AMBROSIA Parsley sounds like a dish or maybe a Bond girl. Either way, she looks one too, and in 1999 she announced her arrival with one of the all-time great album titles, I Oughtta Give You A Shot In The Head For Making Me Live In This Dump. That's how
THIS four-CD box set is an ambitious attempt to trace British acoustic folk music from 1960 to 2000. The first track is Jack O'Diamonds by the king of skiffle, Lonnie Donegan, while the anthology ends with 10,000 Miles, a quirky song by Eliza Carthy,
SOME sound advice before buying this CD: don't leave it lying around at your mother's house. Its front cover shows a naked man aggressively clutching his privates, while the inner sleeve has an array of expletives and sexual suggestions. Quite why is
SOME critics have traced suggestions of Seventies musicians such as Nick Drake and John Martyn in this beguiling, often beautiful debut from the Scottish singer and song-writer. Drake seems a misplaced comparison, but there are hints of the young John
It's about 30 years since Cocker delivered that blistering cover of Lennon and McCartney's With A Little Help From My Friends. Since then his distinctive gravel voice, one of the most powerful in the pop business, has proved a winning package. But it
THE Reindeer Section is the Scottish dream-team side project of Snow Patrol front man Gary Lightbody, and he has far more talent at his disposal than national football coach Berti Vogts. In December 2000, for the ten-day recording of quiet and loud songs
TWO men have appeared before Selby magistrates accused of moving animals without a licence while foot and mouth restrictions were still in force. John Neville Stones, of Drax Hall Farm, Drax, and Gerald David Singleton, of Main Road, Drax, are charged
A NOTORIOUS A64 bottleneck is set to be eased after the Government cleared the way for a bypass on the road. Rillington could be free of traffic as early as 2006 when the village will get its long-awaited £6.4 million relief road. Transport Minister David
A WOMAN who threatened armed police with a fake handgun during a four-hour siege in York walked free from court this afternoon. Dawn Ann-Marie Cain, 35, clapped her hands in delight in the dock at York Crown Court as the honorary recorder of York suspended
THE General Synod of the Church of England will meet in York on Friday to discuss the highly contentious political question of regionalisation; but the organisers have arranged the agenda so that regionalisation can be approved without being directly
LIKE many readers I have been enjoying the welcome return of the BBC's adaptation of Pride And Prejudice. As a columnist on the Dewsbury Reporter during the 1950s, the works of Jane Austen were a constant source of inspiration; setting the parameters
WOULD you please convey our thanks to the people of Easingwold, for their generosity in donating a total of £187 recently when we made our street collection on behalf of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. T C Stobbs, Secretary, North Yorkshire Branch, Cystic
OUR own Laurence Sterne wrote "an Englishman does not travel to see Englishmen". If the Coxwold novelist were around to pack his sun cream and Jilly Cooper today, there is one destination he'd be sure to avoid: Faliraki. For in this Greek resort, he would
EVERY pupil in Year Six at St Olave's School, in York, has taken part in making an arch which will become a permanent feature of their new school - the former Queen Anne School building. St Olave's, which is St Peter's School's junior school, moved to
FREE contraceptives could be handed out to pupils in North Yorkshire's secondary schools under new government plans. The proposal is part of a new Department of Health (DoH) strategy to further reduce the rate of teenage pregnancies. According to the
SHERIFF Hutton Bridge took advantage of Sessay's inactivity at the top of the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League first division to extend their lead to three points. At the foot of the table, Huby lost again but Alne eased their relegation fears with a good
MITCHELL Dixon from Millthorpe School flies through their air on his way to glory in the York/Selby Schools' Athletics finals. He soared to the Year Nine long jump title at Huntington Stadium with a leap of 5.44metres. He was captured in mid-air action
YORK schoolgirl rower Sarah Whitwell warmed up for the forthcoming British National Championships with success at the prestigious Peterborough Junior Regatta. The 15-year-old Millthorpe School pupil, who rows in competition for Newark RC, sped to victory
A FLAGSHIP £25 million research facility at the University of York is expected to create new jobs as well as house groundbreaking research projects. Academics, students and support staff are busy moving into a three-wing biology building at the university's
A NOTORIOUS A64 bottleneck is set to be eased after the Government cleared the way for a bypass on the road. Rillington could be free of traffic as early as 2006 after the village gets its long-awaited £6.4m relief road. Transport Minister David Jamieson
IT was business as usual at York City's Wigginton training ground today as the Minstermen checked in for pre-season training. After a longer than usual closed season due to the World Cup, the City squad have been just itching to get back to work, especially
A HEART attack victim lived on for more than two days at York District Hospital after relatives were told he had died. A York inquest was told that a doctor mistakenly made the diagnosis after attempts to revive 81-year-old John Friend, of Belmont Close
Why did a Canadian author set part of his award-winning debut novel in York? CHRIS TITLEY finds out JEFFREY Moore's first book, Red-Rose Chain, was prompted by a visit to Oxford. Last week, he brought it to York. In between were 12 years, three jobs,
AS someone who rarely steps outside the Greater York conurbation, travel books are not normally my thing. Jealousy plays a part. I'd rather not know that there are people making a living by swanning around warm exotic places, and I'm certainly not about
BOTH are Scottish and feature brothers with the surname Reid, who each looked to America for inspiration and to religion for their band names. One group is no more, the other out on tour still singing "Bathgate no more", and both are newly treated to
I HAVE questions about this CD. I wonder if CKY have noticed the irony that in their aim to rage against "carbon copy entertainment and snore-rock", CKY have become a carbon copy nu-metal band? Maybe they are taking the Michael, or maybe it's deliberate
