Stories to make you smile from across Yorkshire
This week’s uplifting stories from Yorkshire include a footballer who has risen from Sunday league to the prospect of a Champions League debut, alongside community efforts supporting fairgoers and young people facing homelessness. They also feature the return of a stolen family wedding album and a charity challenge planned by two women.
Manasse Kianga, 24, moved from playing for Rossington Main in 2023 to joining Slovakian club Slovan Bratislava. St John Ambulance has supported visitors at Hull Fair since 1896, while York couple Mike and Beth Edwards are hosting their fifth young person through homelessness charity SASH. A 1957 wedding album found behind a Wakefield café was returned to the couple’s son, and Lindsey Burrow and presenter Amy Garcia plan to push a sofa 80 miles across Yorkshire for Children in Need over five days, starting in Ripon on 9 November and finishing in Wakefield on 13 November.
- A former Sunday league player could soon make his Champions League debut.
- St John Ambulance has served Hull Fair visitors for 130 years.
- A returned wedding album and an 80-mile charity sofa challenge feature.
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Yorkshire’s uplifting local stories span sport, community support and family connections. Manasse Kianga’s move from Rossington Main, a Sunday league club, to Slovan Bratislava in Slovakia shows the path from grassroots football to a professional team.
St John Ambulance has helped people at Hull Fair for generations, while York couple Mike and Beth Edwards offer a home to young people at risk of homelessness through SASH. A wedding album from 1957, found behind a Wakefield café, was returned to the couple’s son, reconnecting a family with part of its history.
Lindsey Burrow and presenter Amy Garcia are planning a five-day, 80-mile sofa push across Yorkshire for Children in Need. Together, these stories show different ways people and organisations across the county contribute to their communities.