YORK City will face Eastbourne Borough, Cambridge City, Altrincham or Kettering in next year's Nationwide Conference. The four clubs are battling for the one remaining promotion place available to Conference North and South clubs via the play-off system
POLITICIANS finally came face-to-face with a weapon of mass destruction - in the shape of a Dalek. A York cake shop has baked a tasty political image that will grab the vote of anyone disillusioned with the five-week General Election campaign. Imaginative
YORK Acorn ARL Club legend Mick Colley is hoping to become the first player to take the field in four different decades on Saturday. in what promises to be a high-spirited final day of the season. Already promoted Acorn take on Crosfields after second
Have a vacancy for: ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR. To work full time our depot in Rufforth. Applicants need to have proven accounts, experience, particularly with Sage. IT literate. Ability to work on own initiative in a pressured environment. Possess excellent
Due to expansion, Turnbulls (York) Ltd are now looking to recruit additional staff for our newly appointed Mitsubishi Dealership, which runs alongside our successful Mazda Dealership at our premises in Layerthorpe. We are recruiting the following positions
AUGER played hard jazz/pop - ask your gran about it - before switching to R&B. Steam Packet and Trinity Bands were big on London's 60s jazz scene. His 1968 smash This Wheel's On Fire with the boyishly-cropped Julie Driscoll catapulted him to national
HERE's one David Clarke made earlier - while behind him is his latest effort. When he was only 16-years- old, David Clarke made a pretty model of a narrowboat. Now, aged 45, the York cabinetmaker is about to complete the real thing. Even as he puts finishing
BEST Western Hotels GB, whose headquarters is at Clifton Moor, York, has been short-listed for a Chartered Institute of Public Relations Excellence Award (CIPR) in the customer relationships category. The excellence awards recognise and reward best practice
PLEASE note there were six performances of Konflux Theatre's production of Gulp at Tang Hall community centre, two a day during three days, attended by pupils from St Lawrence's, St Aelred's, Tang Hall, Heworth and Derwent Schools key stages one and two
ONE Night of Variety put on by St Andrew's Church Boys and Girls Brigade was just that. Known more for their award-winning band rather than acting, singing and dancing, they managed a good performance with pace and flow with that touch of magic throughout
REGARDING York Guildhall's mix-up with Mr French's registration to vote (April 22), the same thing happened to me when I moved from Cheshire to York in the spring of 2003. I too received voting cards in 2004 for the two people who had previously occupied
I am interested in the history of Elmfield College, which used to overlook Monk Stray in Heworth until it was demolished in the 1930s. I have collected quite a lot of papers about this primitive Methodist College and live in its only remaining building
COUN Ann Reid says that there is a need to improve safety in the Acomb Front Street area because vehicles are causing damage to lampposts and guard rails because of limited road space (Letters, May 3). Her answer to this is to widen pavements. How can
England captain Michael Vaughan made the ideal start to his new season with a solid half century for Yorkshire in their six-wicket win over Ireland in Belfast yesterday in the first round of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. Vaughan put on 91 for
COUNCILLORS are appealing to residents to help keep York clean by avoiding parking on their streets during gully cleaning. Residents risk being fined if they do not move their cars when asked. A City of York Council report said that nine tickets had been
A NEW retail development, which could bring as many as 50 jobs to York, looks set to get the go-ahead, after developers amended their plans to accommodate three oak trees. City of York Council's planning committee had recommended that the scheme should
THE boyfriend of Joanne Nelson admitted responsibility for her unlawful killing. As reported in later editions of yesterday's Evening Press, Paul Dyson, 30, appeared at Hull Crown Court for a plea-and-directions hearing. Dyson, of Hotham Road North, Hull
TRIGGER-HAPPY teenagers with air rifles have been terrorising people at a York nature reserve. The council-owned Clifton Backies reserve, in Clifton Without, lies between Bootham Stray and Water Lane and was designated a local nature reserve in 2002.
