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 a retiring referee, a celebration of WW2 veterans and an "absolutely magical" Bafta award haul.

An amateur football referee hung up his whistle after a 50-year career, during which he oversaw nearly 3,500 games.

Jim Wilson, 75, blew time on his final men's match at Middleham in April, with players from both teams forming a guard of honour before kick-off in tribute.

Speaking afterwards he said: "I wanted to get out while I still had a bit of street cred. I didn't want to get to the situation where I couldn't keep up with play."

Wilson added he'll continue to referee junior and women's football "until the legs finally give out".

A memorial garden and plaque were unveiled in Leeds to honour Caribbean World War Two RAF veterans who settled in the city after the war.

More than 40 relatives of the veterans attended the private opening event last week in Chapeltown, at the Jamaica Society Leeds (JSL).

Wendy Henry, chair of the JSL, said she hoped the garden would be "a long-lasting, impactful space where people from the community and far and wide can come to just reflect, reminisce and just remember".

The head of the production company behind Netflix drama Adolescence described the show's record Bafta TV awards haul as "absolutely magical".

The hard-hitting show was named best limited series as well as picking up awards for its stars Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Christine Tremarco.

Mark Herbert, CEO of Sheffield-based Warp Films, said he hoped the show's success could inspire the next generation of filmmakers.

He added: "You don't have to be posh or privileged, if you work hard and you work with good people, I think anything can be done."

Maisy the dog got into a spot of bother when she fell more than 20ft (6m) down a narrow hole underground in the North York Moors.

Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team (SRMRT), Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) and emergency services tackled "technical, challenging and very muddy" conditions.

After six hours, 12-year-old Maisy was reunited with her very relieved owner - and given a clean bill of health by vets.

Tony Heap, lead incident controller at SRMRT, said there was "something very heartwarming" about working as a team, adding: "you could see the tears in the eyes of everybody as that dog came out of the ground".

Forget smartphones - it seems that binoculars are the must-have gadget for the younger generation.

Managers at one of the UK's largest bird sanctuaries say they have seen a "significant increase" in the number of younger visitors.

Poppy Rummery, a visitor manager at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire, said younger people increasingly understood the benefits of getting outdoors and "experiencing nature".

RSPB research suggests more than 700,000 people aged 16 to 29 – collectively described as Gen Z – regularly enjoy watching birds in Britain, a more than tenfold rise since 2018.

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