statistics today's bleak figure has the power to shock: nearly one-third

  • Lapping it up!

    The Best Western Monkbar Hotel claims to have secured the first free hotel broadband and wireless service in York. Free internet will be available from now on to all the hotel's business guests. Each customer will be given a password, which will provide

  • £20m catering deal is sealed

    IT'S full steam ahead for Milburns, which has won a ten-year £20 million total turnover contract, retaining the catering for York's National Railway Museum (NRM). The organisation, part of All Leisure, the specialist sport and leisure division of Compass

  • Firms build for the future

    A NEW flagship building in York is to host a seminar by North Yorkshire Construction Best Practice Group. Chris Langley, operations manager for York-based Yorkon Ltd, will speak on Modular Building In The Current Construction Marketplace, at the free

  • No plans for missiles at base

    THE Government has moved to quash claims that America may be allowed to site interceptor missiles at RAF Fylingdales. Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram has written to North Yorkshire County Council leader John Weighell, following a plea from Coun Weighell

  • Preview: Colour of Fire - The Junction, York November 29

    COLOUR Of Fire release A Pearl Necklace For Her Majesty as their new single through Riverman Music on November 29. The second single to be lifted from their August debut album Pearl Necklace, this sleazy anthem with crunching guitars and trademark interchanging

  • Robinson blow, but Davis targets return

    York City have been hit by a major blow with striker Paul Robinson ruled out for a month. The forward returned to training last week from his hamstring injury only to break down shortly before the ill-fated visit of Forest Green. Now, new City boss Viv

  • Drastic measures

    Two initiatives have been announced today to ensure drinkers are aware that their favourite tipples are getting bigger and stronger. Health Reporter CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL investigates. WE all know that drinking and driving is not a good idea. Most of us

  • You've got to trip a socket or two

    THE show went on for performers at a York school play - despite a huge power cut plunging the auditorium into darkness. More than 3,300 homes were left without power between 9pm and 10.09pm last night in the Southlands area of York, following a fault

  • Vaughan benefit cracker

    England cricket captain Michael Vaughan announced details of his 2005 Yorkshire benefit at Headingley yesterday and revealed that one of the main attractions would be a Twenty-20 floodlit match on the Test ground between his own star-studded International

  • No more tears

    WHEN staff at a school heard the sounds of youngsters crying during a cookery class, they were naturally concerned. But when they rushed into the reception class at Pocklington's Montessori School, they learned it was not a spill or a burn that had the

  • At the court of 'King Arthur'

    FIREBRAND former miners' leader Arthur Scargill told a York audience last night that the closure of the Selby pit has shut the door on a source of wealth for the region. The honorary president of the National Union of Miners (NUM) was in the city to mark

  • Marcia prove ten times able

    Marcia blasted their way clear at the top of the John Smith Sunday Morning Football League first division with a 10-2 mauling of Blacksmiths Arms who are struggling to find their feet in the top sector. Mark Ford was the main contributor as he fired in

  • Memorial bench thrown on fire

    VANDALS have destroyed a memorial bench to a York man who starved to death because of an obsessive eating disorder. The parents of Jonathan Moir today said they were "appalled" after the bench was ripped from the ground and callously thrown on to a smouldering

  • 'Pool play part in plan for park

    PARK life will be the prime consideration for York Rugby Union Club when they entertain Hartlepool on Saturday. It's not simply a case of the York ranks enjoying home advantage at their Clifton Park stronghold. For besides trying to maximise their expected

  • Crash survivor is coming home

    JORDAN bus crash survivor Graham Haslam is expected to return to York on Saturday after doctors in the Middle Eastern country give him the all clear. The retired Methodist minister and tour leader lost his wife, Margaret, 70, when their coach was involved

  • Spotlight on a dying habit

    SMOKING was blamed today for close on a third of deaths in York and North Yorkshire, and almost as many in East Yorkshire. The grim statistic emerged in a shocking new Government-commissioned study into the human cost of smoking. The Health Development

  • Bricklayer

    Experienced Bricklayer required for high quality hardwood conservatory bases. Top rates paid to right applicant. Aurora Conservatories, The Old Station, Naburn, York. Tel: 01904 631234. Updated: 09:38 Friday, November 12, 2004