THE decision to axe the North Yorkshire Police underwater search unit was today attacked by a police officer. The serving policeman, who asked not to be named, said he was "disgusted" by the move, which he claimed would result in a poorer service in England's
TON-UP Horace Preece celebrated his 100th birthday in style today - by casting his vote in the General Election. As the country went to the polls, car-lover Horace notched up his milestone and shamed many younger stay-at-home voters with his political
LEEDS United staff are staging a massive clean-up ready for Sunday's game against Rotherham after torrential rain forced drains to burst. Water filled the dug-outs at pitch side, seeped into hospitality suites and at one stage a car was seen floating
YORK City will face Eastbourne Borough, Cambridge City, Altrincham or Kettering in next year's Nationwide Conference. The four clubs are battling for the one remaining promotion place available to Conference North and South clubs via the play-off system
A VILLAGE church could be forced to close after coming under attack from vandals. The thugs ripped off drainpipes on the side of Holy Trinity Church, in Elvington, and smashed them through four stained glass windows. Up to £6,000 is now being spent on
ST HELENS coach Ian Millward has vowed to be back at the helm by the time York City Knights visit Knowsley Road tomorrow following his dramatic suspension yesterday. The highly-successful Australian was mysteriously stripped of his duties yesterday by
SIMON Higlett's wooden set, sculpted like the hull of a ghostly ship, disappears into the ether of the Quarry Theatre. You cannot see the end in sight, much like the experience of watching Giles Havergal's stately, funereal adaptation of David Copperfield
YORK loves rudery and ruddy humour, shows best enjoyed by stags and hens on a night's curry and booze. "Love Shack, baby, Love Shack, that's where it's at; huggin' and a kissin', dancin' and a lovin', wearin' next to nothin'", you couldn't put it better
Required to work in our busy voucher scanning department. Varied duties. must be computer literate. 37 hours per week. £225.00 per week. Apply in writing to Grays Newsagents, 6 James Street, York YO10 3WW. Updated: 14:30 Thursday, May 05, 2005
Storeperson. Our client, based in Pocklington, is looking to recruit an experienced Storesperson on a full time, permanent basis. Candidates should hold a current fork lift licence. They must be computer literate and a basic knowledge of engineering and
Due to the addition of a further 52 rooms opening in May 2005. The York Marriott Hotel are looking for the following to join their dynamic team: CHEFS (all levels required), COST CONTROLLER, NIGHT PORTER, ASSISTANT RESTAURANT MANAGER, BAR SUPERVISOR,
Kirkbymoorside & District Royal British Legion Club Ltd require Steward/Stewardess with partner to assist. Please apply in writing to: the Secretary, Adela Shaw Site, Kirkbymoorside, York YO62 6JE. Updated: 14:22 Thursday, May 05, 2005
Location: Tadcaster. Salary: £12,000-£14,000 pa. Tadcaster Pub Company is an expanding business, owning fifty pubs across the Midlands and North of England. We require a motivated and confident individual for a crucial role within our head office team
Are you looking for part time work? Call Centre, Clifton Moor require evening and afternoon staff for tele-marketing. Full time. £6.00 per hour plus generous bonus. Call 01767 600878. Updated: 14:16 Thursday, May 05, 2005
ST HELENS coach Ian Millward has vowed to be back at the helm by the time York City Knights visit Knowsley Road tomorrow following his dramatic suspension yesterday. The highly-successful Australian was mysteriously stripped of his duties yesterday by
THE City of York Council Trading Standards department provides information and advice to York residents be they consumers or businesses based in York. This week we look at the law relating to consumer credit and consumer hire licences. Did you know that
The number of homes being repossessed is on the rise and we're in debt as never before. Is it time for a return to the good old values of Yorkshire thrift? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. SOMETIMES, the oldest advice is the best. There has probably never been
IT SAYS something that a Springsteen album is still an event, more than 30 years after the man once styled The Boss first kicked up a dust storm. The Springsteen you get today is stripped of the old Boss bombast, preferring to sing narrative anthems haunted
LOSING all his immediate family in quick succession - his mother to cancer and sister to suicide - could easily have finished Eels' elusive mastermind. But Mark Everett - aka E - spent seven years composing this 33-track double album as a way of dealing
THE Go-Betweens make old-fashioned yet timeless records, just like they did before when no one but "a fistful of journalists and some students" paid due care and attention in the Eighties. Oceans Apart is their third release, but first in full bloom,
If Mike Skinner recreates the sound of the litter-strewn boulevards of Birmingham, this is the noise of the chaos-stricken streets of Sri Lanka. Born in West London, young Maya Arulpragasm moved to her parents' homeland where civil war raged. Her father
British Sea Power's second album is leagues more refined than their wilfully awkward 2003 debut. The Decline Of British Sea Power was the sound of motorbikes disrupting quiet country Sundays, but that ruefully wry record nevertheless caught the ear of
It would be all too easy to write off Melanie Chisholm as a bitter and twisted former pop star, and she doesn't help dispel this myth on the single Next Best Superstar. Yet, ironically, this sharp, observational warning to a younger potential pop star
DYNAMIC duo Kieren Fallon and Aidan O'Brien head to Chester tomorrow aiming to advertise their chances of winning next month's Vodafone Derby at Epsom. They christened their new association in resounding style last weekend by completing a Guineas double
CELEBRITY watching nowadays is a puzzle. If you wanted a definition, it would perhaps be taking excessive interest in what is not very interesting. Much of today's media is occupied in shadowing every twist and turn of these celebrities or forking out
