BRITISH Sugar's York factory has yet again proved it is a heavyweight contender in the 2004 Evening Press Business of the Year competition. more...
Pickering artists Sally and Brian Tozer, who run ceramics workshops from their idyllic rural home, are fired up for a successful summer after receiving a £5,000 grant. more...
A MAN who today revealed himself to be the £1.7 million "mystery buyer" of The Judges' Lodging, has announced big plans for the future of the York hotel regarded as one of the finest Georgian town homes in England. more...
THE outside temperature is 36-degrees plus. It's midday in the sun-baked Spanish countryside a few miles outside Seville. more...
IF YOU want to strike the motherlode of sporting saloon cars, tap into the rich racing-orientated seam of the Lexus IS range. more...
A NEW compact Audi with stand-alone styling that blends five-door practicality with sports hatch desirability is to join the UK range this September. more...
THERE are a lot of "firsts" about the latest edition smart that goes on sale here in September. more...
WITH so many competitors already in the field, it is highly unlikely the Rexton sports utility will make a massive impact, yet it is from Korean manufacturer SsangYong, a leading 4x4 producer, and builders of cars for more than 50 years. more...
LATCHING on to the prospects of a reasonable summer, MG has unveiled a special edition TF Spark with key features including embroidered Alcan-tara sports seats and a new charcoal grey hood fabric in case of rain. more...
THERE was a time when Jaguar and the word diesel just did not mix. The same can also be said of any relationship between Jaguar and the word estate. But that's not the case today. They're an item. Long term. more...
Home Carers for weekends and evenings, other shifts available. Training and uniforms. tel. 01904 655422. more...
Full time/part time Butcher/Butchers Assistant, smart appearance, reliable and honest, busy family butchers. Experience preferred but not essential. Training given. Contact Mr D Mounfield 01757 288339. more...
Barratt York requires Bricklaying 2+1 Gangs for the Pocklington area. For details call Mike Bramley on 07739 702323 (m). more...
Due to retirement, Cleaner required 7.30am-10.00am. days - 10 hours including Sunday am. Fulford Golf Club Ltd, Heslington Lane, York YO10 5DY. Tel. 001904 413579 (9am-4pm Monday-Friday). more...
To work straight shifts. Applicants 21+ with clean licence. High hourly rate and excellent working conditions. Telephone for application form or apply to: Christine Bedford, Personnel Department, Dean Court Hotel, Duncombe Place, York YO1 7EF. Tel. 01904 625082. email: info@deancourt-york.co.uk. more...
Exhibition Hotel Group Ltd requires experienced Management Couple as licencees for newly refurbished pub. 12 miles from York. Salary dependent on experience. Apply Head Office 01904 641492. more...
Carer required. 16 hours per week. £5.00 per hour. Tel. 01904 337566. more...
Required for busy auctioneers office involving a very interesting and varied workload covering all areas of book-keeping and auction sales. Computer literacy essential and sage knowledge beneficial. Apply in writing with CV to: Juliet Stephenson, York Auction Centre, Murton, York YO19 5GF. more...
Business Link York and North Yorkshire is a dynamic organisation providing advice and support to local businesses. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a high calibre person to join our IT Team. IT Support Officer £20k per annum. The IT Team is responsible for the provision and maintenance of the IT infrastructure and for ensuring the most effective usage is made of Business Link's investment in ICT systems. We are looking for an enthusiastic IT Support Officer to assist in the management, maintenance and development of our IT infrastructure. This currently consists of a local area network (LAN) of approximately 90 users and wide area network (WAN) of 5 sites across York and North Yorkshire. In addition, you will also have key responsibilities in monitoring and developing the usage of Business Links client management system and reporting software. You will make a major contribution to the provision of an active helpdesk service to users of Business Links ICT systems across a wide range of types of requests from individual users. You will be a good communicator with internal consultancy skills and a clear commitment to customer care. You will have experience of the administration of a Windows2000 Server based network, with knowledge of Exchange and Oracle administration an advantage. Previous experience of Crystal Reports, or similar reporting tool, is desirable as is the knowledge of the principles of a Client Management System. To apply, please send a CV and covering letter explaining your suitability for the role to: Laura Mason, Business Link York and North Yorkshire, Arabesque House, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York YO32 9WU. Closing date for applications is 26 July 2004. Applicants who have not been contacted by the end of September can assume they have not been successful on this occasion. more...
Just finished exams? What next? Fancy a career in Accounting and Finance with the largest electrical wholesaler in the Country? We offer a fully sponsored training course in accounting, where you will receive: on the job training within our York Offices. Three year fully sponsored AAT course. Competitive salary. Excellent career prospects. If you have just completed your A level and have the drive and determination to succeed - then apply enclosing your CV to: Mrs K Davies, CEF Ltd, 3b Audax Close, York YO30 4RA. more...
Required, mornings Monday -Friday. Tel. 0121 707 3310. more...
