York | Archive | 2004 | October
York Tourism Bureau was today preparing to monitor results from 40 of the city's venues which took part in its Conference Showcase. more...
DRAX Power has literally barged its way into a new green age. more...
A general manager has been appointed to shake up York's McArthurGlen Designer Outlet by improving the mix of shops. more...
GOING Postal, the latest Discworld novel, should sell well in York. It covers issues close to our hearts such as one man crime waves, parking (although I don't think anybody in York has had their horse clamped - yet) and post offices. more...
AS FRED, the piano shifter says, you never get nowhere if you are too hasty. more...
Cleaner (part-time) modern, purpose built office on Hospital Fields Road, including kitchen and sanitary facilities. 10 hours per week, plus holiday and sickness cover. Previous experience in similar environment preferred. Salary £6.50 per hour. Apply to Katy Clifton, Corries Solicitors, Hospital Fields Road, York YO10 4DZ or telephone 01904 697121. more...
Receptionist experienced in hotel front desk operations. Apply with CV or call for an application form. Personnel Department, Dean Court Hotel, Duncombe Place, York YO1 7EF. Tel: 01904 625082 e-mail: info@deancourt-york.co.uk more...
Hall Porter 5-day, 37.5 hour week. Applicants must have clean driving licence. Apply with CV or call for an application form. Personnel Department, Dean Court Hotel, Duncombe Place, York YO1 7EF. Tel: 01904 625082 e-mail: info@deancourt-york.co.uk more...
Experienced waiting staff. Terry's Cafe-Conservatory (no eves). Apply with CV or call for an application form. Personnel Department, Dean Court Hotel, Duncombe Place, York YO1 7EF. Tel: 01904 625082 e-mail: info@deancourt-york.co.uk more...
Chef/Cook Terrys Cafe-Conservatory (no eves). Apply with CV or call for an application form. Personnel Department, Dean Court Hotel, Duncombe Place, York YO1 7EF. Tel: 01904 625082 e-mail: info@deancourt-york.co.uk more...
Due to continuing expansion we now have vacancies for: Head Chef. more...
City Centre Hotel Group. Due to continuing expansion we now have vacancies for: Experienced Evening cook. We offer excellent rates of pay and working conditions. Please contact Mark Webb on 01904 621267 to arrange an interview. more...
City Centre Hotel Group. Due to continuing expansion we now have vacancies for: Bar/Waitressing Staff. We offer excellent rates of pay and working conditions. Please contact Mark Webb on 01904 621267 to arrange an interview. more...
City Centre Hotel Group. Due to continued expansion we now have vacancies for: Chamber persons. We offer excellent rates of pay and working conditions. Please contact Mark Webb on 01904 621267 to arrange an interview. more...
City Centre Hotel Group. Due to continued expansion we now have vacancies for: Assistant Restaurant Supervisor. We offer excellent rates of pay and working conditions. Please contact Mark Webb on 01904 621267 to arrange an interview. more...
Eborcraft - Manufacturers of contemporary wood veneer office furniture. We are a successful wood based office furniture manufacturer. We are currently undergoing an expansion programme. We require people for the following positions. Skilled & Semi-skilled wood machinist. Working in a well equipped manufacturing environment, experience in the following an advantage spindle moulding, overhead routers, sanding and CNC panel saw, edgebanding and machining centres. We can offer: good rates of pay, profit related bonus, excellent working conditions, company contributed pension scheme. Join a happy and successful team, please send your current CV or contact us for an application form marked: FAO Mr Alan Obison, Eborcraft Ltd, 421 Huntington Road, York YO31 9HT. Telephone 01904 623069. more...
Eborcraft - Manufacturers of contemporary wood veneer office furniture. We are a successful wood based office furniture manufacturer. We are currently undergoing an expansion programme. We require people for the following positions. Production Assistant - Must have a counter balance fork lift licence. Assisting in all aspects of the production process including the feeding of raw materials to production and supporting the manufacturing process. We can offer: good rates of pay, profit related bonus, excellent working conditions, company contributed pension scheme. Join a happy and successful team, please send your current CV or contact us for an application form marked: FAO Mr Alan Obison, Eborcraft Ltd, 421 Huntington Road, York YO31 9HT. Telephone 01904 623069. more...
Morning cleaners required. Clifton Moor 7.30-9.30am, 5 days pw, Malton 7.45-9.15am, Mon-Sat. To apply call Lightowler on 01482 308520. more...
Experienced Sales Negotiator for city centre apartments. Excellent earning potential, hours of work negotiable. Send CV to the Director, Rogers Homes Ltd, Newton Lodge, Everingham, York. more...
Full time stylist required. Tel: 01904 610530. more...
Due to expansion we urgently need Canvassers (full and part time). Substantial package, own car not essential, must be smartly dressed. Call Pavilion Finance Brokers (Hull) Ltd. 0800 - 1380853. more...
Experienced Chef to assist Head Chef mainly straight shifts, wage negotiable must have own transport. Phone 07759 124692. more...
Taxi Drivers wanted. All shifts available. Phone Castle Cars 01904 611511. more...
