Every week in Yorkshire we cover uplifting and feel-good stories about people, places and animals across our region - and we like to shout about them.

This week, we focus on two youngsters who have overcome health obstacles to start primary school with their peers, two "starving" cats who have found a loving new home, and the mystery of how a stone monolith came to be in a Yorkshire field.

A four-year-old girl who spent six months having hospital treatment for one of the UK's rarest genetic conditions was looking to the future on her first day at school.

Autumn, from Helperby in North Yorkshire, was diagnosed at 18 months old with Hyper-IgE syndrome, a condition that affects the immune system.

After undergoing a successful stem cell transplant from a donor in Germany in December, Autumn is now ready to begin the next phase of her life.

Autumn's mother, Louise, said: "Now she can eat in a restaurant, go to a supermarket, now she can go and play with friends. All of that has just been incredible and she's taken it all in her stride."

For 18-year-old dancer Evie Bradford, the start of the academic year marks the culmination of hours in the studio, and years of rehearsals and competitions.

The teen, from Frecheville, Sheffield, will soon be treading the boards and honing her craft at Laine Theatre Arts school in Surrey.

The well-known performing arts institution boasts famous alumni including Victoria Beckham, Warwick Davies and West End star Ruthie Henshall.

Evie joked she had been dancing "since birth", adding: "I was on stage in my mum's belly. Honestly, I've never looked back and thought, this is not what I want to do."

A horse rescued from the side of a road in Bradford had two "teeth" growing in one of its ears.

King, a Welsh pony, was found tethered and abandoned by a charity worker and was taken to Penny Farm Rescue and Rehoming Centre near Blackpool, where the rare condition, known medically as a dentigerous cyst, was discovered.

Centre manager Adam Cummins said the cysts were "already uncommon" but described King's case as "on another level".

After surgery, the three-year-old animal is now being put up for re-homing by the charity, as the original owner failed to come forward.

A four-year-old boy started school this week, less than a year after he spent Christmas in a coma.

Oliver, from Wakefield, was in Leeds General Infirmary for five months after he was diagnosed with a type of blood cancer in 2025.

Despite the brutal side effects he suffered, doctors managed to treat Oliver and he is now in remission, having left hospital on New Year's Day.

Mum Cora said it was "extra special" watching her son start his reception year.

Two abandoned cats rescued from a taped-up laundry basket in a "distressing condition" have found a new home - where they will "want for nothing".

Basil and Hazel were discovered in Weelsby Woods in Grimsby on 19 August, underweight and living with untreated flea allergies, which left them covered in sores.

After being taken in by Goole and District RSPCA, they have now been rehomed by Catherine Collins, who lives in Beverley.

The 52-year-old said: "We are renowned for spoiling our cats completely. They will want for nothing. They will rule the roost and will have us in line by the end of the week, I'm sure."

A set of giant monoliths known as the "Devil's Arrows" were moved 18km (11 miles) across Yorkshire by Stone Age people, new research has found.

The three columns have been standing in a farmer's field in Boroughbridge for thousands of years, with information signs stating that they came from Plumpton Rocks, now a pleasure garden.

Academics in York and Australia have used isotopic fingerprinting techniques to determine they were transported instead from Brimham Rocks, a National Trust attraction.

Dr Jim Leary, from the University of York, said: "We have now proved Neolithic communities moved several 25-tonne stones, transforming a familiar site into an epic quest to create a sacred landscape."

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