IT'S hard to believe Kenny Chesney has been on the country scene for eight years. However, it's not difficult to believe he has just entered the American country charts at number one with this exciting album. It has everything a growing man could need
IF Joseph Arthur's last album, Come To Where I'm From, was a work of echoing hugeness, with swooning, pain-wracked lyrics, sawing cellos and bursts of grunge, Redemption's Son refines this approach and is even better. Arthur makes an art out of vulnerability
After Thunder's demise, the lads all went their separate ways and now two of them have teamed up again to record this. Many others have helped them, including Linda and Dee Lewis on backing vocals (that would be the same Linda Lewis who had a UK hit in
MARK NEVIN, founder member of Fairground Attraction, has penned a fistful of introspective songs for his second solo album, the follow-up to Insensitive Songwriter. His singing style is understated, verging on the conversational, but it suits the delicately
THE Yorkshire motorist, under siege for so long from the taxman, the green lobby, planners and politicians, is enjoying a respite. Car-bashing is out of fashion as the need to get the region moving finally arrived at the top of the political agenda. It
IT was enough to put the wind up the most hardy Ryedale resident. Yesterday, the unlikely cry went up in Pickering: "Look out! Twister's a'comin'!" The mini-tornado smashed a window and ripped roof tiles from businessman Tony Kemp's house. Fortunately
A MOTHER has spoken of her shock and anger after her week-old son was given to another woman to breast-feed at York District Hospital. Helen Jebson, 26, of Hull Road, York, said the hospital had blamed dim lights and staff shortages for the mix-up, in
VANDALS have overturned nine headstones and violated a memorial garden dedicated to a recently-buried child. The attack happened at Barlby cemetery, where the parents of six-year-old Josh Crowder had built a little memorial garden, featuring some of his
IT was business as usual at York City's Wigginton training ground today as the Minstermen checked in for pre-season training. After a longer than usual closed season due to the World Cup, the City squad have been just itching to get back to work, especially
GERALD Knox raises the possibility of bringing back electric trams as a clean, green alternative to the motor car (June 29). I'm all for excellent public transport, even though my main way of getting about York is a push bike. Trams are expensive, though
PUPILS and staff are hard at work preparing for their own Jubilee celebrations on Saturday - to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Joseph Rowntree School at New Earswick, York. The school is holding a Diamond Jubilee garden party and hopes former pupils
San Francisco label Naked Music has always stood for chilled-out, soul-driven quality house. In the past few years, the brand has been faithful to this aim, despite shifting the dance mood to meet different compilation series. This latest label conception
ARTISTS occupying ambient/avant-garde territory tread a fine line between the atmospheric and the plain dull. Some of David Sylvian's previous offerings have been hard work indeed, but Camphor offers pleasant surprises. The clunking opener, All Of My
Geraldine Rees, who enjoyed her biggest training success when Proud Boast won the Gosforth Park Cup at Newcastle last Friday night, can make it back to the winners' circle at her local Haydock track tomorrow. The Preston-based handler is represented by
It was a busy weekend of club action in the York area, with plenty of angling matches on the Stillwater commercial circuit. Mick Addinall topped the Nomads event fished on Goldrush lake at the Willows fishery. Drawn in the corner on peg 45 he targeted
Bubwith lost their lead at the top of Foss Evening Cricket League when they suffered a second successive defeat, this time by Heworth. James Preston (48no) well supported by Tom Quinn (29) enabled Heworth to post 107-6, Chris Young claiming 3-10. Bubwith's
WORLD snooker champion Peter Ebdon will carry the Queen's Golden Jubilee Baton into York on Friday as the world's longest relay race sweeps through North Yorkshire. Since March 11, the baton has been carried by thousands of people through 24 countries
A PROPERTY owner has pledged to make safe a "decrepit" York city centre building after a shopper was injured by falling tiles. Workers in a row of nine shops near the junction of Spurriergate and High Ousegate labelled the 1950s building as "unsafe" after
A SHOCKED North Yorkshire man told today of the moment a "mini tornado" hit his home. Tony Kemp, 46, of Whitby Road, Pickering, had arrived home yesterday lunchtime when he said he heard a huge noise. Father-of-three Mr Kemp, who owns Pickering Mowers
Former York cyclist Charlie Wegelius has pedalled his way into England's road racing squad for the Commonwealth Games at Manchester. The 24-year-old is part of a strong line-up includes riders with plenty of experience and success in major international
THE heartbroken father of an Osbaldwick man whose body was found in a ditch off a country lane in York has made a plea for witnesses to come forward. Norman Dixon has called for anyone with information regarding the death of his 21-year-old son Kevin
A STABLEGIRL was due to undergo a four-hour operation today after being kicked in the face by one of the racehorses at a Ryedale yard. Anne Blanchard, 40, who works for Tim Easterby at Great Habton, near Malton, was facing surgery on a smashed jaw at
SHERBURN High School have won through to the national finals of the English Schools' Track and Field Cup - after 20 years of trying. Sherburn's intermediate (Under-16s) boys' team have become the first from the school to ever reach the final, having won
Audiobooks are so easy you can read them with your eyes closed. They don't help your spelling and vocabulary, but a good storyteller can transform the written word into an aural image as colourful as any film. Bill Hearld suggests three to try for starters
CRIME-WRITING genius Jeffrey Deaver deals with the controversial, but topical, subject of asylum seekers in his new thriller featuring quadriplegic forensic expert Lincoln Rhyme. Wheelchair-bound Rhyme and his partner and lover, crime scene detective
STEPHEN LEWIS marks NHS week by following a patient for the day at York District Hospital ON the TV screen, Tim Henman is struggling against an opponent way below him in the world rankings. So what's new? Simon Smith is watching half-heartedly. He's sitting
