HERE are some Smart designs from a smart York student who found the Highway Code to success. more...
MILLIONAIRE Duncan Davidson, founder of York-based Persimmon plc, has announced he is to retire as non-executive chairman next April. more...
FORMER British Ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer told Yorkshire's top businesspeople that they "know how to speak American". more...
MANY of us know someone who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis - but few of us understand how debilitating the condition can be. more...
City Centre Hotel Group. Due to recent expansion we currently have more...
Exciting Opportunities for Duty Managers - Harrogate and York areas. United Co-operatives is the Uk's most successful and progressive independent retail co-operative with a projected annual turnover of £1.5 billion and a workforce of 15,000. The Food Group our largest sector includes over 500 shops and 26 petrol sites flying the flag of Shell, Esso or BP along with our own Late Shop logo. We have full time vacancies available for experienced Duty Managers to assist in the day to day management of our thriving stores thereby ensuring the maintenance of high standards and the maximisation of sales and profit. These positions require individuals with commitment, effective interpersonal skills, a `hands on' approach and the ability to maximise sales whilst maintaining our high levels of customer care. We offer all the benefits associated with a major employer, which includes final salary pension scheme, share options, staff discount, 27 days holiday per year (rising to 31 days after 5 years service) and competitive rates of pay. Please write with full career details to: Carol Kestin and Susan Naylor, Recruitment Supervisors
HGV Driver needed. Apply L Clancey & Sons 01904 489169. more...
Part time experienced florist required to work alongside existing team at CGC events, York Racecourse during the racing season May-Oct. Contact Carole Snowdon for more information and interview 01904 638971. more...
Trainee Administrator. We have a career opportunity for a motivated person in the field of pension administration. You should enjoy working as part of a team but also have the ability to work on your own initiative. The role will involve you in full scheme administration dealing with member queries and calculations. On a daily basis you will be involved in maintaining information on the member database, responding to member queries, preparing benefit quotations, carrying out calculations and checking those produced by the Profund pensions system. You must therefore demonstrate strong numerical and communication skills. Candidates should have a minimum of grade C in GCSE mathematics and numerically based A levels would be a distinct advantage. Full more...
Estimating Department - Administration Assistant. We are seeking an enthusiastic person to work in our small but extremely busy Estimating Department, providing high quality admin support to our estimators. more...
South Park Care Home, Gale Lane, York YO24 3HX. Assistant Cook - Full-Time. Kitchen Assistant - Part-Time. Care Assistants required Full/Part-Time Day/Nights. Domestic Various hours. Contact Anne Fieldhouse on 01904 784198. more...
Having been named the best supermini, Seat's Ibiza is now available in special edition guise, called the Award, and offering lots of extras. more...
TOYOTA has definitely nailed its colours to the mast ... and has announced the arrival of the Avensis Colour Collection, a new entry point for the range, and the third model group to adopt the Colour Collection as its signature branding for special models. more...
Motoring Editor Malcolm Baylis marvels at the capabilities of the new Range Rover Sport. more...
MONDEO has been in the top ten best-selling cars in this country since Ford launched it around 12 years ago. more...
PLANS for a retailer to bring between 40 and 50 jobs to York could be scuppered...by three oak trees. more...
PETER Kay's observational comedy has made him a TV star, a millionaire and one of Britain's best-loved entertainers. The power of his funny walk alone propelled Tony Christie's song Amarillo to number one. more...
SCARBOROUGH student Jessica Haigh was brought face to face with Tony Blair yesterday, and gave him a blast every bit as icy as the North Sea wind. more...
THE minister thought she was popping in for a routine check-up. more...
WHEN did we forget that York is a market town? more...
IF there is one thing more important than deciding whether to vote Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, UKIP, Raving Monster Loony Party or whoever on May 5, it is that people vote at all. more...
THE traffic master plan which aims to avoid roads chaos during Royal Ascot at York will not be trialled when racing kicks off at Knavesmire next month. more...
PLANS for a retailer to bring between 40 and 50 jobs to York could be scuppered...by three oak trees. more...
BENEFITS cheats in York are being targeted as part of a continuing bid to stamp out fraud. more...
YORK'S Derwenthorpe scheme will give more local people a chance of getting a foot on the property ladder, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation revealed today. more...
SHE has performed to great acclaim all over the world. But opera singer Dame Janet Baker was still humbled by an honour bestowed on her by the residents of York. more...
THE man planning to open a Coyote Bar in York's Micklegate today hit back at critics, claiming it would combat binge drinking rather than encourage it. more...
THEY have been stabbed with broken glass, verbally abused and spat at. more...
AN ANCIENT horn, possibly bestowed by King Alfred The Great to a North Yorkshire city, was originally blue and was not just for show, it has been revealed. more...
DETECTIVES have ruled out the possibility that a major chemical alert, which triggered a costly emergency operation and closed York city centre, could have been a schoolboy prank. more...
A SCHEME to build an all-night train washing depot which has angered worried residents is set to be approved - despite admissions that councillors have a "difficult decision". more...
MARTIN Tilstone is right to bemoan the failure of the Labour Government and the city's Lib Dem council to deliver real improvements in the education system for York's children. more...
IN response to Mr Tilstone's letter about class sizes (April 19), he is right when he says Liberal Democrats are committed to cutting class sizes and reducing infant classes still further to 20. more...
I THANK Coun Janet Hopton for supporting my bid to get the route of the Arriva bus from Rufforth to Acomb changed to take in Ridgeway on to Front Street to transport elderly and infirm people to the doctors' at Gale Farm Surgery. more...
I CAN confirm that the council has made some changes to the new Dial and Ride service after consultation with existing passengers. more...
I WAS sorry to read the letter from Mildred Baker about the changes to the Dial and Ride service (April 20). more...
