{"id":58589,"date":"2026-05-24T11:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T11:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/58589\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T11:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T11:07:13","slug":"stories-to-make-you-smile-from-across-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/58589\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories to make you smile from across Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

This week we feature savvy students who set up a price-dropped prom dress shop, a “potty” annual festival and an exciting celebrity appearance.<\/p>\n

The teens rejecting a bank-breaking prom<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

They’ve created the social enterprise Dress 2 Impress<\/a>, a boutique where pupils can hire a dress for just \u00a345 and a suit for \u00a325.<\/p>\n

Students from low income families who qualify for free school meals are able to hire an outfit for free.<\/p>\n

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”.<\/p>\n

Festival visitors go potty\"A<\/p>\n

Next month’s festival will be the fifth such event in Flamborough [Julie Sanders]<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The festival, which is in its fifth year,<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Hollywood spotted in Ilkley\"Stanley<\/p>\n

Stanley Tucci visited a cafe and a pub in Ilkley while he was in town earlier this week [Thirty Nine Coffee Company]<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> in the town on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

Baton relay for cancer research\"A<\/p>\n

The relay began in Hull and has already travelled more than 200 miles (322km) [Yorkshire Cancer Research]<\/p>\n

A baton relay taking place across Yorkshire to raise money for cancer research visited Leeds earlier this week.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The walk is part of the charity’s We Walk for Yorkshire campaign<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n

Pupils given stage opera-tunity\"A<\/p>\n

Pupils from Meynell Primary School will perform opera at the Crucible Theatre [Music in the Round]<\/p>\n

Pupils from one of England’s most deprived areas will take to the stage for an opera performance<\/a> at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Toni Howell, assistant head teacher at the school, said: “This is absolutely not on our curriculum but we are all about opportunity here.<\/p>\n

“We really focus on developing personal development beyond the classroom.”<\/p>\n

Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire<\/a>, South Yorkshire<\/a> and North Yorkshire<\/a> on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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