Traitors to waterfalls: Yorkshire stories to make you smile

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News image — We round up some of the good things that happened across Yorkshire this week

BBC Two images: on the left a young woman with bright red hair clasps her hands anxiously, on the right a group of women in red T shirts and hats are diving into a waterfall — We round up some of the good things that happened 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 The Traitors star Jessie Stride spoke about raising awareness for people with stammers, a group of brave dippers raised money by jumping in a waterfall and Yorkshire welcomed plans for a new forest.

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

Traitors star raises stammer awareness

PA Media The Traitors contestant Jessie Stride is seen chatting to fellow faithful Matthew. Jessie has bright red hair, yellow and orange eyeshadow and is wearing a rainbow jumper. The background has trees. — Jessie was popular with viewers and contestants on the show

Spoiler warning: This section of the article contains details of the ongoing series of The Traitors.

Jessie Stride says helping to raise awareness of stammers on The Traitors "means more than any prize money".

The Hull hair stylist was a popular faithful on the BBC reality show, but became the sixth player to be murdered in the game.

The 28-year-old told BBC Newsbeat she left "on a high" after becoming the first contestant to have a stammer - a difference in the way some people speak which can cause them to repeat sounds or words, according to the charity Stamma.

Stride said: "I would just love to be able to push [awareness] out a bit more and to get people speaking about stammers and just to help educate those who don't understand it."

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Waterfall dip for charity

There is a large waterfall in the background with people in the pool in front of it wearing red hats and t-shirts — Members of the January Daily Dippers light up the waterfall at Janet‘s Foss for an evening swim

A group of hardy swimmers has taken part in a night time dip in the waters of a beauty spot in North Yorkshire to raise money for charity.

Participants getting into their swimming costumes at Janet's Foss, a waterfall and plunge pool near Malham, have been taking a dip every day in January, whatever the weather, in aid of the homelessness charity Crisis.

The January Daily Dip has seen some people climbing into barrels in their own back gardens, while others have swum in groups in rivers and reservoirs.

White Rose Forest Tree saplings planted in a valley with a path coursing through. A person walks the path — The long-term tree strategy includes boosting woodland cover from 12% to at least 16.5%

Plans to plant up to 134 million trees over the next 25 years have been outlined as part of a project aiming to "transform North and West Yorkshire's landscape".

The White Rose Forest is a network of woodland across the two counties and part of the wider Northern Forest scheme aiming to stretch from Liverpool to the Yorkshire coast.

The long-term tree strategy includes boosting woodland cover from 12% to at least 16.5%.

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