Stories from across Yorkshire to make you smile

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 are featuring a nurse retiring after 55 years, a Mod-loving teen scooting his way to prom, and an ex-footballer's unexpected transfer news.

A teenager with a passion for the Mod scene was escorted to his school prom by dozens of scooter riders, in what he deemed "an impressive gathering".

More than 100 scooters rode in convoy with 15-year-old Travis from his home in Acomb to the event at York Racecourse on Monday evening.

The ride-out was organised by his mother Charlotte, who said her son's passion for scooters and the Mod scene came from his grandparents.

"I would say every era is quite iconic," Travis added. "But I would say the 60s is one of the most iconic ones."

Former Sheffield United defender Jake Wright said swapping football boots for smart suits to work in a school allowed him to be a "male role model" for students.

Wright played 46 times for Sheffield United, gaining promotion from League One to the Championship in the 2016/17 season.

When he retired from the game, he joined Newfield School in September as head of Year 8, a job he "loves", after having "no idea" what to do next.

How has he found the adjustment from a noisy dressing room with big personalities and colourful language to helping to shape young minds in a new academy?

"Definitely less rollickings," he joked.

Retiring from her role as an advanced nurse practitioner in Bradford, Savitri Cameron has plenty of memories from her 55 years in the NHS.

Now 75, Savitri left her home in Mauritius for the UK in 1971, living and working in Scotland for a number of years, before moving to West Yorkshire.

Although it will be tough to leave "a job I've really loved and devoted my life to", she's ready to have more time to travel with her husband, she said.

"I'm honoured to be part of the NHS. I've seen a lot of changes since 1971," she added, "the improvements have been amazing."

When a bleed on the brain ended David "Jacko" Jackson's professional rugby career in 2013, it changed his life forever.

Now the 44-year-old is tackling a new challenge - a fundraising world record, in which he'll attempt 100 ultramarathons in 100 days, for brain injury charities Headway UK and Head for Change.

David and his wife Catherine will travel to 25 locations across the UK, including Leeds and Sheffield, spending four days in each so David can run a daily 50km.

"The thing that's been almost most inspiring for us has been the support we've had from people that have come and joined us, hearing their stories," he said.

Thousands of people shared their memories of stripping off and painting themselves blue in the centre of Hull.

In 2016, US artist Spencer Tunick photographed more than 3,000 people standing naked in front of maritime landmarks, for his immersive Sea of Hull installation.

The project was commissioned by Ferens Art Gallery, ahead of the city achieving status as UK City of Culture the following year.

"The blue paint worked as a cloak, you didn't feel naked," David Beel, now 76, recalled.

"People keep telling me how brave I am but I tell them I'm not brave, I'm stupid!"

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