  • Dental Nurse

    Experienced or Trainee dental nurse required for modern expanding dental practice. Contact York 422918. Updated: 09:35 Friday, November 12, 2004

  • Care Home vacancies

    Four Seasons Health Care. South Park Care Home. Gale Lane, York YO24 3HX. Assistant Cook required part time. RGN/RMN required part time. Care Assistants required full/part time Days/Nights. Laundry Assistant part time. Evening Domestic part time. Contact

  • Waiter/ess

    Permanent part or full time. Waiter/ess. Must be over 18. Good hourly wage plus tips. Includes weekends. Heworth Court Hotel 01904 425156. Updated: 09:23 Friday, November 12, 2004

  • Office Administrator

    Office Administrator required to assist part-time in a busy general office of an electronics firm. Requirements: numeracy, good organisational skills, flexible and mature personality, computer literacy, administration experience. Please apply in writing

  • Sorters (various shifts)

    Saving for Christmas? We have temporary work guaranteed up to Christmas in the following area. Sorters (various shifts). Also recruiting for permanent roles - call for details. Tel 01904 644007. E-mail: kate.cookson@manpower.co.uk 22 The Pavement, York

  • No to people's parliament

    ACCORDING to folklore born deep in the mists of time, the way household pets and wild animals behave can indicate impending good or bad luck. In the United States of America for instance, a black cat crossing the road is considered terribly bad luck.

  • Rock-steady

    MAZDA has launched an uprated range of its B-Series pick-up trucks. The B-Series 4x4 double cab Barracuda, available from October, carries a price tag of £16,000, and replaces the RAP Cab 4-Action and the Double Cab 4-Action and 4-Style models. Barracuda

  • Swiv's seven

    Alex Lloyd finds that Selby has all the best tunes this weekend. SELBY is the place to be this weekend with the launch of a new monthly dance night, R3tox. A mix of techno, progressive, house and breaks, R3tox makes its debut at Club Seven, in Ousegate

  • Work together to prevent this development

    LIKE Coun D'Agorne (Letters, November 6), I welcome Coun Aspden to the all-party campaign against the proposed Connaught Court Development, albeit late. I too would encourage residents to write to the council planning department to voice their objections

  • Declining service

    GREEN Express Railtours have run special trains for 16 years from the north of England and rely on the postal network to serve our passengers. Over the first 15 years, I always defended the service provided by the Post Office; weighing up the number of

  • Unfair system

    IN response to Anne Wilcox's question (Letters, October 30), the reason why the council can legally (although not fairly) harass Fiona Coleman over council tax is because most student houses are let on joint tenancy agreements. So all tenants are liable

  • Fuming away

    I APPRECIATE Mr Wilkinson's concern with the authorities' lack of action over the York litter problem (Letters, November 8). Perhaps the very falling of the autumn leaves may well annoy him. Litter is visible - consider instead the insidious, health damaging

  • So much moaning

    ARE we not as a nation becoming a load of moaners? Take the hunt lobby: "I will break the law and go to prison". What kind of message does this give to the young of today? Taking up valuable police time and our money, they are not the only group of workers

  • Dancing days

    I AGREE with Joan Roberts (Letters, November 4). I used to attend Mary Mac's School of Dancing on Bishopthorpe, York. They were good times and Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night is also a favourite TV programme of mine. Besides Mary Mac's, a lot

  • Generally polite

    ALTHOUGH I am not a customer of any of the Park & Ride services, I was surprised to read David Walkden's complaints of mis-management. In general, the normal First bus services through Haxby are excellent, with courteous drivers (Letters, November

  • Here's hoping for more

    Jo-ann Hodgson reports on a musical high at the university. MONDAY night at York University witnessed a strange and rare sight, a near empty Vanburgh college bar. Not surprisingly, this wasn't due to the fact that everyone was busy working in the library

  • Racing retreat

    THE odds have been slashed on one of York's most historic homes opening its doors to Royal Ascot racegoers. Council chiefs looking at ways to make extra cash from the Mansion House, the city's plush civic property, are jumping on the Ascot bandwagon.

