Squirrels to weddings: Yorkshire stories to make you smile

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News image — From Valentine's stories to runaway squirrels, there were good stories across Yorkshire this week

BBC/PA Images Two images: on the left a woman in a red jumper dress sorts through white wedding dresses on a rail and on the right a squirrel runs across a football pitch — From Valentine's stories to runaway squirrels, there were good stories across Yorkshire this week

Across Yorkshire, there are people doing amazing things every day of the week - and we want to highlight them.

This week as couples across Yorkshire were celebrating Valentine's Day, a pair in North Yorkshire claimed to have never argued in 75 years and brides in Holmfirth were giving back by buying dresses at a special charity shop.

Take a look below and enjoy some of the positive news stories from across BBC Yorkshire.

'My wedding dress funded care for terminally ill children'

A woman with long brown hair sorts through hanging wedding dresses while a woman with a blue jumper and scarf watches behind her — Holmfirth Bridal Suite was launched in February 2025

A specialist charity shop in West Yorkshire celebrated Valentine's Day with a weekend of wedding shopping.

Situated on the top floor of the Forget Me Not Children's Hospice store in Huddersfield, Holmfirth Bridal Suite is not your normal charity shop.

Instead of the usual array of second-hand clothes the rails are lined with hundreds of pre-loved or donated wedding dresses.

Set up by former seamtress Sharon Scott, the boutique offers brides the chance to enjoy all the excitement of picking out their dream outfit without the high price tag.

'Margot Robbie stayed in my hotel'

'Margot Robbie stayed in my Yorkshire hotel'

Hotel owner Jake Dinsdale talks about the cast and crew of Wuthering Heights staying in his hotel in Hawes, but he says he doesn't treat the A-listers any different to the regular punters.

Squirrel invades pitch

PA Media A squirrel runs across a football pitch as players stop in the background — Unfortunately the squirrel did not bring the Tigers any luck

A Championship football match was delayed by 10 minutes after a squirrel invaded the pitch.

Players and officials at Hull City's home game against Bristol City tried to remove the rodent which scampered around the turf.

Eventually it escaped through one of the goals and made its way into the stands at the MKM Stadium.

The squirrel did not bring the Tigers any luck as they lost the game 2-3.

'We've been married for 75 years'

BBC/Fiona Callow Tony and Joy sit side-by-side on a grey sofa, patterned with purple flowers. Tony is an older man with short white hair, and glasses. He wears a dark green jumper. Joy is an older woman, with short white hair. She wears a red blouse. — Tony says he and wife Joy have not argued in their 75 years of marriage

A married couple who have spent the last three quarters of a century together believe there's no special secret to long-lasting love - and say despite being together for 75 years they have "never had an actual row".

Tony and Joy Bull first met as children when they grew up down the street from each other in Tooting, South London, before later tying the knot in 1951.

Now living together in a North Yorkshire care home, Tony, 95, says he and Joy, 94, have rarely been apart during the past eight decades.