Stories to make you smile from across Yorkshire

Every week in Yorkshire we have uplifting and feel-good stories about people, places and animals across our region - and we like to shout about them.

This week we feature savvy students who set up a price-dropped prom dress shop, a "potty" annual festival and an exciting celebrity appearance.

At Huntington School in York, a group of business students want to put an end to prohibitive pricing and make sure looking good for prom won't break the bank.

They've created the social enterprise Dress 2 Impress, a boutique where pupils can hire a dress for just £45 and a suit for £25.

Students from low income families who qualify for free school meals are able to hire an outfit for free.

Carlota White Gonzalez, 18, says the pop-up shop tackles the pressure to get an expensive outfit, adding: "it can be cheap and still look really good".

A life-size gorilla in a skirt, Mary Poppins and a puffin with yellow boots are among the exhibits set to feature at the 2026 Flamborough Flowerpot Festival.

The festival, which is in its fifth year, involves local residents and groups making models using plant pots and displaying them on a trail around the coastal village, which is near Bridlington, East Yorkshire.

Everyone is encouraged to "go potty" during the month-long event organisers said, with festival chair Ian Wood promising it would be quite a spectacle.

Hollywood star and culinary enthusiast Stanley Tucci stopped by for a beverage break in Ilkley this week as he visited Yorkshire while filming an upcoming project.

Tucci, star of The Devil Wears Prada and The Hunger Games, as well as food tour show Searching for Italy visited a number of independent businesses in the town on Tuesday.

The actor enjoyed a half of Pilsner at The Ilkley Tap, before popping over the road for a double espresso at coffee shop Thirty Nine.

David Cook, co-owner of Thirty Nine said: "I saw this very suave gentleman walking past and I just thought, 'that's Stanley!' I couldn't quite believe it."

A baton relay taking place across Yorkshire to raise money for cancer research visited Leeds earlier this week.

The Baton for Yorkshire, which started in Hull on 30 April and ends in Harrogate on 28 May, sees researchers, fundraisers and those who have had a cancer diagnosis come together to support Yorkshire Cancer Research.

The walk is part of the charity's We Walk for Yorkshire campaign, which is urging people to collectively walk 35,000 miles (56,327km) in May - representing the 35,000 people diagnosed with cancer in Yorkshire each year.

Pupils from one of England's most deprived areas will take to the stage for an opera performance at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.

Children in years four and five from Meynell Primary School will perform Henny Penny by composer Julian Philips on Saturday, as part of the annual week-long Sheffield Chamber Music Festival.

Toni Howell, assistant head teacher at the school, said: "This is absolutely not on our curriculum but we are all about opportunity here.

"We really focus on developing personal development beyond the classroom."

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