York Shop Manager, OTE up to £19,400. Suit strong leader with proven sales record. CVs to: Paul Ryan, 328 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PH. Previous applicants need not apply. more...
Full days and shift work available. Weekend work available. Long term work. £7.34 per hour plus shift pay. Required for packing goods and line work. Please call Sarah on 01904 602125. more...
With enthusiasm, product knowledge and driving licence are essential. Call Neil, Frist Fix on 01904 636300. more...
FORMER dustman Mark Hobson appeared at Harrogate Magistrates Court today accused of two double murders. more...
THE heartbroken family of a prisoner who hanged herself just hours after being jailed have told how she was a "lovely girl" who was being bullied in jail. more...
A REVIEW of York's controversial parking charges will be completed within two months, following a noisy lobby of councillors by scores of protesters and a stormy council meeting. more...
THEY had come from various operatic societies and choirs from across the York area - but they were all singing from the same hymn sheet. more...
VIOLENT crime in North Yorkshire is up by more than half compared with last year - but crime as a whole is down, according to new figures. more...
A TOTAL of ten people were arrested during raids on homes in York and Selby, police revealed today. more...
ONE of York's most famous tourist landmarks is to get a £284,000 facelift. more...
ANGRY York residents are staging an armchair revolt against television companies Sky and ITV. more...
YORK'S latest new Park& Ride service has been hailed as a "huge hit" with passengers. more...
COUNCIL benefits investigators today issued a stern warning to would-be fraudsters: you will be caught and prosecuted. more...
Sculpture plays an important part in York's cultural life - so what a shame that open-air art in the Museum Gardens was instantly vandalised. CHARLES HUTCHINSON takes a personal look at shapes in the city. more...
DAVID Beckham sold the joys of text for a communications company - then was caught out in alleged phone infidelity. British Gas engineers and even politicians have been taught SMS messaging. more...
IT was more carnival than campaign: a parking protest party. more...
WHILE usually agreeing with William Dixon-Smith (Letters, July 27) - bless his stylish wit and wisdom - he chooses to ignore Constantine as being the first Roman emperor to become a Christian; albeit belatedly and perhaps, to play safe for whatever the hereafter might hold. more...
FOR six months an unusual train has been running from York to Carlisle over the famous Settle & Carlisle line. more...
THE proposal by the school to close a right of way which runs through the St Peter's "estate" is a typical example of the arrogance which this organisation displays when it comes to dealing with matters affecting the community in which it operates. more...
I FEEL very sorry for Martin Brumby (Letters, July 27). He must be a very sad and bitter person to air his sarcastic views about York Natural Environment Trust and its representative, Barry Potter. more...
I HAD a very happy 99th birthday and would like to thank neighbours and friends for the lovely cards, gifts and flowers ("Life down Stella street", July 12). more...
WHAT a good article was Stephen Lewis's "Is Godfrey game for a gaffe?" (July 27).It is about time we had a politician who is not afraid to tell it how it is. more...
WHAT will it take for this city council to realise that the "ghost capital of the world" is fast becoming the ghost city of the North? more...
REPORTS came in to our luxurious Walmgate offices of an unusual new line on sale in York - ostrich eggs. more...
THEY had come from various operatic societies and choirs from across the York area - but they were all singing from the same hymn sheet. more...
A REVIEW of York's controversial parking charges will be completed within two months, following a noisy lobby of councillors by scores of protesters and a stormy council meeting. more...
WHAT will it take for this city council to realise that the "ghost capital of the world" is fast becoming the ghost city of the North? more...
ACTING captain Matthew Wood continued his rich vein of form with the bat by making a commanding 89 but Yorkshire still struggled on the second day of their Championship match against Derbyshire at sweltering Derby yesterday. more...
YORK City Knights were close to wrapping up a lucrative transfer today which could see them land three players in exchange for Damian Ball. more...
CHRIS Brass will be hoping his players bend over backwards and stretch every sinew in their quest for promotion next season. more...
GARY Bunce is on course to recapture the men's singles crown at the York Open Bowls tournament. more...
AFTER a three-week lay off, Easingwold's nine-time sidecar world champion Steve Webster and passenger Paul Woodhead are back in action this weekend. more...
THE focus today is on the fine array of venues available to York Amalgamation Yearbook holders. more...
John Quinn, who has made giant strides as a trainer in recent years, stands on the threshold of gaining the biggest success of his career at Goodwood tomorrow. more...
FORMER York City defender Chris Smith is hoping to earn a contract at League Two side Notts County after a pre-season trial. more...
YORK City have missed out on the opportunity to stage an England v Wales ladies under-19 UEFA Championship qualifying match because of Stevenage Borough's refusal to switch a Nationwide Conference clash. more...
FORMER Cheltenham Town striker Paul Brayson has left York City but fellow forward Jonny Rowan has had his trial extended. more...
CHRIS Brass will be hoping his players bend over backwards and stretch every sinew in their quest for promotion next season. more...