DIVISION four side Pocklington beat Woodhouse Grange by eight wickets in the only HPH York Vale Cricket League game to survive the weather last weekend. Grange had first use of a green track and were soon in trouble at 3-2. Doug Bartle (16) and John Henly
YORK distributor of a revolutionary solar panel is turning up the heat on major housebuilders. Trials in Yorkshire have already proved that light-sensitive vacuum tubes can convert 93 per cent of the sun's energy into heat Now talks with major housebuilders
Two chartered accountants who are winners of prestigious awards from their professional colleagues have taken over at the top of the York Society of Chartered Accountants. Keith Ward was formally welcomed as president and Chris Hearld as vice president
GENEROUS cyclist David Boulton was marking his firm's 150th anniversary by pedalling as many miles for charity today. David, who works for property consultants Carter Jonas is making a whirlwind two-day trip between the company's offices in Kendal, Harrogate
So Coun Galloway says that the council needs the exorbitant fees charged in the city's car parks to subsidise local services. Well Mr Galloway, I can suggest another way to subsidise local services. Stop paying lottery money salaries to executives within
I WOULD like to clarify the issue of late licences, raised by Mr Dickinson's letter (April 29). New legislation, which is expected to become operational in November, will remove the standard opening hours of licensed premises. Individual premises will
WE must surely all be tired of the election. They all discredit themselves by accusing each other's party of lying and making promises which neither can keep. As a used car dealer I can honestly say if we the motor trade acted in such a disgusting unprofessional
READING your article "The Thin Blue Line" (April 22) I make the following observations on plans to deploy 10,500 police officers at Gleneagles, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Why do the powers that be have to call on already stretched police forces, ie North
ON Saturday, April 30, we had a day of unremitting rain - but despite the weather, 143 brave people turned out to walk 20 miles on the Pennines to help St Leonard's Hospice. They all took part in the annual St Leonard's Way Challenge Walk, which saw them
WHENEVER my butler screams melodramatically in bed: "You've caught my legs again with your wretched toe nails," I know the nails are about ready for clipping. Since buying the new bed, my butler has got above himself. Sometimes I am even forced (shock
I MUST immediately book a holiday from September 24 to October 2, in order to escape Sue Lister's proposed Over 50s York Festival and International Older Person's Day (April 28). I shudder at the spotlight to be put on we older people in York, although
The number of homes being repossessed is on the rise and we're in debt as never before. Is it time for a return to the good old values of Yorkshire thrift? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. SOMETIMES, the oldest advice is the best. There has probably never been
A COMMUNITY leader today attacked plans to revamp a key junction on York's outer ring road. Peter Vaughan, chairman of Huntington Parish Council, complained at a lack of consultation over the proposals to beat bottlenecks and improve safety at the busy
THE battle is on to prevent a new generation of rough sleepers emerging in York. The Rough Sleepers Strategy Group - City of York Council, Peasholme Charity, Arc Light, The Salvation Army and Future Prospects - has been working to ensure that people have
YORK came through with flying colours during a police clampdown on unlicensed pub "bouncers". In Selby, 12 front-line door staff were found to be working illegally and were reported for summons, resulting in two late-night venues being closed. But in
THE annual York Open Bowls Tournament could be held for the final time this year unless there is a late surge in entries. Last year's event attracted the fewest players in the competition's history but, less than two weeks before the 2005 closing date
YORK Acorn ARL Club legend Mick Colley is hoping to become the first player to take the field in four different decades on Saturday. in what promises to be a high-spirited final day of the season. Already promoted Acorn take on Crosfields after second
Golf tee times for Lewis Trophy at Easingwold GC on Sunday, May 8. 8.00 G Carbutt 5, M Atkinson 7 (E), M J Rudd 3, K Heaton 13 (F), S Pagdin 12, S Enwright 11 (FOG), J Emmerson 6, T Markham 13 (Y). 8.18 J Neal 18, A Fawdington 8 (FP, L Gall, K Herrington
Brick Layer. First class required for York. Tel. John Jones 01904 468698 or 07973 266079. Updated: 14:25 Thursday, May 05, 2005
We are one of the regions fastest growing independent food importers, wholesalers and distributors. Due to rapid growth and the opening of a purpose built distribution depot in York we require the following: TELESALES OPERATIVES, DELIVERY DRIVERS and
Swann's, Stockton-On-The-Forest requires Mechanic. Wage negotiable. annual profit share. Telephone 01904 400465 for further details. Updated: 14:15 Thursday, May 05, 2005
NESTLE Rowntree super-sub Nick Lawrie grabbed two goals to help his team overcome Heworth in an entertaining York FA Intermediate Under 15 Minor Cup final. Lawrie helped steer Nestl to a 5-3 victory over Heworth who had earlier taken the lad when Chris
VOLUNTEER Arms finally laid to rest their cup final hoodoo with a hard fought 2-0 win over York John Smith's Sunday Football League Bitter Cup holders Severus SC. Arms had fallen several times at the last hurdle but this time two goals by Phil O'Reilly
EVERYONE afflicted by voter apathy should consider the example of Horace Preece - and pull themselves together. He is 100 today - many happy returns, Horace - and has voted in every election since he was first able to do so in the 1920s. When Mr Preece
SO one of our southern social superiors is not travelling to Royal Ascot At York because the racing festival has "gone tacky" this year. Well we have a question for Lady Muck, also known as Viscountess Gormanston. If the June meeting is so tacky, how
