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Uplifting news stories from across Yorkshire featuring rescues and fundraising
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A round-up of feel-good stories from Yorkshire highlights children in Bradford recycling leftover flowers into a floral carpet, a volunteer rescue team saving an eight-year-old Labrador stranded near a waterfall, a well-known fundraiser receiving a star on the Sheffield Legends Walk of Fame, a cycling challenge inspired by Kevin Sinfield, and a springer spaniel finding a new home after being rescued from squalid conditions.
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- Children at The Valley Project in Holme Wood created a floral carpet using leftover flowers from a giant 330,000-dahlia display in Bradford's Centenary Square.
- Volunteer-run Cave Rescue Organisation and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue safely retrieved an eight-year-old Labrador named Penny from a ledge at Pecca Falls in Ingleton.
- John Burkhill, known as the Man with the Pram, received a star on the Sheffield Legends Walk of Fame after raising over £1.2m for Macmillan Cancer Support.
- Hull man Glen Hartley planned a 170-mile cycling challenge across Yorkshire for Andy's Man Club and the Motor Neurone Disease Association, inspired by Sir Kevin Sinfield.
- A springer spaniel named Katy, rescued from a property in Doncaster housing 84 dogs in squalid conditions, was successfully adopted by a North Yorkshire family.