YORK City Knights were close to wrapping up a lucrative transfer today which could see them land three players in exchange for Damian Ball. more...
JUST how way out is too far? Never far enough, judging by the standards in the Royal Ascot fashion stakes. more...
Evening Press reporter STEVE CARROLL donned his top hat for a day at Royal Ascot to see what York can expect when it hosts the meeting next year. more...
MAXINE GORDON makes her first visit to Royal Ascot to find out what York has to live up to next year. more...
PLANNING is under way to bring the centrepiece of Royal Ascot to York when the famous race meeting moves north. more...
York has a proven history of dealing with large successful events, says DAVID ANDREWS, chief executive of York-based Yorkshire Tourist Board, but for Ascot 2005 we must look further than the event itself. more...
POLICE chiefs are locked in top-level talks to prevent local council taxpayers picking up the multimillion-pound bill for policing Royal Ascot at York. more...
YORK awaits next year's Royal Ascot with fevered anticipation. It promises to be a great event and will give the city the sort of promotion and exposure of which tourism bosses can normally only dream. more...
Where will The Queen stay when Royal Ascot comes to York next year? STEVE CARROLL takes a light-hearted look at the options. more...
WORK to beat raceday congestion during next year's Royal Ascot meeting at York is under way. more...
Two bars are about to reveal their revamped images, says Alex Lloyd. more...
Alex Lloyd suggests going salsa dancing this Easter. more...
Alex Lloyd gets out her dancing shoes for a funky good time. more...
Alex Lloyd finds that a favourite York nightclub has had a facelift. more...
Alex Lloyd rounds up night-time events for the Bank Holiday weekend. more...
THE words "Micklegate" and "cutting edge" are not often seen in the same sentence. more...
Alex Lloyd looks forward to the arrival in York of Peter Andre. more...
Alex Lloyd looks forward to another long weekend in the bars and clubs. more...
Alex Lloyd samples the mix of music on offer at Orgasmic in York. more...
Alex Lloyd reports on a make-over for a long-standing York club. more...
Alex Lloyd looks at a more mordern spin on karaoke. more...
MAIDS and Mistresses, a series of linked exhibitions and trails across seven of Yorkshire's great country houses, opens on April 3. more...
Alex Lloyd on a music night that helps promotes York's newer bands. more...
All sorts of fascinating artefacts have been unearthed for the latest exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum. CHARLES HUTCHINSON is given a guided tour of the past. more...
FAMILY portraits with a twist are the subject of Trish Morrissey's exhibition at Impressions Gallery, York, from July 10 to September 11. more...
THE 5.6.7.8's, the cult Japanese surf band from Quentin Tarantino's Samurai slasher movie Kill Bill and Carling's advert campaign in Euro 2004 will play Fibbers in York on August 20. more...
FIRST of all, my apologies to Karl Mullen and his band, who stood in for the Mardi Gras Band at the Old White Swan last night. more...
Clare Teal, the Kildwick jazz singer tipped for the top by Michael Parkinson. more...
A true veteran of American music is back on the road and playing in York even before touring in the US, reports Charles Hutchinson. more...
Introducing... fado singer Mariza, world music's latest flame. more...
WYNTON Marsalis and the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra are Out Here To Swing on a summer tour that culminates in Sunday's performance at the Harrogate International Festival. more...
ROLAND Emmerich has it in for New York. He had aliens wiping out chunks of the Big Apple in Independence Day and let Godzilla loose on Manhattan. more...
IT'S third time lucky for Harry Potter. Under the tutelage of Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón (Y Tu Mama Tambien), the boy wizard comes magically to life on the big screen. more...
FROM the producers of Pirates Of The Caribbean comes King Arthur with its "moderate battle violence and mild sex". more...
NEVER leave your mobile unattended. Sleek, middle-aged Parisienne gynaecologist Catherine (Fanny Ardant) already suspects her absentee husband Bernard (Gerard Depardieu) of playing away from home, when she cannot resist playing the messages left on his cell phone one afternoon. more...
ONE hundred children and students are into their eighth day of rehearsals in York for the Grand Opera House Summer Youth Project. more...
KIT Hesketh-Harvey and pianist partner The Widow are the non-festivalgoer's definition of a Harrogate International Festival act more...
Robbie Dale rounds up the end of term. more...
Robbie Dale arrives back from the Easter break with news of the great annual sporting clash at the university. more...
Robbie Dale offers some last-minute suggestions. more...
IT'S interesting being British, don't you think? The British seem to have so much identity, so many things that characterise us. more...
Robbie Dale puts on his walking shoes to see what York has to offer. more...
Robbie Dale looks on the funny side of being a student in York. more...
Robbie Dale talks trains before getting on one and heading further north. more...
Robbie Dale bones up on lager and football ahead of a match on Sunday. more...
Robbie Dale considers cow pat bingo and other comic innovations. more...
Robbie Dale chases away the exam blues. more...
Robbie Dale sums up the season of farewells at the university. more...
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