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 nine-year-old long-distance runner, tiny hotels for bugs and an NHS choir that has had a sprinkle of showbiz.

A nine-year-old boy from Barnsley has completed the equivalent of nine marathons for charity after his father was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Oliver, from Wombwell, ran a total of 236 miles (380km) over a four-month period and raised more than £11,000 for The Brain Tumour Charity - and he said that while he did it, he "met lots of new people".

Dad Tom, 40, was diagnosed with a 4cm meningioma tumour last year and Oliver said it was a "scary time" for the family.

But Oliver said it was "a good time to turn a negative into a positive" and completed the challenge at the TCS Mini London Marathon last weekend.

A sheep on a North Yorkshire farm gave birth to five lambs at once - a "one-in-a-million" event, according to farmers.

Mum Quincy had her five lambs at the Swinton Estate, near Masham, on Saturday and looked "pretty exhausted by the whole experience" afterwards, said landowner Mark Cunliffe-Lister.

Sheep often give birth to twins and triplets, but four lambs is considered unusual, while five is practically unheard of.

Cunliffe-Lister, who was present at the birth and owns 20 sheep, said: "I thought I'd leave her to it because I could see she'd had three and every time I kept popping out, suddenly another one had appeared."

The West Yorkshire model village of Saltaire celebrated 25 years as a Unesco World Heritage Site this week.

Situated on the River Aire, less than four miles (6.5km) from Bradford, Saltaire was built by industrialist Sir Titus Salt between 1851 and 1871 to provide homes and amenities for the workers in his textile mill.

It was awarded its protected status in 2001 and as part of that status, Saltaire residents and business owners must preserve it, maintain Sir Titus's vision and stop it becoming too "gentrified" or commercial.

Bradford Council said: "It's listed the same as Venice, but we don't want it to become Venice...we want it to be a living, breathing village where you can work, play and live."

Bug hotels designed to look like local landmarks - including the Headingley Bear Pit - have popped up near a Leeds railway station.

Creepy crawlies can also stay at tiny versions of the Hyde Park Picture House, Cardigan Centre and the Burley Park bandstand and have been placed near Burley Station in a bid to strike up conversations about conservation.

The "hotels" provide a safe habitat for insects and small creatures to shelter, hibernate and nest, and were built by a local community centre and charity.

A spokesperson said they hoped the hotels would be inspirational rather than "browbeat people into feeling bad about not saving the planet".

A 90-year-old woman who has returned to her hospital volunteering role after a two-year break due to illness said she wanted to "give something back".

Coralie May has been working with the Royal Voluntary Service for 35 years and has spent 30 years volunteering at the convenience shop at Doncaster Royal Infirmary.

On returning to her post as a shop assistant every Friday morning, Coralie said: "I really love this shop. I love the people that work here and the customers - they treat me so well."

Shop manager Paula Daws added: "She's a wonderful kind-hearted person and just wants to please everyone."

A community choir from Hull was invited into a recording studio by rock artist Sam Scherdel after he heard them performing a version of his song Somewhere in the Middle.

Scherdel's track recently featured on an episode of ITV's Love Island and has amassed more than two million views on social media platform TikTok.

It has been reimagined as a stand-alone choral piece in collaboration with the Hull NHS Choir and is due to be released on Bandcamp, with all proceeds going to two hospital charities in the region.

Of the choral version, the UK indie artist said: "Honestly, it brought a tear to my eye hearing it performed like this."

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