I AM responding to Mike Bentley's article regarding his "tongue-in- cheek" version of obese, grey-haired hooligans in motorised wheelchairs and battericars causing mayhem on the streets of Britain (Saturday Soundoff, April 2). more...
I AM not knocking the Yards, they are a great band. But are they really "York's highest profile band" (April 15)? more...
Here's a time-saving idea. All supermarkets should have some men-only check-out aisles. more...
RECENTLY I paid my first visit of the year to York, only for a day out, as opposed to stopping overnight, so I didn't have the luxury of a B&B's free parking. more...
AS a director of the company that has recently taken over The Bedroom on Micklegate I am shocked at your paper's complete contempt for our business ethic (`Ugly side of bar bingeing', Comment, April 13). more...
I REMEMBER the days when floor covering was lino, and carpets, radios, record players, cars, vacuum cleaners, TVs, holidays, meals out, and cinemas and theatres were hardly affordable luxuries. more...
A STRONG nation values its roots and nurtures its visions of the future. more...
STEPHEN LEWIS reports on the gloom that lurks beneath the banter at York's Newgate Market more...
SUPERMARKET pricing policies have been criticised by a parliamentary hopeful in the Vale of York. more...
A WAR veteran today threatened to take York council to court - for not letting him vote. more...
HEALTH Minister Rosie Winterton dropped into a new medical base in York - and got a grilling from a GP about Government policy. more...
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A STALWART of North Yorkshire's rugby union scene says his goodbyes tomorrow hoping he can help lead Selby to victory. more...
THE new Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League season will open with a bang as last year's two top sides clash in a double header. more...
FULFORD enhanced their John Smith's York Sunday Morning League division three title chances and ended those of The Plough with a 4-1 win to reduce the chase to just two teams. more...
THE Leeper Hare York and District Football League division two title race is still a long way from being decided. more...
CORNER House ran out 7-5 winners against bitter rivals Clifton Hotel in the match arranged to settle old scores. more...
BILLY McEwan will invite former Azerbaijan Under-21 international goalkeeper Farjan Afandiyev back for pre-season training after he played for the reserves as a trialist last night. more...
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has called on the club's players to prove they are worth their wages in front of long-suffering home supporters tomorrow. more...
NEIL Sullivan faces promotion-chasers Ipswich at Elland Road tomorrow after collecting the club's Player of the Year award last night. more...
A battle of the sexes has broken out at Heworth Tennis Club. more...
THE traffic master plan which aims to avoid roads chaos during Royal Ascot at York will not be trialled when racing kicks off at Knavesmire next month. more...
VETERAN pair Dave Thompson and Brian Williams steered RI Tuesday/Thursday `C' to a surprise 7-2 win over Clifton `B' in men's division three of the York Badminton League. more...
A REVITALISED Ian Harvey plundered his career-best score of 161 not out to charge Yorkshire on to 401-7 and maximum batting bonus points against Somerset at Headingley yesterday. more...
YORK Cricket Club will be looking to new overseas player Michael Sheedy to help plug the gap left by Steve Piercy in the batting line-up this summer. more...
With the round course, most notably the newly-laid home-turn, unraceable after the recent heavy rain, it's an all-sprint card at Ripon tomorrow, with no race being staged over more than six furlongs. more...
BILLY McEwan will invite former Azerbaijan Under-21 international goalkeeper Farjan Afandiyev back for pre-season training after he played for the reserves as a trialist last night. more...
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has called on the club's players to prove they are worth their wages in front of long-suffering home supporters tomorrow. more...
HUNDREDS of York City fans are being asked how happy they are with the way the club is being run in a Supporters' Trust survey. more...
SCOTTISH artist Steve Johnson makes a personal appearance at York Castle Galleries, Coppergate Centre, York, on Sunday, April 24 from noon to 3pm. more...
NO wonder master percussionist Issam can't stop smiling. The Syrian Pharaoh of Rhythm has an unbeatable view of the "the art of sensuality in motion", on stage with the Bellydance Superstars and The Desert Roses. more...
The TV series Shameless has inspired changes to a Pilot Theatre production about young love, reports CHARLES HUTCHINSON. more...
ROLL the dice, the game is on again for Paul Laidlaw, who is directing the swell Broadway musical Guys And Dolls for a second time. more...
THIS weekend York School of Dance and Drama marks its 30th anniversary. Next weekend the evergreen Miss Isobel Dunn notches up twice that length of service to York's young dancers, when she presents Dance Flash 2005 at the Grand Opera House. more...
York School of Dance and Drama celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new show. more...
Introducing... Hi-5 Space Magic, the new live show from the Aussie children's favourites on Five's Milkshake show. more...
SIDESTEPPING the "waiting-for-a-bus" analogy, there are three choices vying for attention tonight, all out of town. The Venue at the Leeds College of Music will host the six-piece powerhouse band Dennis Rollins' Badbone & Co. more...
THE 2005 York Early Music Festival will celebrate the female muse as patron, inspiration, composer and musician. more...
Seventeen months on from the end of Shed Seven, singer Rick Witter talks about the band's last album, only now released, and tells CHARLES HUTCHINSON about his plans. more...
I WAS weaned on Sid Lawrence and Big Band, so at every possible opportunity I take my father to see either the Glenn Miller Orchestra or, in this case, the SLO, owned and conducted by Chris Dean pretty much in the style of the late great band leaders. more...
THE twenty-first century has so far yielded only one classic debut album; an album which will stand the test of time, and which will inspire bands for years to come. more...
THIS all started with a dream, explains Jez Colborne, to ride across America on a bike. more...
WES Craven likes to give teenagers an even harder time than disgruntled Evening Press letter writers. more...
THIS double CD is an impressive showcase for multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer, one half of acoustic duo Show Of Hands. more...
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