  • Preview: Boothby Graffoe, Grand Opera House, York, November 13

    Introducing... surreal comedian Boothby Graffoe, still in recovery from fleeing the Kings Of Comedy reality TV show. Kings Of Comedy? I've got to be honest, I didn't see it. "Good! Well done. You're not alone. If you missed it on C4 and E4, there were

  • Kitchen Porter

    YO1 Fossgate, York requires Kitchen Porter 20-24 hours. Apply Emma Sherbourne 01904 674824. Updated: 09:49 Friday, November 12, 2004

  • Traffic Clerk

    ANC North Yorkshire, York Road Distribution Centre, Flaxby, Knaresborough. Due to continued expansion ANC North Yorkshire has the following vacancy. Traffic Clerk required to organise distribution. For further information please contact Chris on 01423

  • Marcia prove ten times able

    Marcia blasted their way clear at the top of the John Smith Sunday Morning Football League first division with a 10-2 mauling of Blacksmiths Arms who are struggling to find their feet in the top sector. Mark Ford was the main contributor as he fired in

  • Bishops' Broadbent bags brace

    THERE'S no stopping class and two more goals for veteran Broadbent helped Bishopthorpe to a 5-0 win over Real Way Station to keep them top of division three. Fulford kept the pressure on with a 5-1 win at The Five Lions with Jonathan Sutton scoring twice

  • Clayton-tastic

    On-loan Harrogate Town hitman Clayton Donaldson has been named as the Nationwide North player of the month after getting 34 per cent of the website vote. A delighted John Reed praised the accolade as good for both the player and the club after becoming

  • Chris comeback on hold as Malt face test

    SOMETHING has got to give in the North Two East showdown tomorrow between Wes-toe and Malton and Norton. Both teams have the same points tally from promising starts to the campaign with Westoe just shading second spot in the division by virtue of points

  • Crying off

    THEY look like they are preparing to become the youngest boys ever to swim the channel. In fact, the goggle-eyed trio in our photograph are simply readying themselves for cookery class. Tricky business, dicing an onion. Even hard-hearted restaurant chefs

  • Watts a lot of heroes

    LEGENDARY York player Basil Watts will be lauded tomorrow as one of the British heroes who won the first-ever rugby World Cup - exactly half a century after the feat was achieved. It will be 50 years to the day that Great Britain triumphed in the final

  • Scientists in funding plea

    SCIENTISTS at York University, who have developed a revolutionary tool for examining the nature of matter, are calling for just £250,000 to move from prototype to production. Already the innovative technology which could shake up the 25.4 billion dollar

  • Preview: Getting the blues in Pocklington

    Pocklington Arts Centre and the European Blues Association are linking up for the annual Acoustic Blues Weekend of workshops, jams and performances later this month. Running from November 26 to 28, the programme opens with Friday classes from 1pm to 5pm

  • Preview: Jazz notes

    Guitarist John Etheridge concludes his Northern tour tonight at Wakefield Jazz. He will be joined by tenor saxophonist Ed Jones. Ben Crosland and Dave Tyas complete the dynamic quartet, more details from 01977 680542. The Shire Hall in Howden is the place

  • Preview: Coming up

    WIZZ Jones brings his battered old guitar cases to York for the seventh time on Thursday in an early highlight of the Winter Warmers season at the Black Swan Folk Club. This pioneer of the British acoustic guitar scene in the 1960s turned 65 this year

  • No more tears

    WHEN staff at a school heard the sounds of youngsters crying during a cookery class, they were naturally concerned. But when they rushed into the reception class at Pocklington's Montessori School, they learned it was not a spill or a burn that had the

  • Double mission - 12/11/04

    Bingley trainer Sue Smith and her husband Harvey, the former top show-jumper, never afraid to take on the big guns when the occasion demands it, stage a double-assault at Cheltenham tomorrow. Better Days runs in the £100,000 Paddy Power Gold Cup, while

  • Essex for starters

    YORKSHIRE begin their season next year on April 13 when they visit Chelmsford to take on Essex in the Frizzell County Championship. Although Essex will prove tough opponents as Yorkshire start their push for promotion, Craig White and his team will take

  • Mums protest at crche changes

    MOTHERS are protesting after a York swimming pool's much-loved crche staff were replaced by employees from the closed Barbican Centre. The mothers say their children loved attending the crche at Edmund Wilson Baths, while they went for a swim or a workout