Positions available with our new and fast growing company (York Parcel Company). We are looking for Class I & II Day & Night drivers for York and Leeds area. Day and Night trunk routes, clean licence, however small amount of points considered. £7 starting plus £5 a day bonus. Please ring for appointment on 01904 607106 for York or 01132 430065 for Leeds. more...
Station Hotel, Pocklington, require experienced, lively management couple for this busy hotel which holds discos, quizzes and live entertainment. Apply 01904 641492. more...
Fox and Hounds, Sinnington, near Pickering. This renowned country inn, with award winning food, requires a Second Chef. Excellent £20k - £25k package. Tel: Catherine or Andrew 01751 431577 www.thefoxandhoundsinn.co.uk more...
A TWENTY-year-old photograph stands on the mantelpiece in my grandmother's house. more...
TEENAGER Sami Safder bought himself a motorbike, went round to a mate's house, smoked a joint and set off for home. more...
ONE of the bus passengers injured in Wednesday's fatal crash on the A19 south of York is asking for the kind-hearted strangers who helped her to get in touch - so she can thank them properly. more...
A LORRY driver had a lucky escape today when his HGV crashed on its side on a roundabout south of York. more...
YORK'S most senior police officer was expected to announce today that his officers have been among the most successful in the country at cutting crime. more...
SCORES of angry York residents have spelt out a blunt message to planning chiefs: "No to Disasterthorpe." more...
MAGISTRATES have challenged a nuisance caller to prove that he can behave himself towards employees of City of York Council and North Yorkshire Police. more...
TRIBUTES have been paid to York's "skateboarding missionary", who has died of a heart attack aged 31. more...
Vehicles becoming stuck under Walmgate Bar, which have threatened the future of an historic York monument, should be a thing of the past when new traffic restrictions are enforced. more...
COUNCIL chiefs were riding high today after York was crowned Britain's top cycling city. more...
PENSIONS Minister Malcolm Wicks has blasted age discrimination during a visit to York - as the furore over the closure of York Pensions Centre comes to a head. more...
Sorry needn't always be the hardest word, says STEPHEN LEWIS - not even when you're a politician. more...
GIVEN his concession that a genuine injustice may, indeed, lie behind the headline-grabbing protests staged by Fathers 4 Justice, it is a shame that Julian Cole couldn't lift his comments beyond the level of cheap jibes and the recycling of tabloid gossip ("Batman gets a bad press", September 16). more...
IN reply to the letter from Mr and Mrs E Stainsby, "It's not only newts" (October 15). more...
IT was interesting to see the letter from the head teacher of Haxby Road Primary School thanking people for attending the school's centenary celebrations (October 19). more...
WITH much reported about gun and knife culture in the news media recently, why isn't there more legislation to stop the sale of these dangerous killer weapons? more...
LIKE many here in Cleveland, I was saddened when two North Yorkshire police officers used the fact that speed camera signs were not quite right in their design to ensure an acquittal on speeding charges (October 19). more...
IF Jo Haywood had spent a few minutes perusing the annals at www.skeptic.com, we might never have known about the latest, perfectly legal, "new age therapy" - auric immigration. more...
NOT many mountains to climb in York. The steepest ascent facing Michael Palin yesterday involved the stairs at Waterstone's. more...
WHAT a strange world we find ourselves in these days. Seven post offices are to close all over York. Here in my area we have recently lost our butcher's shop, wine shop, motorcycle showroom and two petrol stations. more...
WITH each new set of exam results, arguments flare over whether school standards are falling or rising. Today's analysis of the GCSE statistics will add more fuel to the fire. more...
YOUR well-researched article "Quay Stage One" relating to the conditional approval of the planning application made by the Chester Boat Company (October 11) should alert the citizens of York to the creation of a navigational hazard on the River Ouse. more...
MIKE Laycock's piece on Hugh Bayley's recent survey of ResPark residents, and Councillor Anne Reid's scathing dismissal (October 20), left me wondering one thing: what planet does Anne Reid live on? more...
HAVING a chat with a friend one day, the subject of David Beckham's tattoos came up, especially the one at the back of his neck. more...
FELICITY Leggett knows more about pole positions than Michael Schumacher. And now she's ready to teach York all about it. more...
Friday, October 22, 2004 more...
NOW I've heard it all. A protester sitting beneath a tree to save it from the chainsaws was asked if he was going to climb the tree to occupy it like Coronation Street's eco-warrior Emily Bishop. more...
FIT-AGAIN striker Andy Bishop has two reasons to shoot down table-topping Barnet tomorrow afternoon. more...
ERROR-PRONE defender Chris Clarke has left York City on a free transfer to join former club Halifax Town. more...
NATIONWIDE Conference top scorer Guiliano Grazioli has recovered from illness and injury and is fit to face York City tomorrow. more...
NATIONWIDE Conference top scorer Guiliano Grazioli has recovered from illness and injury and is fit to face York City tomorrow. more...
THERE seems to be some confusion around at the moment regarding the dates of the traditional autumnal angling events on the Ouse. more...