  • You've got to trip a socket or two

    THE show went on for performers at a York school play - despite a huge power cut plunging the auditorium into darkness. More than 3,300 homes were left without power between 9pm and 10.09pm last night in the Southlands area of York, following a fault

  • Watts a lot of heroes

    LEGENDARY York player Basil Watts will be lauded tomorrow as one of the British heroes who won the first-ever rugby World Cup - exactly half a century after the feat was achieved. It will be 50 years to the day that Great Britain triumphed in the final

  • Tributes to fatal car crash victim

    MEMBERS of a grieving family say they have been overwhelmed by the flowers, bouquets and messages of condolence sent by Ryedale well-wishers following the loss of a beautiful young woman. The Walkers say they have been inundated by kindness after the

  • Essex for starters

    YORKSHIRE begin their season next year on April 13 when they visit Chelmsford to take on Essex in the Frizzell County Championship. Although Essex will prove tough opponents as Yorkshire start their push for promotion, Craig White and his team will take

  • Stabbing woman is sent to prison

    A JUDGE has jailed a York woman for stabbing her ex-partner and told her to seek counselling and therapy. Judge Jacqueline Davies said it was a miracle that Mark Ashworth was not seriously injured when Naomi Margaret Beavers, 25, stuck a knife into his

  • Robinson blow, but Davis targets return

    York City have been hit by a major blow with striker Paul Robinson ruled out for a month. The forward returned to training last week from his hamstring injury only to break down shortly before the ill-fated visit of Forest Green. Now, new City boss Viv

  • Aussie Levy raring to start with Knights

    CHRIS Levy has admitted he has a hard act to follow - but he is determined to deliver the goods. York City Knights' new Australian scrum-half is set to take over the number seven shirt from departed record-breaking points-machine Danny Brough. And, on

  • Drivers

    ANC North Yorkshire, York Road Distribution Centre, Flaxby, Knaresborough. Due to continued expansion ANC North Yorkshire has the following vacancies. Multi-Drop Driver required for the collection and delivery of parcels. Owner Drivers required for multi-drop

  • Delivery Staff (6am-finish)

    Saving for Christmas? We have temporary work guaranteed up to Christmas in the following area. Delivery Staff (6am-finish). Also recruiting for permanent roles - call for details. Tel 01904 644007. E-mail: kate.cookson@manpower.co.uk 22 The Pavement,

  • Warehouse Pickers and Packers

    Saving for Christmas? We have temporary work guaranteed up to Christmas in the following area. Warehouse Pickers and Packers. Also recruiting for permanent roles - call for details. Tel 01904 644007. E-mail: kate.cookson@manpower.co.uk 22 The Pavement

  • Chrysler's latest PT is a winner

    SINCE its launch four years ago, Chrysler's PT Cruiser has attracted many friends with its unique American hot-rod styling. Next year many more could be persuaded to join the club, because the range of PT cruisers (or Personal Transportation as the prefix

  • Our post is all over the place

    WHAT has happened to our postal delivery service? Here in Huntington we get posts delivered at varying times of day, one day it was 5.30pm! In the past two weeks, I have received no fewer than five letters wrongly delivered to my address, despite them

  • Bored - why don't they do something positive instead?

    WHENEVER I read reports of acts of mindless vandalism by young yobs, there is always a comment by some moron telling us that the little darlings are bored. If they are bored, why aren't they constructive instead of destructive? Why don't they clean the

  • Bring the dogs

    ONCE again the hunting season is upon us (November 8). So if like me you are aroused by butchering foxes, join me in the big hunt. As you all know, these pests have been hunting our farm animals. As they are the only mammals on this planet that kill animals

  • Ignored again

    I READ with dismay your article "Sixth Park & Ride site to be chosen" (November 3). Once again the council's officers appear to be determined to ignore the views of those most affected. The people of Poppleton, at the ward consultation meeting in

  • Seeking Dijon

    TOYING with the idea of visiting Dijon, I seemed to remember that there was once something called "The Dijon Exchange" whereby York's young adults (they were still referred to as children in those benighted days) were packed off to France to apologise

  • The ticket trap

    FOR the past three weeks I have used the castle car park on an evening. The ticket machines will not accept resident user so I've had to pay full price, ("Just the ticket", Letters November 9). I reported this fact, and also how dark it is near these