THREE wins by Paul Eastwood couldn't prevent York and District Table Tennis League division one leaders Bootham Conservative Club `A' losing 6-4 to second-placed Holgate WMC `A'. more...
Top Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien, who has suffered more than his share of reverses in Britain this season, can help to put the record straight at Doncaster tomorrow by clinching the final Group 1 race of the campaign. more...
FIT-AGAIN striker Andy Bishop has two reasons to shoot down table-topping Barnet tomorrow afternoon. more...
ERROR-PRONE defender Chris Clarke has left York City on a free transfer to join former club Halifax Town. more...
NATIONWIDE Conference top scorer Guiliano Grazioli has recovered from illness and injury and is fit to face York City tomorrow. more...
Two defeats in five days may not be the best preparation for Tadcaster Albion's FA Vase first round proper bid to Silsden, but manager Jim Collis believes it will give them an edge to their game, rather than a relaxed attitude. more...
Skelton took just two minutes to break the deadlock in their division four clash against Black Swan. more...
AS Shoulder of Mutton Res were beaten 9-1 it wasn't a good day either for Shoulder of Mutton's first team in division one of the York and District Sunday Afternoon League, who went down 9-3 at Saville AVFC. more...
Ainsty Panthers put on a suberb display to outclass last season's John Smith's York and District League first division champions Severus SC. more...
After narrowly missing out in the Intermediate Cup to Sheffield last week, Malton and Norton make a first North 2 (East) league visit to Redcar. more...
OUT of the Ashington and into the fire of top-quality encounters is the prospect for York Rugby Union Club. more...
Alex Lloyd introduces alternative nights out for students and others. more...
Alfie is 'alf the movie it used to be in its 1966 incarnation, still misogynistic but now devoid of charm or a sense of zeitgeist significance that it had in the Swinging Sixties. more...
WEDNESDAY night's wild card play-off will decide the fifth finalist for the Certified 2004 final at Certificate 18, Gillygate, York. more...
Black Umfolosi return to Selby Town Hall Arts Centre on Sunday. more...
Nashville Nights & Dixie Days celebrates the country music of Garth Brooks, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Shania Twain, Alan Jackson, Tammy Wynette, Don Williams and Faith Hill at the Grand Opera House, York, tonight. more...
NICOLA LeFanu, music professor at the University of York, presents her BBC Radio 3 commission, Light Passing, in the National Centre for Early Music, York, from Thursday to Saturday. more...
Oscar Peterson is one of the last remaining masters from the modern jazz revolution of the middle of the last century. more...
We're about giving good memories to the fans - unusual settings mean that The Others stick in your mind." So says the band's charismatic frontman Dominic Masters, referring to the band's habit of playing `guerilla gigs', a tendency they share with friends such as The Libertines and The Paddingtons. more...
AMERICAN singer-songwriter Jackson Browne was at the centre of a love-in at York last night. more...
Introducing... It or, rather, Eddie Izzard as the voice of It, ad-libbing, wish-granting animated star of Five Children And It. more...
PADDY Considine is being called the English Robert De Niro. He has that unpredictably, that threat of violence, that "Are you talking to me" tick. Conveniently, City Screen's programme schedule in York offers the chance to see Considine take the next step up the ladder in not one but two roles. more...
When their pilot father (Alex Jennings) is sent behind enemy lines during the First World War, 13-year-old Cyril (Jonathan Bailey), 12-year-old Anthea (Jessica Claridge), 11-year-old Robert (Freddie Highmore), eight-year-old Jane (Poppy Rogers) and baby Lamb (Alec and Zak Muggleton) are evacuated to the countryside to stay with their bumbling Uncle Albert (Kenneth Branagh) in his dilapidated mansion. more...
THIS sequel to the 2001 sleeper hit is a thinly veiled facsimile of the first film. The original cast reprises its roles and director Garry Marshall once again steps behind the camera, while the storyline skips through similar romantic entanglements and political intrigues, en route to another happy ending. more...
As last year's surprise box office hit Freddy Vs Jason proved, if you package two iconic big screen villains in the same film, the box office takings can be considerable. more...
Alfie is 'alf the movie it used to be in its 1966 incarnation, still misogynistic but now devoid of charm or a sense of zeitgeist significance that it had in the Swinging Sixties. more...
Charles Hutchinson catches up with the stars of hit musical Chicago. more...
Just A Quickie with... Victoria Wood, writer, comedian and now compere in a York concert for Jessie's Fund. more...
REMEMBER Alastair Sim as the headmaster, Margaret Rutherford as the indomitable headmistress and Joyce Grenfell as delightfully dotty games mistress Miss Gossage ("Call me Sausage") in The Happiest Days Of Your Life? more...
THE Dreaming's regular writer, Scott Harrison, promises "possibly the most faithful adaptation to date" of Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula. more...
GERALDINE James was doing her home chores when the phone rang for her Evening Press interview. From next week, she is away from home, performing on tour in Oxford Stage Company's revival of Home, a rarely performed work by Yorkshire playwright David Storey. more...
Jo-ann Hodgson reports back from this year's freshers' bash. more...
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